Mauricio MauricioKruijer

Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon in Practice

I bought M1 MacBook Air. It is the fastest computer I have, and I have been a GNOME/GNU/Linux user for long time. It is obvious conclusion that I need practical Linux desktop environment on Apple Silicon.

Fortunately, Linux already works on Apple Silicon/M1. But how practical is it?

Two native ports exist.

Setting up a Keynote document for grid layout design

I like (love ?) Keynote because it

is a simple to use presentation software,
is vector based (when zooming it just looks gorgeous)
exports to powerpoint

If I could remove that last argument, I would, but the fact is that, as a consultant, the final document is almost always expected to be a powerpoint document. Don't ask me why, it is just so. I am fighting against it but I did not win the battle so far ...

Remove MySQL completely

Open the Terminal
Use mysqldump to backup your databases
Check for MySQL processes with: ps -ax | grep mysql
Stop and kill any MySQL processes
Analyze MySQL on HomeBrew:
```
brew remove mysql
```

Directory structure for JavaScript/Node Projects

While the following structure is not an absolute requirement or enforced by the tools, it is a recommendation based on what the JavaScript and in particular Node community at large have been following by convention.

Beyond a suggested structure, no tooling recommendations, or sub-module structure is outlined here.

Directories

lib/ is intended for code that can run as-is
src/ is intended for code that needs to be manipulated before it can be used

Nginx FastCGI response buffer sizes

By default when Nginx starts receiving a response from a FastCGI backend (such as PHP-FPM) it will buffer the response in memory before delivering it to the client. Any response larger than the set buffer size is saved to a temporary file on disk.

This process is outlined at the Nginx ngx_http_fastcgi_module page manual page.

Introduction
Determine actual FastCGI response sizes
Setting the buffer size
Verifying results

PHP Developer Interview: What you should know

1. What’s the difference between " self " and " this " ?

Use $this to refer to the current object. Use self to refer to the current class. In other words, use $this->member for non-static members, use self::$member for static members.

Source: When to use self vs this -stackoverflow

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	def notice(text)
	puts "\e[33m#{text}\e[0m"
	end

	def success(text)
	puts "\e[32m#{text}\e[0m"
	end

	def error(text)

	<?php

	$a = [];
	//$s = 123456;
	$s = 's6tbdfgj222dJGk';
	$rs = str_repeat("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", 10);

	$numGen = function() {
	return rand(1, 9999999);
	};

	#!/bin/bash -e

	# Wrapper for the toggle_alfred_theme.py script at
	# https://gist.github.com/deanishe/ce442c3a768adedc9c39
	# (where this script also comes from)
	#
	# The purpose of this wrapper is to enable you to update the Python script
	# without having to edit the script to change the settings each time. You keep
	# them in here instead, and this script should hopefully prove dumb enough
	# to require little updating...