6 posts published in 2025.
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Being a Linux-lord, I’m probably late to the party, but WinGet is the commandline utility for Windows (introduced in Windows 10) to install and manage packages, similar to a Linux or Unix environment. This makes Windows vastly more useable for developers. Here are some of the main commands that might be useful when working with winget. I used this tool today to upgrade my version of Windows PowerToys.
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Some last names in our directory of faculty end with suffixes. This adds a level of complexity to extracting and sorting by last name without a custom field. A custom JavaScript function could be constructed to handle this, provided you know all the possible suffix variations.
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Different options available to show and hide HTML elements using JavaScript in 2025, including my preference.Published in /til/ on
The Problem: code-server docker container comes with 0 binaries, so you have to set it up to your specific needs in a Dockerfile to include the binaries and packages you need for development assuming you’re using the built-in terminal and proxied port forwarding, etc. The Solution: Write a Dockerfile.
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I read briefly about content adapters for HUGO today. This is an exciting way to pull in data from a remote source in JSON or XML format and cache it on a site build. This could be a handy way of grabbing data from other sources and providing a really easy directory. I am not sure how I would use this just yet, but it could, for instance, replace the video section of LinuxCreative.com.
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While thinking about moving Soloist Systems to a personal blog, I came back around to the idea of the digital garden, a personal online space, similar to a blog, but with a focus on the ongoing, iterative process of learning and knowledge building. I want to leverage the way I have been using LogSeq to save personal notes about technologies and philosophy in a way that I can share to benefit others.
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