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Using TypeScript Node.js with native ESM

This reference guide shows how to configure a TypeScript Node.js project to work and compile to to native ESM.

Rationale

CommonJS module system was introduced by the Node.js developers due to the lack of the notion of "modules" in the original JavaScript (ECMAScript) language specification at that time. However, nowadays, ECMAScript has a standard module system called ESM — ECMAScript Modules, which is a part of the accepted standard. This way CommonJS could be considered vendor-specific and obsolete/legacy. Hopefully, TypeScript ecosystem now supports the "new" standard.

So the key benefits are:

Paperspace fast.ai Setup

Go here to get started: https://github.com/reshamas/fastai_deeplearn_part1/blob/master/tools/paperspace.md
See #1 last section on ssh public key setup

#to generate public/private key pair, once per ssh machine...
#accept defaults, enter password optionally
ssh-keygen
#fill in name of public key and public IP

Hyperlinks (a.k.a. HTML-like anchors) in terminal emulators

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Most of the terminal emulators auto-detect when a URL appears onscreen and allow to conveniently open them (e.g. via Ctrl+click or Cmd+click, or the right click menu).

It was, however, not possible until now for arbitrary text to point to URLs, just as on webpages.

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It's now here, in The Programmer's Compendium. The content is the same as before, but being part of the compendium means that it's actively maintained.

How to setup AWS lambda function to talk to the internet and VPC

I'm going to walk you through the steps for setting up a AWS Lambda to talk to the internet and a VPC. Let's dive in.

So it might be really unintuitive at first but lambda functions have three states.

No VPC, where it can talk openly to the web, but can't talk to any of your AWS services.
VPC, the default setting where the lambda function can talk to your AWS services but can't talk to the web.
VPC with NAT, The best of both worlds, AWS services and web.

Currently, there is an explosion of tools that aim to manage secrets for automated, cloud native infrastructure management. Daniel Somerfield did some work classifying the various approaches, but (as far as I know) no one has made a recent effort to summarize the various tools.

This is an attempt to give a quick overview of what can be found out there. The list is alphabetical. There will be tools that are missing, and some of the facts might be wrong--I welcome your corrections. For the purpose, I can be reached via @maxvt on Twitter, or just leave me a comment here.

There is a companion feature matrix of various tools. Comments are welcome in the same manner.

Docker - How to cleanup (unused) resources

Once in a while, you may need to cleanup resources (containers, volumes, images, networks) ...

delete volumes

// see: https://github.com/chadoe/docker-cleanup-volumes

$ docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -qf dangling=true)

$ docker volume ls -qf dangling=true | xargs -r docker volume rm

AWS CLI Cheatsheet

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wiGpBQGCjU

	# Project Policy

	This policy provides a single, authoritative, and machine-readable source of truth for AI coding agents and humans, ensuring that all work is governed by clear, unambiguous rules and workflows. It aims to eliminate ambiguity, reduce supervision needs, and facilitate automation while maintaining accountability and compliance with best practices.

	# 1. Introduction

	> Rationale: Sets the context, actors, and compliance requirements for the policy, ensuring all participants understand their roles and responsibilities.

	## 1.1 Actors


	// when T is any\|unknown, Y is returned, otherwise N
	type IsAnyUnknown<T, Y, N> = unknown extends T ? Y : N;

	// when T is never, Y is returned, otherwise N
	type IsNever<T, Y = true, N = false> = [T] extends [never] ? Y : N;

	// when T is a tuple, Y is returned, otherwise N
	// valid tuples = [string], [string, boolean],
	// invalid tuples = [], string[], (string \| number)[]