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SpreadCheer - The Best Christmas List I created a new app for Christmas Lists called SpreadCheer . It allows users to make Christmas lists without logging in, and you can print them or share them. It automatically looks up Amazon images so the printed lists look nice and are easy to scan, and there are no ads or anything which clutter it up. Give it a look and let me know if you have feedback…
How to Setup Minecraft on Docker Minecraft is one of the most popular games of all time and this means one thing: Kids want their own server. Lucky for us most of the hard work in running and maintaining the server has already been done using itzg/docker-minecraft-server . The setup is well documented however the most important step is making sure the data is saved. By default Docker will store…
Introduction If you have data that requires more power than the typical laptop, creating a software RAID can be an easy and inexpensive solution. With the rise of data science and machine learning, processing large sets of data using Pandas, NumPy, Spark or even SQLite can drastically benefit from fast and resilient storage. RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is useful for achieving high…
Why PyCharm with WSL2? PyCharm is a professional grade Python IDE that includes a broad range of capabilities such as auto-completion, debugging and integrated database tooling. Many developers recommend the JetBrains suite for a variety of reasons, however when working with multiple companies and teams they may not have a choice underlying operating system. Using PyCharm with built-in remote…
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