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nh2 / example-output.txt
Created April 19, 2022 14:15
Process `ghc -v` output, summarising where time is spent.
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# ./ghc-performance-categorizer.py ghci-v-output-1.txt --sort-by time
TASK time ms mem MB
------------------------------------------------
systool:cpp 4 2
systool:merge-objects 11 3
Simplify 38 68
ByteCodeGen 70 164
initializing 72 119
systool:as 175 68
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nh2 / mv-tree.py
Created January 23, 2022 07:18
Tool to move contents of one directory tree into another, safely.
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#! /usr/bin/env python3
# Moves contents of one directory tree into another, safely.
import argparse
import filecmp
import shlex
import sys
from dataclasses import dataclass
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nh2 / mmap-memory-usage.c
Created December 7, 2020 19:43
Demo of how mmap() affects VIRT, RES, SHR memory usage in Linux
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// Demo of how mmap() affects VIRT, RES, SHR memory usage in Linux.
//
// A useful resource for more background:
// https://techtalk.intersec.com/2013/07/memory-part-2-understanding-process-memory/
// Required for:
// * `O_TMPFILE`
// * `fallocate()`
#define _GNU_SOURCE
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nh2 / outlook-dkim.md
Created October 21, 2020 16:56
Outlook apparently cannot deterministically run DKIM
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It seems Outlook is totally bugged.

I set up a mail server and sent 4 emails in a row, for the first one Microsoft said:

dkim=pass (signature was verified)

For the second one it said:

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nh2 / configuration.nix
Last active October 14, 2021 11:47
NixOS configuration for nh2's mail server presentation (https://nh2.me/recent/Running-your-own-mailserver.pdf)
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# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
let
floatingIPv4 = "95.216.183.106";
floatingIPv6 = "2a01:4f9:c01f:65::1";
in
{
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nh2 / SlopProblem.hs
Last active October 19, 2020 17:26
Repro for GHC making crazy amounts of slop with +RTS -N2, see https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/18849
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-- Run with:
-- ghc --make -O -threaded -fforce-recomp SlopProblem.hs && command time ./SlopProblem +RTS -N1 -s
--
-- My output with ghc 8.6.5 on a 4-core machine:
-- ...
-- 336,707,456 bytes maximum residency (14 sample(s))
-- 611,774,592 bytes maximum slop
-- ...
-- ... 1716344maxresident)k
-- The slop reduces to 1 MB when `-N1` is used, and the resident memory usage
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nh2 / texcoord-mutator.py
Last active August 20, 2020 21:57
Script to scale texture coordinates
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#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
#! nix-shell -i python3 -p python3Packages.plyfile
import argparse
import sys
import numpy as np
from plyfile import PlyData, PlyElement
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='''
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nh2 / ptgui-pro.nix
Last active July 7, 2020 20:24
Packaging PTGui with nix
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# This is for installing ptgui conveniently via nix
# or into NixOS.
# Build using e.g.:
#
# nix-build -E '((import <nixpkgs> {}).callPackage (import ./ptgui-pro.nix) { })'
#
# and then run via
#
# result/bin/PTGui
#
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nh2 / nix-store-bup-benchmark.py
Created June 3, 2020 12:19
Small benchmark to deduplicate /nix/store into a bup repository
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#! /usr/bin/env python3
import glob
import os
import subprocess
import sys
from itertools import zip_longest
# From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/434287/what-is-the-most-pythonic-way-to-iterate-over-a-list-in-chunks/434411#434411
def grouper(iterable, n):
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nh2 / nixos-install-hetzner-cloud.sh
Last active June 3, 2022 09:54
Implementation of nh2's pubkey into https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-install-scripts/blob/master/hosters/hetzner-cloud/nixos-install-hetzner-cloud.sh (Script to install NixOS from the Hetzner Cloud NixOS bootable ISO image. Wipes the disk!)
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#! /usr/bin/env bash
# Script to install NixOS from the Hetzner Cloud NixOS bootable ISO image.
# Wipes the disk!
# Tested with Hetzner's `NixOS 20.03 (amd64/minimal)` ISO image.
#
# Run like:
#
# curl https://nh2.me/nixos-install-hetzner-cloud.sh | sudo bash
#