VSCode Python Setup++
This is based on this great boilerplate for setting up Python. I’ve adapted for my use: Environment Use direnv and you’ll get […]
Category: Programming
Winforms Databinding… not confusing at all
So you wanna use WinForms (e.g. natively or in a Word Add-In) in C# / VB? Great, there’s good support for databinding […]
Signing Windows Apps
Background: I’ve created some windows apps (winforms with .Net 4 and a WinWord x64 Add-In). These are packaged up into .msi installers […]
Django Development and Staging
I have two boxes: dev and production. I need a very simple method for working on the dev machine and then pushing […]
Postgres Tricks
Log-the-frick-in sudo -u postgres psql dbname # typical root user psql -h localhost -U user -W dbname # default host is unix-domain […]
Why the hell can’t I login to PostgreSQL?
Some possible reasons and solutions Wrong host Use the “-h” flag: psql -h localhost -U phisaver –password Wrong syntax Use -U and […]
Periodic Emails with Django
Rough notes on meeting these requirements: Using Django Send weekly / daily emails to someone Log results Be robust and simple Packages […]
linux commands
Test OpenVPN server on it’s standard UDP port telnet is so 2020 so use nc which does UDP too -v verbose -z […]
Debugging Pi from VSCode
There’s a few tutorials and references for debugging a python program on a remote (e.g. pi) computer. I had to fiddle a […]
Access Grafana without a login screen
Unlike Grafana 5, we can’t use the ‘old’ method of a proxy login to get a cookie for semi-permanent login. This post […]