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TRPB / arch-macbook2018.md
Last active August 18, 2025 05:01
Guide: Running Arch on a 2018 MacBook Pro

Hardware Prerequisites

You'll need at least the following hardware:

  • At least 3 USB-A to USB-C converters or hub with enough ports for at least 3 USB devices if all your devices are USB-A then:
  • A USB drive
  • A USB keyboard
  • USB to Ethernet adapter, compatible USB dongle or USB tethering on a phone
@rothgar
rothgar / install-tmux
Last active June 28, 2025 05:43 — forked from ekiara/how_to_install_tmux_on_centos
Install tmux 1.9 on rhel/centos 6
# Install tmux on Centos release 6.5
# install deps
yum install gcc kernel-devel make ncurses-devel
# DOWNLOAD SOURCES FOR LIBEVENT AND MAKE AND INSTALL
curl -OL https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz
tar -xvzf libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.21-stable
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
@branneman
branneman / better-nodejs-require-paths.md
Last active October 9, 2025 17:55
Better local require() paths for Node.js

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions

TMUX - Single window group, multiple session.

So I have been using tmux for a while and have grown to like it and have since added many many customizations to it. Now once you start getting the hang of it, you'll naturally want to do more with the tool.

Now tmux has a concept of window-group and session and if you are like me you'll want multiple session that connects to the same window group instead of a new window group every time. Basically I just need different views into the same set of windows that I have already created, I don't want to create a new set of windows every time I fire up my terminal.

This is the default case if you simply use the tmux command as your login shell, effectively creating a new group of windows every time you start tmux.

This is less than ideal because, if you are like me, you fire up one-off terminals all the time and you don't want all those one-off jobs to stay running in the background. Plus sometimes you need information fro