Install binaries directly from GitHub releases easily with gah.

Explore YAML options for effectively handling multiline strings, with an interactive demo that allows you to test them in real-time.

Discover how the Pandas Styler object allows you to apply conditional formatting and CSS styles to your DataFrames for better data visualization and presentation.

Discover fresh, a fast, modern, modeless terminal text editor, ideal for casual file editing, surpassing nano and vim in simplicity for regular use.

Quick guide to inspecting the contents of RPM packages and determining which packages own specific files on your Linux system.

Discover Kooha, a minimalist screen recording application for Linux that combines ease of use with essential features.

Exploring OpenEvidence, a leading platform that consolidates medical information, clinical findings, and practice guidelines for healthcare professionals in the US.

Discover direnv, a shell extension that automatically loads and unloads environment variables when changing directories, keeping your configuration clean and organized.

mendhak/docker-http-https-echo is a simple Docker container that facilitates debugging network configurations, proxies, and load balancers.

Discover Kubegres, a Kubernetes operator that simplifies the deployment and management of highly available and scalable PostgreSQL clusters.

Understand the different TCP connection states reported by netstat and ss, from establishment to termination, for better network diagnosis.

Learn how to configure Python's logging module to avoid message overload from third-party libraries, keeping your logs clean and useful.

Configure Kitty for instant and efficient access, combining the power of a modern terminal with the convenience of a dropdown.

A quick guide to the most useful Kitty keyboard shortcuts to optimize your command-line workflow.

Exploring the reasons and benefits of switching from Yakuake to Kitty for a more powerful and customizable terminal experience.

Discover how Poe the Poet allows you to define and execute custom commands directly from your pyproject.toml, optimizing your workflow in uv environments.

A practical approach to using git worktrees and maximizing productivity with multiple simultaneous work contexts

Combining vector search and full-text search in SQLite using Reciprocal Rank Fusion for better results

Advanced techniques to integrate geospatial data sources using DuckDB, H3, Ollama, and embedding models

HTTPX emerges as the natural successor to requests, offering async support, HTTP/2, and a modern API for contemporary Python applications.

Server-Sent Events offer a simple and efficient alternative to WebSockets for unidirectional server-to-client communication in web applications

PosteRazor converts any image into a giant poster by splitting the image into printable pages that you can assemble

As always, another reminder note.

If you filter mail in gmail by unread (is:unread), you get all unread mail, which in my case always includes hundreds of notifications, social, promotions, or forums which is usually not what I'm looking for.

To search for unread emails from the Primary tab …

Automated workflow to create technical documentation using Sphinx, Paver, and Cog, eliminating repetitive tasks and manual errors in code examples

Linux commands to determine how many RAM slots are occupied and their capacity using dmidecode, lshw, and hardware inspection techniques

Fundamental concepts about High-Frequency Trading (HFT) systems, programs that execute thousands of trades per day in fractions of a second

Methods and tools to discover active devices on local networks using nmap, arp-scan, netdiscover, and other reconnaissance techniques

Collection of essential command line tools for developers: curl, ngrep, netcat, sshuttle, siege, and mitmproxy

Sysdig offers a comprehensive security platform for cloud-native environments that combines AI, real-time visibility, and open source innovation

Techniques in Python to create generators that can be iterated multiple times, overcoming the "one-shot" limitation of standard generators

Stop firefox from opening the pasted url with the middle mouse button

CSS technique to place two links on the same horizontal row within a Bootstrap dropdown menu using flexbox

Galen Framework simplifies automated testing of responsive layouts by verifying the position and appearance of elements across different devices

Analysis of X-Forwarded-For and X-Real-IP headers, their origins, differences, and how to determine the client's real IP in architectures with multiple proxies

How to configure Nginx to pass the client's real IP to backend servers using the X-Forwarded-For header in reverse proxy configurations

SQL techniques to select complete rows with the maximum value of a column within groups, comparing performance of subqueries, joins, and window functions

Let's use threads in python to periodically execute a function

To measure the bandwidth I am using right now, I use NetHogs

By default, it looks for a network interface called "eth0". If it doesn't find it, it complains like this:

ioctl failed while establishing local IP for selected device eth0. You may specify the device on the command line …

As I said, Google announced the closure of Google Code.

Today I received the email notifying me (I had a test project hosted there) that I could move my projects simply to github, the de facto repository for free software today (sorry for bitbucket and especially for mercurial).

Its interface …

postresql command line

I am writing again.

To force a django view to be called only via AJAX calls.

def ajax_required(f):
    """
    AJAX request required decorator
    use it in your views:

    @ajax_required
    def my_view(request):
        ....

    """
    def wrap(request, *args, **kwargs):
        if not request.is_ajax():
            return HttpResponseBadRequest()
        return f(request, *args, **kwargs)
    wrap.__doc__ = f.__doc__
    wrap.__name__ …

FileFields in Django need an upload_to function that determines where the file will be uploaded. I usually have a generic function in utils.py that leaves them in a subfolder with the model name.

import os

def generic_upload_to(instance, filename):
    """
    Generic `upload_to` function for models.FileField and models.ImageField
    which …

In my projects I usually use links to related items in the admin change_list.

from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
from django.core import urlresolvers
from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict …

I usually use this at the beginning of projects.

from django.conf import settings as django_settings
from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured


def settings(request):
    """
    Adds the settings specified in settings.TEMPLATE_VISIBLE_SETTINGS to
    the request context.
    """
    new_settings = {}
    for attr in django_settings.TEMPLATE_VISIBLE_SETTINGS:
        try:
            new_settings[attr] = getattr(django_settings, attr)
        except AttributeError …