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SNP 001–153

Loosely organized collection of code snippets. Maybe you'll find something useful here.

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  1. SNP033

    Dump and restore a MariaDB database

    Backups, moving a database to another server, or copying production to your machine.

    4 lines of sh in 3 blocks, 6 lines of explanation.

    #953 sql mariadb cmd

  2. SNP032

    Generate a random password in the terminal

    No password generator website needed.

    3 lines of sh in 3 blocks, 4 lines of explanation.

    #42B cmd linux

  3. SNP031

    Copy text to the clipboard

    The modern clipboard API in three lines, with the gotchas.

    8 lines of js in 2 blocks, 5 lines of explanation.

    #592 js webdev

  4. SNP030

    Delete a branch locally and on the remote

    The feature is merged, the branch can go.

    3 lines of sh in 3 blocks, 4 lines of explanation.

    #13A git

  5. SNP029

    Follow a log file live

    Watch a log as it is being written, with and without systemd.

    2 lines of sh in 2 blocks, 5 lines of explanation.

    #269 cmd linux

  6. SNP028

    Python virtual environments

    Keep every project's packages to itself.

    5 lines of sh in 2 blocks, 4 lines of explanation.

    #945 python

  7. SNP027

    Change the last commit message

    Fix a typo in the commit message you just wrote.

    1 line of sh in 1 block, 6 lines of explanation.

    #4B7 git

  8. SNP026

    Crisp pixel art in CSS

    Browsers smooth scaled images by default, which turns pixel art into mush. One line fixes it.

    3 lines of css in 1 block, 6 lines of explanation.

    #513 css pixelart

  9. SNP025

    Clean up Docker disk space

    Docker quietly ate 40 GB of my disk. Here is how to get it back.

    3 lines of sh in 3 blocks, 6 lines of explanation.

    #A42 docker cmd

  10. SNP024

    Find duplicate rows in SQL

    Which emails are in the users table more than once?

    11 lines of sql in 2 blocks, 3 lines of explanation.

    #936 sql

  11. SNP023

    SSH config aliases

    Stop typing user@very-long-hostname.example.com -p 2222 every single time.

    10 lines of sh in 2 blocks, 4 lines of explanation.

    #159 ssh cmd

  12. SNP022

    Debounce a function in plain JavaScript

    Run a function only after the user stopped typing, without pulling in a library for it.

    10 lines of js in 2 blocks, 5 lines of explanation.

    #B31 js webdev

  13. SNP021

    Find the largest files and folders on linux

    The disk is full again. Here is how to find what is eating it.

    2 lines of sh in 2 blocks, 8 lines of explanation.

    #24B cmd linux

  14. SNP020

    Undo the last commit but keep the changes

    Committed too early? Take the commit back without losing any work.

    2 lines of sh in 2 blocks, 8 lines of explanation.

    #614 git

  15. SNP019

    Kill the process that is using a port

    Find out what is squatting on port 3000 and get rid of it.

    5 lines of sh in 4 blocks, 6 lines of explanation.

    #395 cmd linux

  16. SNP018

    LLM Prompt for refactoring your codebase using best practices

    Sometimes you just want to have better and more maintainable code.

    89 lines of md in 1 block, 3 lines of explanation.

    #35B llm prompt

  17. SNP017

    Auto order episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

    Order the episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel automatically to the "best viewing order"

    300 lines of py in 1 block, 6 lines of explanation.

    #924 python

  18. SNP016

    Solve Bitbucket SSH-RSA connection issue

    How to solve permission denied or no mutual signature algorithm errors while connecting to Bitbucket.

    3 lines of sh in 3 blocks, 11 lines of explanation with 4 notes.

    #156 git bitbucket ssh

  19. SNP015

    Create timeout in an async function

    To throttle the execution of our async function we will create a timeout method.

    4 lines of js in 2 blocks, 4 lines of explanation.

    #B96 webdev js

  20. SNP014

    Auto mount Samba share on startup in Manjaro

    Mount your Samba network share on startup. It even works when you are using WiFi.

    1 line of sh in 1 block, 5 lines of explanation.

    #52B linux smb manjaro