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What Postgres for Everything means to a dev deploying all sorts of databases. Spoiler: it’s about collapsing your stack & keeping your world simple.

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Midnight Commander is a text-based file manager for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems that provides a user-friendly interface for managing files.

There was a time when real system administrators just logged into Unix systems as root. But as we all know — with great power comes great responsibility. It’s too easy to do terrible th…

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Are you using tags in your database with some of your main database properties? Paul reviews some of the ways to store tags in a database from basic relational models to text arrays. He provides some performance tests, sample queries, and guidance on choosing the best path.

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Using ARG in a Dockerfile - beware the gotcha 13 May 2024 | 3 min read Today I learned about the subtleties of build arguments in Dockerfile...

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Overview vmdk’s, the underlying filesystem commonly used in vmware, can be mounted on a Linux server using the qemu utilities. In this example, I downloaded an ova, unarchived it, and retrieved the vmdk files. Once exposed, I am able to mount the filesystems embedded within the vmdk. In this example, the ova is a virtual “appliance” which prohibits access a low level root shell. By mounting the vmdk file system directly, we can take a peek at the hidden secrets the vendor keeps under lock and key.

This guide introduces you to Grep, sed, and AWK, which are Linux tools used for text processing. It explains the differences between grep, sed, and AWK and provides beginner examples for each.

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I am using the unix pr command to combine multiple text files into one text file: pr -F *files > newfile Each file is a different length, a different number of lines. I am mostly happy with the

by Alex Nadalin Makefiles 101: how to use make as a task automation tool Photo by Agto Nugroho [https://unsplash.com/photos/1mnXGDl3iRY?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/search/photos/factory?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] It seems like developers are afraid of using make as they associate it with the painful experience of compiling things from scratch — the dreaded ./configure &&

Make is a tool that is primarily used to assist in compiling software in an automated way. However, makefiles, the files that make relies on for configuration, are very flexible and can be used to automate just about any task. In this article, we will discuss how to use makefiles to make repetitive system administration tasks easier.

The open source PG Vector brings vector similarity search into Postgres, said Sirish Chandrasekaran of Amazon Web Services in this episode of The New Stack Makers.

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Bazzite is a custom image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices - including your favorite handheld.