stettix

Things I believe

This is a collection of the things I believe about software development. I have worked for years building backend and data processing systems, so read the below within that context.

Agree? Disagree? Feel free to let me know at @JanStette. See also my blog at www.janvsmachine.net.

Fundamentals

Keep it simple, stupid. You ain't gonna need it.

dmitrydwhite

# me> gi tpush
# computer> -bash: gi: command not found
# me> dang it you kno wwhat I meant!
gi() { TCOMMAND=$1; shift; OTHERARGS=$@; if [ ${TCOMMAND:0:1} = "t" ]; then git ${TCOMMAND:1} $OTHERARGS; fi; }

yury

/*
 Use Fonteer app to install profile
 with Cutive Mono font from Google Fonts
*/

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Cutive Mono';
  src: local('Cutive Mono');
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;

iosecure

iOS, The Future Of macOS, Freedom, Security And Privacy In An Increasingly Hostile Global Environment

This post by a security researcher who prefers to remain anonymous will elucidate concerns about certain problematic decisions Apple has made and caution about future decisions made in the name of “security” while potentially hiding questionable motives. The content of this article represents only the opinion of the researcher. The researcher apologises if any content is seen to be inaccurate, and is open to comments or questions through PGP-encrypted mail.

TL;DR

graceavery

alias accio=wget
alias avadaKedavra='rm -f'
alias imperio=sudo
alias priorIncantato='echo `history |tail -n2 |head -n1` | sed "s/[0-9]* //"'
alias stupefy='sleep 5'
alias wingardiumLeviosa=mv

alias sonorus='set -v'
alias quietus='set +v'

paulirish

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics

• elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent

bzerangue

Verify and Repair Disk Permissions via Terminal (Mac OS X)

Verify Permissions

diskutil verifyPermissions /

Repair Permissions

diskutil repairPermissions /

Gr1N

# Install dependencies
% apt-get install cifs-utils

# Create mount point folder
% mkdir /mnt/capsule

# Create credentials file
% touch /root/.cifs/capsule
% cat /root/.cifs/capsule
username=username