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API Passwords vs Application Passwords

Forget about API passwords, they are useless in production.

You need the "Application Passwords" instead which can be used for "Basic" authentication when calling the REST API.

This requires HTTPS so this is normally not enabled in local development.

Enable Application Passwords in development environment

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Basic key bindings

f" and f' to move to the next double quote or single quote.

F" and F' to move to the previous double quote or single quote.

Used when you want to select or copy text including the quotes.

t" and t' to move to the last character before the next double quote or single quote.

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Problem: https://leetcode.com/problems/single-element-in-a-sorted-array/description/ Solution: https://leetcode.com/problems/single-element-in-a-sorted-array/solutions/4254843/rust-solution-using-binary-search/

Using binary search, seek middle. The idea is that since this is a sorted array, finding which side has the single element is just a matter of comparing adjacent items from the middle and the distance between middle and the edges.

For example, if the middle item and the item to the left is equal and the distance between the middle and the left is even, then the single element must not be on the left since the distance is an event number. It must be to the right.

impl Solution {
    pub fn single_non_duplicate(nums: Vec<i32>) -> i32 {

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Original problem: https://leetcode.com/problems/add-to-array-form-of-integer/description/

Posted solution: https://leetcode.com/problems/add-to-array-form-of-integer/solutions/4212467/rust-add-digits-by-digits-in-an-array-to-sum-very-large-numbers/

Intuition

I thought it was just a simple string conversion and simple arithmetic but it's more complicated than that.

Given a very large number, simply add operation breaks even on i128 in rust.

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I am working on several projects with neovim with TypeScript LSP installed.

In some projects, the auto import correctly set the path using relative paths.

However, some projects always starts its import at src for some reason.

Tried to configure LSP to always use relative path but can't make it work.

Somehow, there is something in my project configuration that broke the LSP import.

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We are getting intermittent build failure on our React.js application which uses CRA (Create React App).

I was able to capture the error on my local VM.

> node scripts/build.js

Creating an optimized production build...

<--- Last few GCs --->

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Visual Block Mode

Add/remove comment using the visual block mode.

• First, move the cursor to the first char of the first line in block code you want to comment, then type Ctrl + v.
• Then vim will go into VISUAL BLOCK mode.
• Use j to move the cursor down until you reach the last line of your code block. Then type: Shift + i
• Now vim goes to INSERT mode and the cursor is at the first char of the first line. Finally, type # or the comment character of your language then ESC and the code block is now commented.

Note that at first sight, the editing does not seem to differ from changing a single line. The changes will only be applied to the whole block after hitting ESC.

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Select multiple lines, ex: using the visual mode:

• Press v on normal mode
• Move cursor to select the lines to edit
• Press SHIFT + < or > to indent to left or right.

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Coming from TypeScript background, it is common to use either a union type or a generic hints on function parameters.

For rust though, at some point, you need to specify the type.

I have these structs (oversimplified):

#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
struct PublishedJob {
    id: String,

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Scenario

I'm installing pub-sub-client crate but it requires openssl-sys dependency and it failed to install it due to OpenSSL error.

Guide

I'm using the vcpkg guide for Windows but with a small tweak.

https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg#quick-start-windows