whytheluckystiff.net
Someone compiled a _why museum. One of my biggest Ruby “regrets” was that I got into it just as _why was on his way out. I hope he’s still teaching people in the shadows.
Silencing “last login” message on macOS terminals
I got annoyed by the “Last login: Fri Aug 19: 11:23:33” messages I saw in Terminal.app when opening new tabs (in spite of seeing them daily for years). Here’s how I solved it.
`~/.ssh/config` includes
Last night I discovered the Include directive in ~/.ssh/config that I have
wanted all my life.
Efficient Pagination Using Deferred Joins
TIL that pagination via LIMIT and OFFSET (i.e. how most of us are doing
it) is not very performant for large datasets. Instead, you can use a
“deferred join” to fetch just the ID from the table and then an outer query
has fewer IDs to work with.
Trying to fix my Audioengine A2+ woes
I upgraded my desktop speakers to Audioengine A2+ a while ago. They are awesome, except for one random bug: they sometimes stop working and require me to unplug their power.
2Advanced Studios gallery
I was feeling nostalgic in web design today and found this gallery of old 2Advanced Studios designs. V3 Expansions is still the best website of all time.
Pi-hole/DNS configuration gotcha
I’ve been running Pi-hole off and on for a few years. It mostly works great, but it would randomly stop working and I’d see ads again. I could never track down what was happening — until recently.
Let’s Encrypt for Pi-hole
Here’s how I used acme.sh to setup Let’s Encrypt for my Pi-holes.
PHP’s null coalescing operator vs elvis operator
I saw this comparison of PHP’s null coalescing operator (??) vs its
elvis operator (?:).
EU to require sideloading on iOS
Looks like the EU is going to force Apple to allow side-loading and alternate app stores on iOS. Mixed opinions, as I’d expect. Myself, I hate the idea and hope Apple tells them to fuck off.