Tools
Craftsmanship And The Right Tools for Your Job
I wonder, why I my hardware was always superior than the one my companies provided me with. Shouldn’t they be interested in getting best quality? Would I order an electrician, and then forbid him to use his tools and give him my IKEA toolbox? – I wouldn’t!
A Software Craftsman’s tools are not mere instruments; they are his accumulated skill, capital, and tradition made tangible. I believe you have to care for your tools. Also, ★nix craftsmen often tend to solve problems with the capabilities of their systems.
CSV tools
Here are some CSV utilities that may come in handy since most teams deal with this format.
- daff - part of my default toolset ;)
- csvq - part of my default toolset ;)
- tsv-utils - interesting read
- xsv - yeah, the ripgrep guy
- gron - now part of my default toolset (yeah, json but faster than jq with “flatten” filter; line grep is powerful)
- coopy - patch/diff for CSV and spreadsheet data
- rq - in trial
Infojunk November 2018
This is a collection of interesting links and resources I came across in November 2018, covering topics such as security, Linux, AWS, and development.
Hacking / MITM-API-Testing
Linux
- GNOME3: Shell Mousewheel to zoom into your desktop in your presentations.
- Preload Linux applications
- Setup custom wayland resolution - xrandr will not work anymore!
Windows
Python
KataCode
- KataCode Playground with fully functional real browser shells for learning without barriers (using Containers?).
- GoTTY
How aboutgotty -w docker run -it --rm anapsix/nyancat:alpine?
Spectre/Meltdown
- (IMPORTANT) Phoronix: Performance impact on upcoming Linux 4.20 mitigation with STIBP Overhead well it’s “fixed” now for the final release.
- Kernel Boot Option: disable Spectre, KPTI
spectre_v2=[off,netpoline,amd]nospectre_v2spectre_v2=off nopti - Windows 10: Windows Defender Exploit Protection
- Windows 10: Customize Meltdown/Spectre protection
Project
Security
Tools
- Beautiful AI - AI powered presentations
- BrowserBox
- Web Page Replay
AWS
- The Open Guide to Amazon Web Services
- AWLess
- AWS EC2 Virtualization 2017: Introducing Nitro
- CloudMapper - map AWS infrastructure
- cloud-nuke: how we reduced our AWS bill by ~85%
- Firecracker
Development
- DevHints.io
- Build and deploy docker images to Kubernetes using git push
- What’s in your backlog
- You can’t debug systems with dashboards
- New Brave is now 22% faster
Other
PulseAudio: Mono-Sink Audio
Just in case your 10,000+ employee corporation doesn’t plug in the microphone jack correctly and no one is allowed to ask questions (presentation-only).
Creating a Mono Audio Sink with PulseAudio
To force stereo audio output into a single mono channel, you can use the PulseAudio module module-remap-sink. This is often useful for presentations or when hardware is misconfigured (e.g., a microphone is plugged into an unbalanced stereo input, but only one channel is picked up).
Better than VNC and TeamViewer - NoMachine and the NX protocol
NoMachine and the NX Protocol for Remote Desktop
The NX protocol is essentially a successor to the X protocol and is excellent for remote display and streaming. NoMachine implements this technology, offering a robust, cross-platform alternative to VNC with superior performance and video streaming capabilities. It is also a good alternative to TeamViewer.
A key advantage of NoMachine is its seamless cross-platform support for keyboard and mouse, which is often an issue with many other alternatives to TeamViewer. Despite this, TeamViewer remains my preferred choice for now.
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About
The NX protocol is basicaly a successor to the X protocol and very nyce for Streaming. No Machine implements that and is a better VNC with video streaming and a nice alternative to TeamViewer with good cross-platform capabilities.
In-Depth
In 2001, the compression and transport protocol NX was created to improve on the performance of the native X display protocol to the point that it could be usable over a slow link such as a dial-up modem. It wrapped remote connections Secure Shell for encryption.