Kyle Mcgill kylescottmcgill

Install Notes - Dell XPS 13 (9370) 2018

The laptop works well on Archlinux. A few notes based on the installation guide for the previous version.

Intel GPU Power Saving

Per the Arch wiki, more power can be saved by creating /etc/modprobe.d/i915.confwith the following content:

options i915 modeset=1 enable_rc6=1 enable_fbc=1 enable_guc_loading=1 enable_guc_submission=1 enable_psr=1

YubiKey 4 series GPG and SSH setup guide

Written for fairly adept technical users, preferably of Debian GNU/Linux, not for absolute beginners.

You'll probably be working with a single smartcard, so you'll want only one primary key (1. Sign & Certify) and two associated subkeys (2. Encrypt, 3. Authenticate). I've published a Bash function which automates this slightly special key generation process.

A curated list of AWS resources to prepare for the AWS Certifications

A curated list of awesome AWS resources you need to prepare for the all 5 AWS Certifications. This gist will include: open source repos, blogs & blogposts, ebooks, PDF, whitepapers, video courses, free lecture, slides, sample test and many other resources.

System Design Cheatsheet

Picking the right architecture = Picking the right battles + Managing trade-offs

Basic Steps

Clarify and agree on the scope of the system

User cases (description of sequences of events that, taken together, lead to a system doing something useful)
- Who is going to use it?
- How are they going to use it?

Writing a reddit bot with Go and OAuth2

Preface
Quick Start
Implicit Grant Authorization
See Also

	#!/boot/bzImage

	# Linux kernel userspace initialization code, translated to bash
	# (Minus floppy disk handling, because seriously, it's 2017.)
	# Not 100% accurate, but gives you a good idea of how kernel init works
	# GPLv2, Copyright 2017 Hector Martin <[email protected]>
	# Based on Linux 4.10-rc2.

	# Note: pretend chroot is a builtin and affects the current process
	# Note: kernel actually uses major/minor device numbers instead of device name

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	#
	## Script used in conjunction with the firefox 'open with' extension
	## [https://github.com/darktrojan/openwith], for watching acestreams via right click menu.
	## using [https://github.com/jonian/acestream-launcher]
	#
	# ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
	# ░▓ author ▓ cirrus <[email protected]>
	# ░▓ code ▓ https://gist.github.com/cirrusUK
	# ░▓ mirror ▓ http://cirrus.turtil.net

	#!/bin/sh

	# Copyright (c) 2014 Josef Patorpsty
	#
	# This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
	# warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
	# arising from the use of this software.
	#
	# Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
	# including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it

	#!/bin/bash

	# Bash script for setting or clearing touch requirements for
	# cryptographic operations the OpenPGP application on a YubiKey 4.
	#
	# Author: Alessio Di Mauro <[email protected]>

	GCA=$(which gpg-connect-agent)
	DO=0
	UIF=0

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# Ashutosh Agrawal
	# http://blog.theprogrammer.in
	#
	#
	# This bash script simply fetches the log for that hour from Amazon RDS,
	# parse and genarlise it using mysql_slow_log_parser (https://gist.github.com/theprogrammerin/e3206a4ec7a7a4086ac2)
	# and then push the parsed log to elastic search using logstash (slowquery.conf)(https://gist.github.com/theprogrammerin/034a3efd849112d166ea)
	# For analysis on analytic tool like kibana.