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AWS CLI MACOS BOOTSTRAP. New Mac. Empty shell. Need AWS from the command line. This is the shortest path I trust: - install AWS CLI v2 from AWS - configure one named profile - generate an SSH key locally - import only the public key into EC2 - launch one small Linux instance - co...
AWS DUALSTACK EC2. CLI-only workflow. Updated 2026-03-23. [ variables ] ------------- ```sh export REGION='${REGION:-us-east-1}' export TAG='dualstack' export VPC_CIDR='10.10.0.0/24' export SUBNET_CIDR_V4='10.10.0.0/26' export AZ='$(aws ec2 describe-availability-zones \ --region ...
AWS IAM AND COST EXPLORER CLI SETUP. The old version of this note created a permanent IAM admin user and granted a wide Cost Explorer policy. That is more access than this job needs. This version keeps the browser out of the way as much as possible: - start from an existing admin...
WHITE PAPER NOTES [ reference ] ------------- Adaptive Spam Filtering Using Only Naive Bayes Text Classifiers (CEAS 2008 PDF) [ abstract ] ------------ Core claim: plain Naive Bayes text classifiers are still competitive fo...
LOCAL VIMRC, GLOBAL SANITY There is a quiet engineering problem most Vim users eventually run into: where should project-specific behavior live? If every tweak goes into your global vimrc, it turns into an uncurated junk drawer. If you avoid customization entirely, you lose speed...
STOCHASTIC-QUANTUM THEOREM. I was listening to the following YouTube video the other day, which led me down an academic rabbit-hole: Jacob Barandes' Stochastic-Quantum Theorem . To appreciate...
UNIX as an IDE II. Last article, I've mentioned that I would report back after giving emacs a full rundown to serve as my computing environment. Therefore, this will be a very short blog post for reasons that the reader may be able to foretell. Emacs does stereotypically fulfill ...
UNIX as an IDE. This title is a little bit misleading, as it is more about configuration and dotfiles hell more than anything else. To get a sense for the title of this post, I rather refer you to the article that inspired me to stay on the 'path' <https://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/se...
LISP (PART 2). In my last post, I left your with a thought experiment: how do Lisp, C and Fortran embody the UNIX philosophy, but in different dimensions? If you've been pondering this, let me help you. At its core, the UNIX philosophy can be steeped down to: * do one thing well....
LISP. For as long as I can remember, there has always been a quiet tension between the UNIX way and the monolithic style inherent to Lisp. The GNU system embodies this monolith within a UNIX-like environment. This isn’t a revelation, for the name itself recursively spells it ou...
HACKER BEBOP. they say that jazz is a broad term, in that same token, i ask you the following dear reader: what would be the equivalent of a gumbo for technical terms? ... ok you're done. here is the answer: phreaking. don't believe me? think about the level of depth and implicit...
HELLO, READERS. i am here, in a world spun too fast, where old shall be new, and the thoughts do not wait, and the nights do not forget. this is not a manifesto, sermon or innuendo. this is my place. a place for the overlooked, the ones tired of bloat, fast-movers & experiencing ...