Greg Bouwens

Skinny Cocktails

Watermelon Mojito Gently crush cubes of watermelon with fresh mint leaves. Add rum and sparkling water for a sweet mojito with half the usual calories: 100

NoSQL Workbench won't start: Ubuntu

I'm learning about NoSQL and DynamoDB. I love it so far! This morning I tried to install the NoSQL Workbench from Amazon Web Services on 2 different computers running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It was a super frustrating process to say the least. I downloaded the installer, ran

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Desktop keyboard shortcuts

I switch back and forth regularly between Ubuntu and Windows. I like to use multiple desktops in either operating system in order to organize my work. In Ubuntu, to switch to another desktop, it's ctrl-alt-(left or right arrow). To move an app to another desktop, it'

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Find your nameservers fast!

When you're setting up a web site, or moving a domain to another hosting company, it's really handy to be able to get the current nameservers without any fuss. Here's how you do that with one command (tested in Linux only!) 💡dig @1.1.

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Find recently changed files

I'm using Ubuntu as my daily driver these days, and while I love it, I really miss some of the built-in features of Windows such as recently used files. For example, what Git repos have I pulled or worked in recently? A little Linux-Fu solves this problem quite

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Intellij WSL2 move window

I really love running Intellij from Windows Subsystem for Linux 2. There are a few rough edges, one of them is this: Fairly often a window or dialog box will show up partially off the edge of one of my monitors, and there's no easy way to move

zen

Those who attain the Tao

Those who attain the Tao Are masters of themselves. The universe is Dissolved for them. Throw them in the company Of the noisy and the dirty, And they will be like a lotus flower: Growing from muddy water, Touched by it, yet unstained. -Lao Tzu

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Sipping tea before blossoms

Each time the blossoms open I recall the friend who gave me the saplings, and the times we used to stop to drink beneath his trees. But those springs of twenty years ago are like a dream, and wine cups of those days are like tea bowls now. Kisei Reigen

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Working and playing

The zen master in the art of living makes little distinction between their work and their play, their labor and their leisure, their minds and their bodies, their education and their recreation, their love and their religion. They hardly know which is which. They simply pursue their vision of excellence

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Find files containing text in Linux

One of the more frustrating experiences that happens to me (and maybe you too!) while working on my computer is trying to find a specific file, or a file containing a phrase or programming function, and it can be hard to figure out how to move forward. Fortunately, there'

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Spring Boot and OAuth2

Today I've been learning about Spring Boot and OAuth2 with both Github as well as Google for the authorization providers. I'm working through this really great course from Pluralsight: https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/spring-framework-security-oauth2-login The source code is in Github and my local repo

angular

Angular and Node.js basic commands

Here are some basic commands for Angular and Node.js Node * npm version * npm i * npm audit fix * npm start Angular * ng * ng version * ng serve

web

HTTP response codes

When you interact with an http resource, there are 5 classes of codes you are supposed to get back. It's easier to remember them if you understand how they are grouped. 100 - informational 200 - success 300 - redirect 400 - client errors 500 - server errors

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How to zip up a git project without the .git files

Once in awhile (like today!) I have to zip up a git project to send to someone. When this happens, obviously don't want to include the .git files, I just want the contents of the repo. To do this, I use this command: zip -r my-zippedup-stuff.zip ./directory-of-my-project/

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Think like a farmer

Don't shout at the crops Don't blame the crop for not growing fast enough Don't uproot crops before they've had a chance to grow Choose the best plants for the soil Irrigate and fertilize Remove weeks Remember, you will have good seasons

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Install dotnet core on Ubuntu

I do a lot of development on Ubuntu, specifically Ubuntu running in WSL 2 inside of Windows. It's awesome to have the goodness of Linux inside of the usefulness of Windows. When I fire up a connection to a new Linux box and type "dotnet" and

algorithms

Merge sort...

Here are the basic characteristics: 1. Divide and conquer algorithm 2. Stable 3. NOT in place 4. Running time is always O(n log n)

unifi

Unifi Switch Flex setup and documentation

I really like Unifi's networking gear. I have a Dream Machine Pro, a half dozen of their access points, and just bought my first switch from them, the UniFi Switch Flex 5-Port Managed Gigabit PoE - it's perfect for connecting my access points and security cameras

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Ad blocking as a service: ABAS

I really don't like seeing ads on the internet. Well actually, I don't like being hounded by them. Sure, I understand that somebody has to pay the bills, but recently it has become a game of YOU MUST LOOK AT ME before scrolling to see more

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AWS: Building a multi-tenant SAAS Application

I've been needing to understand how to design, and build, a multi-tenant web app (both for my own knowledge, and for professional reasons) and today I took the leap and just DID IT! I ran through this AWS walk-through SAAS Factory and in about 3 hours had the

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AWS Databases Skill Assessment

Here's my score from last time (I only got 119 out of 300!) Here are all 20 questions - the question, then the answer. 1. You are managing an Aurora DB Cluster and a considerable amount of Aurora Data was removed resulting in a substantial amount of allocated

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WSL - Docker with GPU enabled (Nvidia)

Ok, I know it's not a new thing to be able to run complicated ML / AI software such as Tensorflow or Deepstack on Windows and make use of your Nvidia GPU - but what if you want to run a Docker container inside of WSL and have GPU

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AWS Elasticache

Redis and Memcached Both are in-memory data stores. Both are designed to be easy to use. Both allow for data to be distributed across multiple nodes (sharded). Benefits of ElastiCache Operational resources are no longer required. Take advantage of compatible AWS monitoring. On demand sizing. 4 key modules 1. Simple

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AWS Five Pillars

The AWS Well Architected Framework is based on these five pillars: 1. Operational Excellence 2. Performance Efficiency 3. Security 4. Reliability 5. Cost Optimization

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AWS RDS

Amazon's Relational Database Service - provides these types of databases: 1. MariaDB 2. SQL Server 3. MySQL 4. Oracle 5. PostgreSQL 6. Aurora (Amazon's own) DB hosting options: 1. Self Host 2. IaaS 3. PaaS Region You have to choose a region when setting up an