Blogs tagged 'hacks'

• Mypy on steroids
  Configuring mypy as a daemon for snappy type checking.
  python hacks performance

  
  
• Sane alt-tabbing in Ubuntu - part II
  Changing alt-tabbing in Ubuntu to let you actually see what you're selecting.
  linux hacks

  
  
• Don't commit to main
  Prevent accidental commits to a protected branch such as `main`.
  git hacks

  
  
• Webroach - xroach for webpages
  The story of webroach, how I created the HTML counterpart of the xroach linux application. It is open source, so you too can have some roaches roaming your website.
  hacks html linux cockroaches

  
  
• Open GitHub when pushing a new branch
  A trick to quickly create a pull request when pushing a new branch to remote by opening the repo in your browser.
  git hacks

  
  
• Fighting html form bots
  A tale of fighting spam bots abusing my contact form. A series of experiments led to a simple solution to stop the bots.
  blogging hacks bots

  
  
• Scanning with a samsung 4600 in ubuntu
  How to let Ubuntu recognize a Samsung SCX-4600 as a scanning device.
  hacks linux scanner

  
  
• Sane alt-tabbing in Ubuntu - part I
  How to change alt-tabbing behavior in Ubuntu to something more useful than the default.
  linux hacks

  
  
• Removing a div with Greasemonkey
  How to remove an unwanted HTML element from a webpage using Greasemonkey.
  html hacks

  
  
• Sending mail from a contact form
  How I set up my contact form to send emails in a way that does not reveal my email address to the world.
  hacks blogging java lighttpd

  
  
• Resizing images on the command line
  How to quickly resize an image on the linux command line using convert/ImageMagick.
  hacks images