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@BetterWays·🇪🇺·Joined July 2022

Full-stack polyglot and sysadmin, 25+ years in tech | Writing, building, and breaking things

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N|Nick | BetterWays.devinbetterways.hashnode.dev·Sep 27, 2022 · 3 min read

CLI: Backing up and restoring file modification times

I recently needed to keep the exact file modification times as a part of a git repository. Since git doesn't support such functionality out of the box, I used a simple combination of find and touch commands as a part of the pre-commit hook. Here are ...

N|Nick | BetterWays.devinbetterways.hashnode.dev·Sep 21, 2022 · 2 min read

"Copy to Clipboard" functionality in plain JavaScript

In modern browsers, you can use Clipboard API to read and write to the system clipboard. Clipboard API consists of four asynchronous methods: navigator.clipboard.read() - reading arbitrary data navigator.clipboard.readText() - reading text navigator...

N|Nick | BetterWays.devinbetterways.hashnode.dev·Sep 20, 2022 · 2 min read

Simple, reliable, fast (in that order)

If I had to summarize my approach to software development in three words, the words "simple, reliable, fast" come to mind. This phrase is my variation of Drew DeValut's "Simple, correct, fast: in that order" phrase. While "correct" is definitely a re...

N|Nick | BetterWays.devinbetterways.hashnode.dev·Sep 8, 2022 · 5 min read

Inxi - Finding out hardware configuration on Linux

Inxi is a great tool you can use to find out the system and hardware information on a Linux system. If you're using Debian/Ubuntu-based distribution, you can install it with: apt install inxi On rpm-based distros, you can use: dnf install inxi On A...

N|Nick | BetterWays.devinbetterways.hashnode.dev·Aug 30, 2022 · 2 min read

Async race conditions (on JavaScript example)

The term "race condition" is usually applied to the conflict in accessing shared variables in a multi-threading environment. In Javascript, your JS code is executed only by a single thread at a time, but it's still possible to create similar issues. ...