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Saving Open Files Remotely, When I Forgot To
Emacs

Saving Open Files Remotely, When I Forgot To

Sometimes when I get to work, I notice some file looks out of date. Sometimes when I'm home, I notice the reverse. I wanted a solution more considered than a blunt auto-save timer.

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A Better Emacs Remote Editing Workflow
Emacs

A Better Emacs Remote Editing Workflow

I often use emacsclient(1), from a shell, to quickly visit a nearby file, instead of switching back to Emacs and drilling down through directories. I wanted some version of this that works over SSH. Here is my solution.

5 min read
What is the umask?
UNIX

What is the umask?

The umask, is one of those UNIX fundamentals that can feel mysterious. Most of us eventually wind up with a vague notion of how it influences the permissions of new files and directories, but how exactly does it work?

3 min read
Using SCP With CircleCI Build Containers
DevOps

Using SCP With CircleCI Build Containers

CircleCI provides SSH access to build environment containers but, unfortunately, breaks SCP. Here is a solution.

3 min read
Installing a New Release of Debian From a Running System
TechOps

Installing a New Release of Debian From a Running System

Somewhere between a traditional OS install and building a root filesystem for a container

11 min read
The Docker Networking Model - L1 + L2
Docker

The Docker Networking Model - L1 + L2

Exploring Docker container networking: the virtualized physical and data link layers

7 min read
A Flexible Reverse Proxy Server
DevOps

A Flexible Reverse Proxy Server

A flexible design for proxying connections to public endpoints back to your workstation

6 min read
What to do with .PINK?
TechOps

What to do with .PINK?

Building a site-wide easter egg with CSS injection and the infrastructure to glue it all together

7 min read
Table Gender Seating Probabilities
Clojure

Table Gender Seating Probabilities

The other morning a friend remarked observing meeting attendees self-sorting on sides of a conference table, and wondered if it was just random chance

5 min read
A beginning is a very delicate time...

A beginning is a very delicate time...

You are standing in an open field on the west side of a white house with a boarded front door

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