Hello (Again)

Hey there, it's been a while! Here is a gist of what has happened to me and the website. More …

SSH Keys Suddenly Refused to Connect

Strangely, my Debian system (running on WSL) suddenly refused to connect to both Gitlab and GitHub using my SSH keys. Everything was fine when I last used it a couple of weeks ago. But now running the command ssh -Tv [email protected] returns a "Connection timed out" error.

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Which 'yarn'?

This has happened to me each time I setup a new Debian or Ubuntu environment. Firstly, the yarn command I am referring to here is the JavaScript "Yarn" package manager. The yarn that was installed or already installed was the one used by the cmdtest.

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It's a Chocolatey Time

Chocolatey is a software or package management on Windows, similar to the apt command on Debian or Debian-based distributions. It'd be great if Windows has something similar built-in. This does make managing software so much easier. More …

2019 Podcast Shows I Enjoy Listening To

I listen to podcasts because it is one of the ways I can learn something new. There was a quote from someone, from whom I can't remember, "Podcast is like a moving university". I will always have something to listen to when I am doing my chores, commute, having my walks or exercise, etc.

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A Better Web Experience with the Keyboard

When I use a computer, I like to have both hands on the keyboard, or specifically on the home row. I find that it is more productive than having to move them to grab the mouse every few seconds. This is one reason I am grateful for

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Git Status in Your Prompt

Did you know: You can have a visual representation of the git status command output in your shell prompt? This is especially convenient for people who use the git command-line interface (CLI). Unfortunately, this doesn't work with the Windows command prompt or cmd. But there are a few workarounds.

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Why Not DuckDuckGo?

DuckDuckGo is a privacy-first search engine which doesn't track you. I started using it as my primary search engine in 2011. Below is my first tweet about DuckDuckGo. In the tweet, I shared an article on an interview (2012) by TechSpot with DuckDuckGo's founder, Gabriel Weinberg. More …