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An occasionally updated list of references, usually for technical things
2026
Jan 12
How can I get Claude Code to execute background tasks on Termux? »
2025
Mar 18
How can I view Crowdstrike configuration on a given host? »
2024
Nov 19
Capturing web traffic with Chrome's NetLog dumper »
Nov 16
Kafka Golang Hash Strategy »
Nov 16
Kafka Default Partitioner »
Nov 13
Why is node-gyp complaining about missing distutils under Python 3.12? »
Nov 03
Lucene Cheat Sheet »
Nov 03
Athena Cheat Sheet »
Nov 03
Arch Linux »
Aug 24
Athena Empty Logs »
Jan 01
How can I visualise stack and heap alloactions in Go? »
Jan 01
How can I view macOS network filter rules? »
Jan 01
How can I unpack the contents of an Electron app? »
Jan 01
How can I subscribe to a YouTube channel with an RSS reader? »
Jan 01
How can I strip code signatures from macOS binaries? »
Jan 01
How can I remove an item from Terraform state? »
Jan 01
How can I quickly flatten a JSON dictionary? »
Jan 01
How can I live tail statsd metrics? »
Jan 01
How can I inspect socket connection states »
Jan 01
How can I go about investigating system calls? »
Jan 01
How can I generate a self-signed CA certificate chain? »
Jan 01
How can I extract stuff from the macOS shared dyld cache? »
Jan 01
How can I extract macOS signatures from binaries? »
Jan 01
How can I extract a list of Kobo versions from a device? »
Jan 01
How can I easily bulk generate icons on macOS? »
Jan 01
How can I decrypt SSL traffic with Wireshark? »
Jan 01
How can I cross-compile Golang software using Zig? »
Jan 01
How can I check whether TCP window scaling is enabled? »
Jan 01
How can I check whether a server may be unnecessarily slow-starting? »
Jan 01
How can I check if an S3 bucket name is available? »
Jan 01
How can I capture network packets with tcpdump? »
2021
Nov 01
How can I globally ignore files? »
Sep 10
How can I remotely connect to a Selenium cluster »
Sep 03
How can I find out why my Mac has restarted? »
Aug 31
How can I disable the 'Try the new Safari' notification? »
Aug 30
What is using Port 5000 on macOS Monterey? »
Aug 24
How can I get rid of the default application folders that ship with my Linux distro? »
Jul 01
How can I configure my printer via terminal on macOS? »
Jun 25
Why did sites split their assets across multiple domains back in the day? »
Jun 25
Why are dot files a thing? »
Jun 25
What non-encryption benefits are provided by HTTPS? »
Jun 25
How can I view the methods associated with an object? »
Jun 25
How can I restrict which traffic is allowed to pass through a Kube ingress? »
Jun 25
How can I perform a regex search in Powershell? »
Jun 24
Why do some Emacs lists start with a backtick instead of a comma? »
Jun 24
Why do some Emacs functions have double dashes? »
Jun 24
Why do Playstation 1 discs start at offset 37656? »
Jun 24
What is worth instrumenting? »
Jun 24
What is tracing? »
Jun 24
What is the period you sometimes see at the end of a domain name? »
Jun 24
What is profiling? »
Jun 24
How was DNS originally implemented? »
Jun 24
How large is a single Prometheus sample? »
Jun 24
How can I view methods associated with an Elixir object? »
Jun 24
How can I view help documentation for an Elixir module? »
Jun 24
How can I view configured networks in my macOS terminal? »
Jun 24
How can I set a default kubectl namespace for a given cluster? »
Jun 24
How can I read a Kubernetes secret? »
Jun 24
How can I pause a recurring Kube cronjob? »
Jun 24
How can I monitor JAMF downloads on macOS? »
Jun 24
How can I look up my current external IP address? »
Jun 24
How can I listen for user changes to their colour scheme (ie dark mode)? »
Jun 24
How can I inspect a SAML request? »
Jun 24
How can I import a dumped database into Postgres? »
Jun 24
How can I find out where Emacs is checking for passwords? »
Jun 24
How can I find my current NODE_MODULE_VERSION? »
Jun 24
How can I export a Postgres database? »
Jun 24
How can I determine if my code is inside of an iFrame? »
Jun 24
How can I create an instance of a Kube cronjob? »
Jun 24
How can I compile Emacs from source? »
Jun 24
Are all Azure regions alike? »
Jun 17
How can I access my clipboard contents inside my terminal? »
May 27
How can I test connectivity within my Kube namespace? »
May 24
How can I find out more about the hardware inside my Mac? »
Apr 21
How can I use my local certificate store with Firefox? »
Apr 16
How can I try out x-callback-url commands on macOS? »
Apr 09
How can I see what applications are making my shell commands slow? »
2020
Sep 15
How can I see my route table? »
Sep 15
How can I hide folders in my Home directory? »
Sep 09
How can I run a Homebrew application being blocked by Gatekeeper? »
Sep 08
Why do some of my applications suddenly get muted on Linux? »
Aug 06
Why did oil futures go negative in April 2020? »