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https://github.com/narze/THIS_REPO_HAS_X_STARS

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#github #extra

How we built an auto-scalable Minecraft server for 1000+ players

Raising Minecraft world capacity by spreading players across multiple synchronized server processes.

https://www.worldql.com/posts/2021-08-worldql-scalable-minecraft/

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#games #devops #minecraft

STR32-C. Do not pass a non-null-terminated character sequence to a library function that expects a string

https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/STR32-C

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#c #memory #learn

GitHub's npm Gave Away A Package Name While It Was In Use

GitHub recognized that it hadn't revisited the dispute policy for npm packages since March.

https://www.theinsaneapp.com/2021/08/github-npm-package.html

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#github #nodejs

Stop using loops. Do this instead.

Loops are commonly used in code by programmers. However, many fail to realize how taxing they are on a program’s performance speed...

https://python.plainenglish.io/stop-using-loops-do-this-instead

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#python #loop #performance

Programming For Hours - 5 Tips To Stay Productive

Here are a few very common ways to stay focused and attentive while your hands are on keyboard for a code...

https://dev.to/jaskirat1325/programming-for-hours-5-tips-to-stay-productive

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#productivity #focus #wealth

The Docker Container Lifecycle

Learn how a Container works based on its Lifecycle state and the Docker cli commands to manage them effectively.

https://dev.to/alubhorta/the-docker-container-lifecycle-docker-made-easy-3

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#docker #tutorial #devops

Textual

Textual is a TUI (Text User Interface) framework for Python inspired by modern web development.

https://github.com/willmcgugan/textual

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#python #library #terminal

Kids can't use computers

"...and this is why it should worry you"

http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/

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#meta #internet

The Programming Interview from Hell

This post describes what happens when a 0.1x programmer goes to a 10x programmer interview.

https://new.pythonforengineers.com/blog/the-programming-interview-from-hell/

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#humor #interview

Cloudscraper

A simple Python module to bypass Cloudflare's anti-bot page (also known as "I'm Under Attack Mode", or IUAM), implemented with Requests.

https://pythonrepo.com/repo/VeNoMouS-cloudscraper-python-web-crawling

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#python #webscraping #cloudflare #captcha

Why sequential identifiers are a bad idea

A real example of what could go wrong when using sequential ids on a public shared image hosting platform.

https://telegra.ph/Heres-how-we-got-your-credit-card-number-or-Why-sequential-identifiers-are-a-bad-idea-09-07

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#security #misc

Dockerize your projects in Visual Studio Code

While at first glance this seems to be easy, there are a number of considerations you need to take into account when working on multi-component applications...

https://piethein.medium.com/dockerize-your-projects-in-visual-studio-code

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#docker #vscode #workflow

How to set up Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Are you a programmer, engineer, or student who wants to run Linux tools, but you're stuck with a Windows Computer? The solution is WSL!

https://medium.com/@josiah.alen.brown/how-to-set-up-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl

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#wsl #linux #workflow

8 Free Public APIs That you can use in side projects

https://dev.to/afozbek/8-free-public-apis-that-you-can-use-in-side-projects

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#api #projectideas #webdev

A Ridiculously Simple Way For Creating Responsive Web Apps

I remember my first encounter with responsive design. Before any investigation, it seemed incredibly complex...

https://dev.to/domagojvidovic/a-ridiculously-simple-way-for-creating-responsive-web-apps

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#webdev #frontend #design

Host your entire website on Imgur

Web2Img is a tool to bundle your web files into a single image, and extract them via Service Worker at runtime.

https://github.com/etherdream/web2img

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#web #hosting #tools

How Do Computers Generate Random Numbers?

The simple answer to “how computers can create random numbers?” is that they can’t. At least, not on their own...

https://betterprogramming.pub/generating-random-numbers-is-a-lot-harder-than-you-think-b121c3e75d08

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#misc #cryptography #learn

Clickjackings in Google worth 14981.7$

Instead of going for XSS, RCE [...], I decided to go search clickjacking vulnerabilites in Google. Clickjacking is one of the lowest paid and underestimated vulnerability by organisations...

https://medium.com/@raushanraj_65039/google-clickjacking-6a04132b918a

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#security #bugbounty #web

Almost free serverless on-demand Minecraft server in AWS

Instead of paying a minecraft hosting service for a private server for you and your friends, host it yourself...

https://github.com/doctorray117/minecraft-ondemand

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#minecraft #aws #serverless

In typical Google fashion…

I first started working with Flutter about 3 years ago, and it was just as I was cresting the hill of my tolerance of Google’s ongoing bullshit.

https://chornbe.medium.com/in-typical-google-fashion

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#flutter #rant #dart