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Tmux Settings

Saving here a copy of tmux settings so it’s easy to set it up in a new machine. set -g mouse on # vi keybindings set-window-option -g mode-keys vi bind-key -T copy-mode-vi v send -X begin-selection bind-key -T copy-mode-vi V send -X select-line bind-key -T copy-mode-vi y send -X copy-pipe-and-cancel 'xclip -in -selection clipboard' # required by neovim checkhealth set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color" set-option -sa terminal-features ',xterm-256color:RGB' set-option -sg escape-time 10 set-option -g focus-events on

May 28, 2024 Read

Dark Theme in WSL2 GUI

Running GUI apps in WSL2 has finally been made easier in more recent versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10 with WSL2. If you’re like me, who use Windows as a daily driver for software development, you know that this makes life a bit easier. Before the recent updates, you had to install an X Server and that is what you set as your display in your WSL2 environment - a bit old school.

August 9, 2022 Read

Hosting a Website Using AWS S3

NOTE: This post is still a work in progress. This blog talks about how to setup a website using AWS S3 which might be intimidating for complete beginners. I also plan to create a tutorial/blog for complete beginners who want to setup their own website which I should link here in the future. Overview Hosting a website typically requires you to setup the following. Web Server - where all your files uploaded and served through the network Content Delivery Network (CDN) - where your static files are cached Certificate - for SSL Domain Name System (DNS) - where your domain name is registered Component What we’ll use Web Server S3 CDN CloudFront Certificate ACM DNS GoDaddy Step 1: Setup your S3 bucket Create an S3 bucket in your AWS account and enable Static website hosting.

August 4, 2022 Read

VS Code Python Test Debugging Does Not Hit Breakpoint

I had this problem in Python development environment wherein a breakpoint is not hit while trying to debug tests. It turns out that this is a known issue and a work around is available via the launch.json file. { "version": "0.2.0", "configurations": [ { "name": "Debug Tests", "type": "python", "request": "launch", "purpose": [ "debug-test" ], "console": "integratedTerminal", "justMyCode": false, "env": { "PYTEST_ADDOPTS": "--no-cov" } } ] } Below is the explanation form Microsoft.

July 26, 2022 Read

Global gitignore File

When working with a version control system, you normally have files that are not ignored in some projects but you would like to ignore in globally in your workstation environment. The ways to do that are listed below. Option 1: The git/ignore file in the home directory The user’s ignore file is mentioned briefly in the Git documentation. You can add here your ignore rules the same way as you do it with your project .

July 1, 2022 Read

How to swap the Fn and Ctrl keys in a Lenovo laptop

I’ve been issued a lenovo laptop for the first time and the first thing I noticed is this weird keyboard layout where the typical locations of the left Fn and Ctrl keys are interchanged. I’m already used to the typical layout where the Ctrl key is in the leftmost part followed by the Fn key. Fortunately, Lenovo has made it possible to swap the Fn and Ctrl keys through BIOS. The complete instructions are in this how-to article.

July 1, 2022 Read

Common Tools for Software Development

List of tools that I’ve used throughout my development career that you might find useful too. I use this list when setting up a new VM or workstation. Browser Google Chrome It’s most people’s default browser although Edge has a better performance in Windows. Brave Browser I use this personally for browsing. It has a lot of default privacy features. Can be used to test if a website will continue to function if all the security and privacy features are enabled.

June 23, 2022 Read

Java Performance Testing Using Zerocode

In one of my previous projects, I had to add a performance testing suite for our Java APIs to measure the performance gain in the performance improvement that I was working on. After some research, I found that Zerocode is able to fulfill our needs. Their GitHub Repo also includes an extensive documentation which made the process much easier for me. I found that you can reuse your existing JUnit tests as performance tests using the LoadWith annotation.

June 22, 2022 Read

Git Connection Errors During Cloning

I got these errors recently when I was trying to clone one of our repos. Unstable network connection or network infrastructure may have caused this so as a workaround, you can clone the repo “bit-by-bit”. $ git clone ssh://git@your.host.com/yourrepo.git Cloning into 'projectdir'... ... remote: Enumerating objects: 26639, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (269/269), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (152/152), done. client_loop: send disconnect: Connection reset by peer6 MiB/s fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output $ git clone ssh://git@your.

January 14, 2022 Read

Changing Committer, Author, and Email in Git

I recently observed in my GitHub profile that most of my commits are not shown in my contribution activity. After doing a quick search, I found that the problem because my email in my commits do not match the email associated with my GitHub account. Changing Commits in the Remote Repository You need to use the filter-branch command to change the emails and names. git filter-branch -f --env-filter ' GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="yourname"; GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="youremaill@host.

August 10, 2021 Read

Factorial

Factorial is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to a given positive integer and denoted by that integer and an exclamation point. n! = n * (n-1) * (n-2) * (n-3) ... 3 * 2 * 1 For example 5! = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 120 Just like the Fibonacci sequence, this is one of the basic forms of exercise used in programming and is commonly used to introduce recursion.

June 1, 2021 Read

Fibonacci Sequence

The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where a number is the addition of the last two numbers. This is one of the basic forms of exercise used in programming and is almost always present in a programming exam. Therefore, learning how to print the Fibonacci sequence is essential to anyone learning programming or a new programming language. 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377

June 1, 2021 Read