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Also see the previous lists from 2024 and 2023.

I have already explained how to get just Docker CLI tools without installing massive Docker distribution and running agent permanently all the time.

I like Podman, because it’s a daemonless container engine.

Typora is a great markdown editor, but it doesn’t have any AI assistants available.

If during check-out git for Windows gives the following error: > git clone https://github.com/delta-io/delta Cloning into 'delta'... remote: Enumerating objects: 77536, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (628/628), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100%

TL;DR To list partition names in a Delta Table using PySpark, follow these steps: Import Libraries: Import DeltaTable from the Delta Lake library and initialize a Spark session.

This is the start of my journey to implement Delta Lake in pure .NET.

When planning for Azure network, I did not know there are IP addresses that are restricted, or reserved, and cannot be used: x.x.x.0: This is the network address and is used to identify the subnet itself.

run db secrets create-scope alt --initial-manage-principal users db secrets list-scopes 1db secrets put-secret alt blobkey Add to spark cluster configuration: this basically replaces: 1spark.conf.set( 2 "fs.azure.account.key.alganalytics.blob.core.windo…

Update 2025: This worked flawlessly again to migrate from Postgres 17 to 18.

In the realm of mobile technology, the ability to run a full-fledged Linux environment on a smartphone is a game-changer for developers and tech enthusiasts alike.

Here is the thing, I’d like to have something really simple to enable scripting in my application written in a statically typed language.

This is an ongoing, constantly updating list of Anti-Virus online false-positive submission methods, sorted alphabetically.

In the world of C++, static global variables hold a unique place.

TLDR Edit ~/.wslconfig: [wsl2] kernelCommandLine=ipv6.disable=1 Disabling IP v6 Welcome to the intricate dance between Linux and Windows, where the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) allows us to run a Linux environment directly on Windows, without the o…

To extract a .tar or .tar.gz you only need to type 1tar -xf file.tar.gz This just stands for eXtract File, hence -xf.

Download rclone and install, it’s a single self-contained .exe around 50mb in size.

Nothing major has changed in the metrics API in .NET 8 comparing to .NET 7.

On the host Go to: Computer Configuration.

Install Blobfuse2 1sudo wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/24.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb 2sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb 3sudo apt-get update 4sudo apt-get install libfuse3-dev fuse3 5sudo apt-get install blobfuse2 Configure…

https://www.townscountiespostcodes.co.uk/ is a nice interface to explore the data, but I went ahead and wrote a script to scrape all the data from it.

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Let’s dive into the exciting world of Python data structures!

If you are looking for a tech job in January-February 2024, you might be feeling frustrated by the lack of opportunities or the high competition.

sed and awk are two powerful command-line tools for text processing in Linux.

In the age of data-driven decision-making, the choice of the right data analytics platform can be crucial for businesses aiming to leverage their data effectively.

Choosing the right Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is crucial for any programmer, especially when diving into the intricacies of C++.

Here is a collection of crazy things you can do with cURL.

Apache Kafka vs Microsoft Azure Event Hubs If you are looking for a scalable, reliable, and fast way to stream data from your applications, you might have considered using Apache Kafka or Microsoft Azure Event Hubs.

Adding full READ access for a user to a PostgreSQL database is useful if you want to allow someone to query your data without modifying it, whereas it’s an interactive user or an application.

Also see the previous list from 2023.

As a software developer, you are likely familiar with the process of writing code and running unit tests to ensure its functionality.

Q: How to copy all files in the current directory to a remote S3 directory?

To do that, you need to pip install pyarrow pandas first, these 2 packages can achieve the task.

Popular One of the most popular commands to check your RAM on Linux is to use the free command: total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 1952708 622020 423180 3196 907508 1184204 Swap: 1048576 0 1048576 or, in case you are a human, use free -h.

1[ShortRunJob] 2[MeanColumn] 3[MemoryDiagnoser] 4[MarkdownExporter] 5public class ArrayOps { 6 7 static ArrayPool<byte> Pool = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared; 8 9 [Benchmark(Baseline = true)] 10 public void NewBuf() { 11 byte[] buffer = new byte[10]; 12…

By default, docker daemon only listens for connections on a Unix socket.

SSH keys are used as login credentials, often in place of simple clear text passwords.

Amazon Deequ is an open-source data quality library developed internally at Amazon.

A monoid is a mathematical concept that is used in abstract algebra.

PostgreSQL is an open-source relational database management system known for its robustness and extensibility.

Apache Spark has gained immense popularity as a fast and efficient distributed computing framework for processing large datasets.

In Apache Spark, mapPartitions is a transformation operation that allows you to apply a function to each partition of an RDD (Resilient Distributed Dataset) independently.

In the world of big data processing, Apache Spark has emerged as a powerhouse framework, revolutionizing the way we handle massive datasets.

I’m so excited to share with you my new favourite way of doing PR reviews on GitHub: using VS Code in the browser!

Dockerfile I’m using: 1FROM kasmweb/core-ubuntu-focal:1.13.1 2USER root 3 4ENV HOME /home/kasm-default-profile 5ENV STARTUPDIR /dockerstartup 6ENV INST_SCRIPTS $STARTUPDIR/install 7WORKDIR $HOME 8 9######### Customize Container Here ########### 10

Split Panes in Visual Studio allow you to divide the code editor window into multiple sections, each displaying a different part of your code or even entirely different files.

Blobfuse2 is a FUSE-compatible driver that allows you to mount Azure Blob storage containers as drives on Linux and Windows.

Ok, I have a lot of issues with AV software blocking genuinely .exe files from executing, but today I’ve made a really simple utility for myself - urlong.

Another new feature in Browser Tamer - “link scoping”.