I often use Makefiles not just as a build tool but as a handy way to execute sequences of commands. The commands I've found myself executing again and again lately are the ones to manage Python virtual environments: Create new venv Update pip to...
This error has haunted me for several months: 4 [main] head (6660) C:\...\usr\bin\head.exe:r *** fatal error - cygheap base mismatch detected - 0x612C7410/0xAF7410. This problem is probably due to using incompatible versions of the cygwin DLL....
This will be yet another description of dotfiles management by some random person on the Internet. I will try to explain what my setup is like and why it is that way. If you're not yet using version control software for your configuration files I...
I believe there are many people who run Debian Stable as their main desktop OS. This article is a short how-to on enabling newer hardware in Debian Stable without switching to another version or distribution. NOTE: This article was written in...
Zsh offers a lot of significant improvements over traditional shell experience. Some of those can also be implemented in bash, but others are not. For a long time I've thought that advanced file path expansion is something that can't be done in...