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What Shell Am I Using?

I wanted to install the latest version of zsh on my MacBook Pro. This is usually the first thing I install when setting up a new machine. A brew install zsh and a chsh later and I'm good to go (well, technically I had to add the homebrew location of …

What Happens When You Connect to Starbucks Wi-Fi

Back in the day, if you wanted to use Wi-Fi at Starbucks all you had to do was click the big green "Accept & Connect" button. Image by Chris Messina However, if you were running GNU/Linux like I was at the time, you wouldn't see the fancy captive portal pop-up …

Counting "Characters" In Go

Even though I have been using macOS full-time for the last 3 years I still like to use the same command line utilities I used when running Linux and OpenBSD. Indeed mutt is one of those utilities. Once you master navigation it's hard to use anything else. There are however …

Nil:2018-08-31

It's the last day of the month and I realized I haven't written anything. Normally I don't like forcing myself to do something but if I want something to be a habit then a little force is good. This should be short but nevertheless, here are a few things currently …

Implementing a Stack That Supports Nested Transactions

Kyle mentioned that in one of his recent technical interviews he was asked to implement a stack that supports nested transactions. Since I've been trying to brush up on my data structures and algorithms skills and prepare myself for such interviews I thought this would be a fun exercise to …

This Site Should Look Better On Mobile Devices

Is mobile first design still a thing? Either way, this site should be easier to read on a mobile device. Font sizes have been slightly reduces on smaller screens and a little extra padding has been added for a bit more breathing room. The diff below shows the changes. It's …

Hello, World

Well it's taken me long enough but I finally setup pelican on my MacBook. The number of blogs I've attempted to create over the years is probably in the teens by now. None of which have been particularly successful, and by that I mean updated regularly. That might have something …