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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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
I'm going to assume that you're at least somewhat familiar with basic functional programming concepts, but as a quick reminder: A pure function is a function that: is referentially transparent - it will always return the same output for the same inp...
