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Useful git commands and snippets
Git is probably the most used developer tool (aside from operating systems, shells and browsers/editors) out there. It can be a lifesaver but if used wrong cause terrible headache. Here are some commands and snippets I’ve encountered and found useful.
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How to flash Marlin to your Anet A8 3D Printer
The hardware might already be a bit old but I recently got an Anet A8 3D Printer. In this post I’ll describe how to flash a current version of the Marlin firmware that offers a lot of additional features and basic protection stuff that Anet was too lazy (?) to add to the stock firmware.
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Secure initial setup of the ODROID GO Advance
In this post I’ll describe how to secure the default installation of the ODROID GO Advance. This guide may also work on other Linux Handhelds with some modifications.
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NAT 'Traversal' Using Wireguard
If you’ve ever tried to host stuff at your home that should be reachable from the internet, you might have stumbled upon the hurdle of dynamic IPs and being behind NAT and/or having one of those plastic routers that aren’t very configurable. In this post I’ll show how to set up a cloud jumphost to eliminate the need for DynDNS and/or port forwardings which some routers don’t even are capable of.
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Downtime To You (me)
If you tried connecting to this blog in the last few days, you might have noticed some downtime…
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How to securely set up an encrypted Debian server (IMHO)
Welcome to another IMHO post.
This time I am going to write about setting up servers. From zero to serving stuff. Additionally I’ll try to describe basic security measures that I think are a good base for a secure deployment.
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Developing Ghost themes (IMHO)
As you might have noticed this blog
iswas using Ghost, which is a JavaScript based blogging software that uses Handlebars templates for theming. In this post I’ll show how I set Ghost up locally to develop themes with as little pain as possible. -
Setting up Mastodon for development
I have been coding on my own Mastodon instance since 2017, the main thing I’m doing is customizing the styling. For this, it is a good idea to have a local development instance because redeploying (and rebuilding the assets) takes too long for a simple change like a different border color for some elements. In this post, I will show how I set up Mastodon for development.