@timbaileyjones

Keeping on top of changes across multiple git repositories

Nov 20, 2024 · 2 min read · This is a classic "I scratched my itch, hope it helps" story. I made a Github Gist out of it. I sometimes lose track of unpushed/uncommitted changes, across multiple projects / clients. To get a handle on this, I wrote this script called git-dirty an...

Another psycho HTML feature and how to workaround it...

Apr 22, 2024 · 2 min read · Tonight, I needed to create a new account on a website. It has a typical registration form, with two <input> tags for the password, where the second has to match the first. No problem: I compose my passwords offline (using pwgen and additional punctu...

Extract AWS account number from access_key

Jan 19, 2024 · 1 min read · This is a cool little snippet of code here, especially if you're trying to debug a terraform configuration with multiple AWS provider aliases, each of which connects to a different account number. import base64 import binascii def AWSAccount(AWSKeyI...

Dell BIOS setting: Rapid Storage Tech RST vs. AHCI

Dec 12, 2023 · 3 min read · I love love love my System76.com Kudu p1 laptop, which I bought in 2014. It is still my favorite computer, running Kubuntu pretty much from the beginning. I also skipped the DVD-ROM, got a hard disk caddy to run an SSD instead, and over the years, I ...

Welcome to MY world, Microsoft OneDrive!

Oct 31, 2023 · 2 min read · Oh, this is RICH and IRONIC! Get a load of these error messages! The name contains characters that aren't allowed. REALLY! So, let me get this straight. After THIRTY-FIVE YEARS of struggling against DOS' and Windows' psychopathic devotion to using...