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git pre-commit Hooks for Python

Kenneth H. East — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:59:12 GMT

As part of an effort to move to a fully automated CI/CD process, I wanted to begin using git pre-commit hooks for my python code. These are my notes on setting that up.

Migrating LastPass Data to Bitwarden

Kenneth H. East — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:28:54 GMT

After seeing lots of positive feedback on HN about the Bitwarden password manager, I finally decided to try it out. Because I had over 1,000 accounts in LastPass, many of which were crufty, I wanted to declare "account/password" amnesty while still keeping all the old account information "just in case." Here is how I migrated my LastPass database to Bitwarden.

Unicode Errors When Building Django Documentation

Kenneth H. East — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 00:15:36 GMT

The few times I've built Django's documentation from scratch, I always seem to get LaTeX unicode errors.

Unrelatedly, I've found that when I print Django's documentation on a B&W printer, some of the documentation, particularly code, is difficult, if not impossible, to read.

This note describes a brute-force approach to eliminate the unicode errors, as well as a rather churlish way to force Django to produce black and white PDF documentation.

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Better Local Python

Kenneth H. East — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:12:04 GMT

For many years I have managed my local Python installs using a combination of macports, virtualenvs, and pip. I've fought many issues along the way and have finally reached the tipping point. As the TV commercials say, "There has to be a better way!" Whether it is a better way or not remains to be seen, however, I am cutting over to using pyenv for local python installs. These are my notes on using pyenv.

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Emacs 26, Mojave, elpy, readline

Kenneth H. East — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:00:00 GMT

I first started having problems with macOS readline and macports Python a year or two ago. Initially, it was bugs in resetting the tty to a sane configuration when a Python REPL exited. That seems to have been solved, but I'm now encountering readline problems with Python 3.7, GNU Emacs 26.1, and elpy. These notes describe what seems to be a solution, at least for the time being.

Configuring GNU emacs with elpy on MacOS

Kenneth H. East — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:17:15 GMT

Note on installing and configuring elpy in GNU Emacs 26.1 with Python 3.7 on MacOS Sierra (10.12).

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Web Development Setup on macOS

Kenneth H. East — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 05:00:00 GMT

A Flexible Web Development Setup on macOS

This is a simple way to configure a macOS system for web development. It allows one to develop multiple sites locally, without reconfiguring anything when changing sites/customers.

There are two key components to the strategy: dnsmasq and the httpd daemon's configuration.

A Bash Client for the ACME Protocol

Kenneth H. East — Tue, 15 May 2018 05:00:00 GMT

These are my notes on installing acme.sh and using it on an aging Django site. They were originally written sometime in 2016 and updated in May of 2018.

Dead/Black iMac Display

Kenneth H. East — Tue, 01 May 2018 05:00:00 GMT

The LCD display on my 27" iMac (mid-2011) went dead/black. It's a common problem. These are my notes on a software-only fix.

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Culling Duplicate Photos with rmlint

Kenneth H. East — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 05:00:00 GMT

I have twenty-five years worth of old personal hard drives that I wish to scour for photos and videos that should be preserved prior to destroying the drives. In searching for tools to assist me in this effort, I ran across rmlint¹, fim², and fdupes³.