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When in the terminal, in project’s source code directory, and need to kick of a pipeline for this branch, simply run: 1gh workflow run "Workflow Name" --ref $(git branch --show-current) To pass parameters (if your pipeline is using them, most don’t): 1gh…

This year, in terms of personal projects I’ll be focusing on the following: Parquet.Net.

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Can’t afford hardware anymore, therefore I’ve printed myself one.

OneDrive has been on my radar as a performance offender for a while now.

What is TIME TIME logical type is used to represent time without date part.

General Most of the settings are to edit in ~/.wslconfig on the host machine.

You can still use Firefox Relay extension in Chrome, even though it’s unlisted from Chrome Web Store, by following this direct link instead of searching it.

This is the first time BT has compiled and ran on Linux.

Platform detection in C++ 1#if defined(_WIN32) 2 // True for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows (name is historical) 3 #if defined(_WIN64) 4 // 64-bit Windows specifically 5 #endif 6 7#elif defined(__APPLE__) 8 #include <TargetConditionals.h> 9 #if T…

Most developers reach for hash partitioning when they need to spread data across multiple database nodes.

AI is going to replace everyone, so everyone should stop learning coding and just train to be a plumber - that’s not possible to replace.

I love Miniflux.

Reddit account deleted - it’s mostly full of delusional “AI” posts.

I’ve removed Giscus comments from the blog.

Parquet.Net 6 is switching to zstd-dotnet.

This is a hack to open it from the terminal: 1C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables That’s it.

V6 comes as a total low-level (but not high level) rewrite, with abandonment of old .NET frameworks and using memory-native structures and hardware acceleration.

hstr makes bash history navigation actually usable.

Markwright is a powerful yet lightweight (under 2 Mb .exe, around 6 Mb RAM) screen annotation tool for technical presenters and content creators, that’s modern, has zero dependencies, does not require registration, has no tracking or telemetry, works comp…

Jupyter Notebook not rendering Manim animations in PyCharm PyCharm does not support rendering .mp4 files in Jupyter Notebooks.

Ever wondered if you can name a variable class or public in C#?

C# 15 brings a powerful new way to work with collections: Collection Expressions!

Learn how to use C# Caller Attributes to automatically get CallerMemberName, CallerFilePath, CallerLineNumber, and CallerArgumentExpression.

Are you ever unsure whether to use == or is in C#?

Discover CommentStudio by Mads Kristensen, a powerful Visual Studio extension designed to transform how you write and interact with comments in your code.

Dive deep into the world of Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) with this comprehensive guide.

This is a comprehensive masterclass on UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers) tailored for developers.

Generate V4 To generate V4, simply run uuidgen: 1uuidgen output: 0c034caa-d26f-486a-96e4-28df9042fc8c V5 To generate V5, specify namespace (e.g., @dns) and name (e.g., example.com) together with --sha1 flag: 1uuidgen --sha1 --namespace @dns --name "exam…

Generate a new SSH key: 1ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com" Specify a new filename, e.g. ~/.ssh/id_org.

Also see the previous lists from 2025, 2024 and 2023.

Windows 11 is getting fat today.

The Problem: Microsoft’s Unwanted “Recommendations” If you’ve upgraded to Windows 11, you’ve probably noticed that Microsoft has decided what you should see every time you open the Start Menu.

Windows → WSL: The \\wsl$\ Network Share Access WSL distributions via UNC path \\wsl$\<distro-name>: 1# List distributions 2wsl --list -v 3 4# Access files 5ls \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\alg 6explorer.exe \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\alg 7notepad \\wsl$\Ubuntu\etc\h…

When working on multiple projects, especially across different programming languages and frameworks, it’s common to encounter a variety of files that should be ignored by Git.

If you work with APIs and authentication, you’ve probably encountered JWT (JSON Web Tokens) countless times.

Update 23/07/2026: Same applies to PySpark 4.0.2 - Python 3.11 is the maximum supported version.

I’ve been enjoying using JetBrains Writerside for a while now.

Wow, just wow.

I’ve been quite busy last few months working on a new Pluralsight course and re-evaluating other things in general.

Real-time Stream Processing with PySpark Handling real-time data streams is crucial for modern applications, but many find it challenging to process and analyze data efficiently as it arrives.

To get word count and character count in PowerShell, you can use Measure-Object cmdlet, i.e.: 1"dfsdf fdsf dsf df" | Measure-Object -Word prints Lines Words Characters Property ----- ----- ---------- -------- 4 and 1"dfsdf fdsf dsf df" | Measure-Object…

Hello, Browser Tamer community!

Alright, first things first: LinkedIn seemed like a brilliant idea at first—networking, job opportunities, and a dash of professional validation (who doesn’t like a shiny online résumé?).

If you are here, it means that the Browser Tamer test page is working correctly.

You have probably reached this page from one one my projects or other work I do.

KeePassXC is a popular open-source password manager that supports storing and generating OTPs (One-Time Passwords).

This is a bit of a random post, because I’m thinking of creating my own utility, not being able to find a good one, that is small, does the job of more than trivial text substitution and is not a bloated piece of shit.