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Article also available over here as well. For the longest time I’ve used iTerm2 as a replacement for Terminal. It’s fast, it’s native, it’s not yet another lipstick-on-an-Electron-wrapper type of thing. Only Ghostty comes close to it, and even though it’s faster and resizes better, it misses some of the features I’ve grown to depend…

Hello! My name is Pedro Kauati👋 In this post I’m going to describe my experience creating a webapp using FastAPI⚡ TL;DR: I created a back-end api that you can see it running here and check out the code here. My background is in Game Development. I have worked in several companies in Vancouver, mainly using…

I’ve been building, deploying, and maintaining Node.js applications for years now, and my ODM of choice, like for most others, when using MongoDB, the most popular non-relational database in the Node ecosystem, is Mongoose. I’m pretty sure you know what Mongoose is if you’re reading this. Still, in case you don’t, it is an object…

Running your own Immich server is awesome, but keeping it updated can be a tiny hassle. Here’s a simple Bash script that checks your current version, compares it with the latest GitHub release, and even helps you update safely. How it Works: Check Current Version – Pulls your running Immich version via API. Check Latest…

When we run Linux servers, security is always a big deal. Normal file permissions (read, write, execute) are useful, but not enough in today’s world where apps and services connect to each other in many ways. That’s where SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) comes in. What is SELinux? SELinux is a tool built into the Linux kernel…

Relational databases are great at organizing structured data, but I’ve always found it a messy way to store multiple values as lists—like tags for blog posts or values from multiselect fields. The traditional approach means creating join tables, which basically requires intermediate tables linking records in many-to-many relationships. Using Postgres arrays, you can store a…

Big Tech is giving students free AI tools today, but the real play is loyalty tomorrow—and the companies who act now will own the next decade.Students get powerful tools and fast credentials.Companies get early trust and a steady talent pipeline.If you sit this out, you recruit from the sidelines later.This is not just generosity.It is…

In this guide, we’ll learn how to deploy a simple Pod in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and expose it to the outside world using a LoadBalancer Service — all in a declarative way (using YAML manifests). Step 01: Understanding Kubernetes YAML Top-Level Objects Every Kubernetes resource is defined in a YAML manifest.The top-level objects you’ll…

The United States government has confirmed new visa allocations for 2025, aimed at addressing labor shortages in specific industries. Thousands of temporary and seasonal work visas will be made available, particularly under the H-2B program. At the same time, policy adjustments in the H-1B program are expected to affect skilled workers with higher fees and…

Em um projeto de software é comum precisar testar uma funcionalidade que está sendo ou foi desenvolvida. Nos projetos em que o código roda em um servidor, isso pode envolver o deploy em algum ambiente específico, permitindo assim testar uma versão específica do código interagindo com as aplicações cliente ou demais serviços. Porém quando mais…