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KeePass Auto-Type on iTerm2/zsh/Tmux

This is a very quick tutorial on how to auto-type passwords from KeePassXC to a CLI application. The document is mostly for myself to remember how to do it, but feel free to add your comments and improvements.

Context

I use KeePassXC as my main password manager. About a couple of months ago I discovered I don't need to copy passwords from KeepassXC via clipboard. I found out about the Auto-Type feature in the KeepassXC User Guide. According to the user guide, Auto-Type "acts like a virtual keyboard to populate data from your entries directly into the corresponding websites or applications that you use".

This is great for websites since I don't need any browser plugin. Instead I just press CTRL-Option-A (in my case) and let the user and password fields be auto-completed using KeepassXC. in order to do this correctly, you can configure a Window-Association. This is usually the title of a website as f

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Astrophotography Image Stacking on Mac OS

This is a very quick tutorial on how I do my astrophotography image stacking on Mac OS. The document is mostly for myself to remember how to do it, but feel free to add your comments and improvements.

I knew some of the rules described in the following, but never really remembered them exactly. So here it is, my little reminder on how to stack astro photos.

Requirements

• Starry Ladscape Stacker
• Photo editing software, I do use Lightroom CC

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My OpenWRT home router setup

This is a very quick tutorial on how I setup my TP Link Archer C7 v2 using OpenWRT. The document is mostly for myself to remember how to do it, but feel free to add your comments and improvements 😃

See Also: For installation/upgrade instructions see this

Requirements

• I don't want my private devices to be in the same network as my internet router

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Archer C7 v2 OpenWRT Upgrade Instructions

This is a very quick tutorial on how to upgrade the TP Link Archer C7 v2 to the latest OpenWRT image. The document is mostly for myself to remember how to do it.

Get the firmware

NOTE: In previous versions ar71xx was the target, however it is outdated and the successor of it is the at79 target.

• Download firmware: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.1/targets/ath79/generic/openwrt-21.02.1-ath79-generic-tplink_archer-c7-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

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```python
# based on this list https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/88constellations.html
import random
x="Andromeda\tPrincess of Ethiopia\nAntlia\tAir pump\nApus\tBird of Paradise\nAquarius\tWater bearer\nAquila\tEagle\nAra\tAltar\nAries\tRam\nAuriga\tCharioteer\nBootes\tHerdsman\nCaelum\tGraving tool\nCamelopardalis\tGiraffe\nCancer\tCrab\nCanes Venatici\tHunting dogs\nCanis Major\tBig dog\nCanis Minor\tLittle dog\nCapricornus\tSea goat\nCarina\tKeel of Argonauts' ship\nCassiopeia\tQueen of Ethiopia\nCentaurus\tCentaur\nCepheus\tKing of Ethiopia\nCetus\tSea monster (whale)\nChamaeleon\tChameleon\nCircinus\tCompasses\nColumba\tDove\nComa Berenices\tBerenice's hair\nCorona Australis\tSouthern crown\nCorona Borealis\tNorthern crown\nCorvus\tCrow\nCrater\tCup\nCrux\tCross (southern)\nCygnus\tSwan\nDelphinus\tPorpoise\nDorado\tSwordfish\nDraco\tDragon\nEquuleus\tLittle horse\nEridanus\tRiver\nFornax\tFurnace\nGemini\tTwins\nGrus\tCrane\nHercules\tHercules, son of Zeus\nHorologium\tClock\nHydr

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo -n "please enter the password for the keypass database:"
read -rs pw
echo

KEYPASS_KEY="$1"
SEARCH_PATTERN="$2"

echo "performing search in the following keypass databases:"