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jwbee / jq.md
Last active April 27, 2025 11:31
Make Ubuntu packages 90% faster by rebuilding them

Make Ubuntu packages 90% faster by rebuilding them

TL;DR

You can take the same source code package that Ubuntu uses to build jq, compile it again, and realize 90% better performance.

Setting

I use jq for processing GeoJSON files and other open data offered in JSON format. Today I am working with a 500MB GeoJSON file that contains the Alameda County Assessor's parcel map. I want to run a query that prints the city for every parcel worth more than a threshold amount. The program is

@AfroThundr3007730
AfroThundr3007730 / Rocky_8_STIG_notes.md
Last active November 11, 2024 21:20
Notes on getting Rocky 9 and Ubuntu 24.04 compliant with DISA STIGs

Rocky 8 STIG notes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide :: Version 1, Release: 14 Benchmark Date: 24 Apr 2024

Updated on 2024-07-02

Utilities

All fix and check commands must be run as root.

@rain-1
rain-1 / LLM.md
Last active April 8, 2025 13:49
LLM Introduction: Learn Language Models

Purpose

Bootstrap knowledge of LLMs ASAP. With a bias/focus to GPT.

Avoid being a link dump. Try to provide only valuable well tuned information.

Prelude

Neural network links before starting with transformers.

Poor Man's Global Traffic Manager

Sometimes we need to add redundancy to some service or server which happen to be a public-facing entry point of our infrastructure. For example, imagine we want to add a high availability pair for a load balancer which sits on the edge of network and forwards traffic to alive backend servers.

                                             ┌─────────────┐
                                             │             │
                                      ┌─────►│  Backend 1  │
                                      │      │             │
                                      │      └─────────────┘

Lots of folks have asked me about my thoughts on Kaseya’s purchase of Datto:

Until recently I have been very much telling everyone to assume positive intent. Kaseya is looking to continue Datto’s success. In general, people don’t spend 6+ Billion dollars on something they intend to break. Change is inevitable and mistakes will be made but by and large Datto should expect to continue to be the company that is loved by employees and customers alike.

This past week, many current members of the Datto team have reached out deeply dismayed. There is a concern that the current trajectory from Datto’s new owners will snuff the flame that makes Datto a place to come “Do your life’s work.”

I am not associated with the company any more so my understanding of the specifics comes entirely second hand. Current team members have reached out and described the following:

- Sidelining Employee Resource Groups that support under represented people at the company
@smitelli
smitelli / ti250tool.py
Created May 31, 2022 19:51
Klein Tools TI250 image tool
# Klein Tools TI250 image tool by Scott Smitelli. Public domain.
# Requires at least Python 3.6 (developed and tested on 3.9)
# See https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/klein-tools-ti250-hidden-worlds
import argparse
import numpy as np
import re
import struct
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
@WJWH
WJWH / gist:f3a196e65fdabd6eace5f89da430600e
Created October 1, 2021 14:16
Server that does no syscalls for handling connections
// Extremely hacky server program that will send a standard response
// to every client that connects, then closes the connection. Will
// issue no system calls (as measured by `strace`) after initial setup
// no matter how many requests are served.
// Yes, this program is sorely lacking in error checking. It's a toy
// and not meant to be taken seriously.
// compile with gcc no_syscall_server.c -luring
@nicowilliams
nicowilliams / bisect-rebase.sh
Last active April 28, 2024 01:46
Bisection, but for git rebase, to quickly rebase across thousands of upstream commits
# Viktor Dukhovni's (@vdukhovni) slow rebase, made faster by bisecting, sort of
#
# fastrebase BRANCH_TO_REBASE ONTO
function fastrebase {
typeset b N
if (($# > 0)) && [[ $1 = -h || $1 = --help ]]; then
printf 'Usage: fastrebase BRANCH_TO_REBASE ONTO_HEAD\n'
printf ' fastrebase # to continue after resolving conflicts\n'
printf '\n\tfastrebase is a shell function that uses the following\n'
@lazaronixon
lazaronixon / _form.html.erb
Last active March 28, 2025 10:19
Dropzone.js + Stimulus + Active Storage + CSS Zero (2025)
<%= form_with(model: billboard) do |form| %>
<%= tag.div class: "dropzone", data: { controller: "dropzone", dropzone_param_name_value: "billboard[images][]", dropzone_url_value: rails_direct_uploads_url, dropzone_accepted_files_value: "image/*", dropzone_max_files_value: 3, dropzone_max_filesize_value: 0.300 } do %>
<div class="dz-default dz-message flex flex-col items-center">
<%= image_tag "upload.svg", size: 28, class: "colorize-black", aria: { hidden: true } %>
<h5 class="font-semibold mbs-4">Drop files here or click to upload.</h5>
<p class="text-sm text-subtle">Upload up to 10 files.</p>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="inline-flex items-center mbs-2 mie-1">
@lizthegrey
lizthegrey / attributes.rb
Last active March 27, 2025 02:16
Hardening SSH with 2fa
default['sshd']['sshd_config']['AuthenticationMethods'] = 'publickey,keyboard-interactive:pam'
default['sshd']['sshd_config']['ChallengeResponseAuthentication'] = 'yes'
default['sshd']['sshd_config']['PasswordAuthentication'] = 'no'