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Fixing apt: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring Warnings

Sat 3rd December, 2022
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2 min read, 425 words.

How apy keys work, what .source files are and how to fix Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring Warnings

The Python Black formatter outputs to stderr, not stdout

Sun 6th March, 2022
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1 min read, 72 words.

The Python Black formatter outputs to stderr, not stdout

Windows PowerShell aliases can’t have parameters, you need to write a function.

Sat 5th March, 2022
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1 min read, 163 words.

updated Wed 30th March, 2022

Windows PowerShell does support aliases, but doesn't support commands with parameters in aliases - you have to create a function

Templating JSON data into a Variable, in Bash

Thu 24th February, 2022
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1 min read, 146 words.

How to template out JSON in Bash

A ‘git up’ alias that works for any default branch

Mon 1st November, 2021
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1 min read, 165 words.

How to find a git repositories default branch name

Cssmin is Unmaintained & has a Bug with Complex :is Selectors

Thu 5th August, 2021
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1 min read, 126 words.

cssmin is unmaintained & has a bug with complex :is selectors

The CSS :is selector is pretty neat

Mon 19th July, 2021
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1 min read, 119 words.

You can use the new CSS :is selector to write complex CSS selectors in a much more compact way

Don’t Put Eggs Under Your Tomatoes, if you have Raccoons

Tue 13th July, 2021
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1 min read, 126 words.

They will dig up your garden to get them.

Running python webservers on port 80 without root

Sun 11th July, 2021
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1 min read, 175 words.

updated Fri 1st October, 2021

How to allow python (or anything else) to listen/bind to port 80 without being root

Ninja is a surprisingly nice build system for tiny projects

Tue 22nd June, 2021
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1 min read, 154 words.

Ninja is a surprisingly nice build system for tiny projects. That's more or less the opposite of what it's designed for, but it works really well for tiny things.