Currently I am using docker containers to deploy applications. A number of those containers make use of supervisord for managing processes. While supervisord itself comes with a UI, it is unhandy for me because each container is its own supervisord instance.
So I was interested in some software that would …
Keep your data and accounts safe by using a secure open source password manager to store unique, complex passwords.
Maintaining complex, unique passwords for each site and service you use is among the most common pieces of advice that security professionals provide to the public every year.
Yet no matter …
There are plenty of reasons why people would need to encrypt a partition. Whether they're rooted it in privacy, security, or confidentiality, setting up a basic encrypted partition on a Linux system is fairly easy. This is especially true when using LUKS, since its functionality is built directly into the …
Need to create diagrams, flowcharts, circuits, or other kinds of entity-relationship models? Microsoft Visio is without a doubt the best software for that, but that doesn't mean it's the best choice for you.
Visio may be the industry standard in the corporate world, but it comes with a huge drawback …
In just a relatively short amount of time, building mobile apps has transformed from a process that included lots of knowledge in developing into something that almost anyone can do. Cloud-based tools are quickly becoming the norm for app developers, and these are some of the highest recommended tools, each …
Android devs
yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
Download the sdk-tools zip from here
mkdir /opt/android
cd /opt/android
The sdk should go under /opt/android/tools
unzip sdk-tools.zip
sudo chmod a+x $(sudo find . -type f -executable )
Create a …
If you use multiple USB drives, you've probably noticed that the drive letter can be different each time you plug one in. If you'd like to assign a static letter to a drive that's the same every time you plug it in, read on.
Windows assigns drive letters to whatever …
Since now I have a Android TV I put away my HTPC and with that the capability to view DVDs or listen CDs directly.
So I converted my entire CD and DVD library to media files and stored in my home NAS.
Since we are talking hundreds of DVDs and …
Writing shell scripts leaves a lot of room to make mistakes, in ways that will cause your scripts to break on certain input, or (if some input is untrusted) open up security vulnerabilities. Here are some tips on how to make your shell scripts safer.
The simplest step is …
Java based:
Programming 2015
Windows system administration is very mouse driven and to reach all tools you need to browse through Windows explorer.
If you are like me and prefer to log on a limited privilege account and use Runas to perform admin tasks, you can open these consoles with the .msc file names …
Replacment for Make and Autoconf: MakeMe
(If you don't have root but have Android 4+ you can use the command-line program adb from the Android SDK platform tools to make backups via a desktop computer)
Alternative languages:
This is a list of my favorite Android Apps:
Testing, code coverage, style enforcement are all check-in and merge requirements that can be automated and driven from Git.
If you're among the rising number of Git users out there, you're in luck: You can automate pieces of your development workflow with Git hooks. Hooks are a native Git mechanism …
When trying to get on-to the IPv6 Internet, here are a couple of links to do diagnostics:
Another short and sweet. This web site provides a number of on-line tools. Useful for diagnosing problems when setting a home server.
So these are my ideas on how to document projects. There are three types of documentation types:
Instructions on how to remove DRM from E-Books and videos.
The easiest way to strip DRM from Kindle books (and Barnes and Noble, Adobe Digital Content, etc) is with the free ebook software Calibre, DRM removal plugins, and …
A collection of links for Web-Authoring. This focuses on using Web (HTML and CSS) technologies directly and not through a CMS like Wordpress.