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How to fix curl error: "failed: Bad file descriptor"

How to fix an unexplained failure with the curl command: curl -v https://github.com * Trying 140.82.121.4:443... * connect to 140.82.121.4 port 443 failed: Bad file descriptor * Failed to connect to github.com port 443 after 24068 ms: Bad file descriptor * Closing connection 0

Programmatic Creation of the Ghost Admin User

Problem You want to completely automate the installation of Ghost including creation of the admin user? You search on Google and land on this exactly worded forum post from 2019 with no ready-to-use answer. Solution You can do it using curl : curl 'http://localhost:2368/ghost/api/admin/authentication/

How to Host a New Ghost Blog on AWS

This article includes step-by-step information for setting up a brand new Ghost blog on an EC2 instance running Ubuntu.

Ghost.sh

This article is the umbrella article for a 3-part series on how move (and upgrade) a live Ghost blog hosted on a DigitalOcean droplet to an EC2 VM on AWS, with minimal downtime. Other articles planned/published are: Quick and Easy Hosting of a Ghost Blog on AWS using EC2

Make sudo Spiffy on macOS with TouchID

About five months ago, I followed the steps in this article: Use TouchID to Authenticate sudo on macOS via HN so that I could use my fingerprint to complete actions that require sudo privileges. Other than using TouchID to login at the start of my day, I rarely use the

An Obscure Error While Downloading a YouTube Video for Offline Viewing

Trying to download a video from YouTube for offline use using youtube-dl and it keeps failing? This article will show you how I fixed it.

How to get delv working on macOS

Getting a recent version of delv working on macOS is as easy as "brew install bind".

Touchpoint Reputation in B2B SaaS

Like humans, customer touchpoints also have a reputation.

3 Steps to Fix a Failed iCloud Backup on Your iPhone

How to fix the errors: "The last backup could not be completed because of poor network conditions" or "Some files were unavailable during the last backup".

Exploding Career Opportunities in DevRel

Looking to land a job in developer relations aka devrel?

Engineering vs. Technology

In this article, I attempt to chronicle how I arrived at what I think is a layman explanation of the difference between the terms engineering and technology . An Incomplete Devil’s Dictionary My goal with this series is to offer layman definitions of words used in the technology industry.

STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

A clear and concise definition for each discipline that makes up the STEM acronym.

rsync on macOS: Matters Arising

Setting up your macOS to use rsync v3.2.3 from Homebrew, the right way.

7 Step Guide to Installing rsync on Windows

I recently needed to move several gigabytes of data from an old laptop running Windows 8.1 to another laptop running macOS and my options were to use an external disk or a network transfer. I wanted the whole process to be unattended so I naturally gravitated towards doing the

Can Apple Watch Measure Your Body Weight? [Updated for 2022]

How does my apple watch know my weight?