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Descent098 / gcm-linux.md
Created July 2, 2025 18:41
using GCM on linux

Extract the tarball:

udo tar -xvf ~/Downloads/gcm-linux_amd64.2.6.1.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin

then run

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Descent098 / Go optimizations.md
Last active June 24, 2025 20:05
Go optimizations

Go Optimizations

A markdown file with information about optimizing go projects

Compiler Flags

Many flags are useful to add to a compiler in order to optimize for file size and/or performance:

  • -ldflags="-s -w": Strips debugging info massively saving filesize in some cases
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Descent098 / An overview of Levenstein.md
Last active May 5, 2025 08:49
Levenstein

Levenstein distance is an algorithm to find the edit distance of two strings, which is a long-winded way to say it's a way to determine how many steps you would need to take to modify one string into another. This is useful because you can use it as a component of things like similarity algorithms to create a form of autocorrect/suggestion algorithms.

References

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Descent098 / Python Asynchronous mapping cookbook.md
Last active March 10, 2025 23:21
Asynchronous mapping over iterable in python

Asynchronous mapping cookbook

When working with large lists you may want to map over them asynchronously

Iteration mapping with default arguments

Topics used (if you want to fully understand the code, you should read these:

  • lambdas; Essentially a way to define a mini-function
  • currying; A way to reduce the number of arguments given to a function, in this case we use it to allow for default arguments to be passed
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Descent098 / basics.ps1
Created August 23, 2024 06:33
COM Object Examples
# Create Instance from CLSID
[System.Activator]::CreateInstance([Type]::GetTypeFromCLSID("56FDF344-FD6D-11d0-958A-006097C9A090"))
# Over DCOM
[System.Activator]::CreateInstance([Type]::GetTypeFromCLSID("49B2791A-B1AE-4C90-9B8E-E860BA07F889", "10.10.0.1"))
# Create Instance from Prog ID
[System.Activator]::CreateInstance([Type]::GetTypeFromProgID("Wscript.Shell"))
# Shorter version of creating an instance from Prog ID
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Descent098 / download.py
Created May 21, 2023 21:15
A script to download multiple videos in parallel
# A script to download many videos in parallel
import subprocess # Used to instantiate yt-dlp processes to download
from typing import List
from multiprocessing import Process # Used to parrallel process download subprocesses
# Confirm dependencies are installed
try:
import yt_dlp # Needed for suprocessing
except ImportError:
print("Youtube DLP not installed, please install with:\n\tpip install yt-dlp\n\t\tor\n\tsudo pip3 install yt-dlp")
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Descent098 / maria-db-import.md
Created January 24, 2023 18:32
Creating a MariaDB import docker compose

This file will teach you how to setup a mariaDB docker container, import a .sql dump and visualize it.

Step 1 Docker containers

First create a compose.yml file with the following info:

# Use root/example as user/password credentials
version: '3.1'
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Descent098 / utilities.md
Last active October 28, 2022 19:42
This is a collection of developer utilities that are more obscure
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Descent098 / CMS things.md
Created October 24, 2022 02:59
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Descent098 / Hosting.md
Last active October 19, 2022 23:20
Docker Hosting