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branneman / better-nodejs-require-paths.md
Last active June 24, 2025 22:40
Better local require() paths for Node.js

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions

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vgmoose / a_readme.md
Last active June 11, 2025 14:27
Yet another How to Create a Windows 11 Install USB from Ubuntu Linux or Mac

Creating a Windows 11 Install USB in 2022

I have been installing Windows for a long time. Does it get easier? I want to say it gets easier, but it seems like there's always some new wrinkle! These instructions are as much a note to my future self as they may be useful to anyone else.

For me, I was not able to get any exfat-based installs, or even any of the GUI helpers to make this process any more straightforward. Maybe on your target Windows / host OS those helpers will work, but the below process (as of current year) is consistent, and not overly complicated.

Overview:

  1. Downloading an official ISO image from MS:
  2. Formatting the drive (at least 8GB) as GPT, and one FAT-format partition (aka MS-DOS)