Migrating to PSGI/Plack
Have you heard of PSGI/Plack?It’s that awesome Perl meta-webframework you’re looking for. Unfortuneately it’s not that easy to get started with because the documentation is a bit too euphoric. They...
View ArticleOptions for running Linux-Vserver on Debian wheezy
If you’re running Debian squezze with a Linux-Vserver kernel you’ll soon have to face the fact that support for non-mainline virtualization patches will soon be dropped from Debian stable.The Debian...
View ArticleWatching 3D Movies in 2D using Mplayer
In case you’ve got an 3D Movie w/o an 3D capable output device try mplayer w/ the-vo gl:stereo=3 switch to get it in 2D. It works at least on Linux w/ an Nvidia Card.
View Articlegit: Rebase vs. Rebase
For a some time I’ve wondered about git rebase. At some point in the past I’ve realised that there is not one use in git rebase but (at least) two distict ones. On the one hand git rebase is used to...
View ArticleEscaping Filenames with Whitespaces for rsync
If you need to sync from a source path containing whitespaces you’ll need to escape those for the remote shell as well as for the local shell, so your command may look like this: rsync -ae ssh...
View ArticleGitLab behind a Reverse-Proxy
Running GitLab behind a (second) Reverse-Proxy over https?In that case you should undefine theproxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto header in the backend nginx and set it in the frontend nginx. Otherwise...
View Articlescp over IP6 link local address
When trying to copy some large files between two PCs I was annoyed by the slow wifi and did connect both by a direct LAN cable. But since I didn’t want to manually configure IPs I did remember that...
View ArticleDeploying Perl Web-Apps with Puppet
Since I was asked for I’d like to show one way of how you can deploy your perl web apps using debian packages and puppet.This post assumes that you want to install some Plack webapps, e.g....
View ArticleReplace a failed HDD in an SW RAID
This post describes how to replace an failed HDD from an Linux Software-RAID while fixing GRUB. This is mostly for my own reference but posted here in the hope that someone may find it useful.If one of...
View ArticleCamlistore
I just gave Camlistore a try. My first impression: uber-cool, but still very rough and suuuper slow.But I have no doubt that the guys behind that project will make it fly. They already did some other...
View Articlersync: include a subdirectory from an excluded directory
Messing with rsync Filter-Options tends to get a little bit messy.Imaging you want to backup some machine holding a set of nested, rotated MySQL Backups in paths like this:...
View ArticleGoing static
Moving from Wordpress to HugoThis blog started as a place to collect and share technical tips and tricks about 10 years ago.All that time it was powered by WordPress. But since this was constantly...
View ArticleKpxMerge
KpxMerge - Merging KeePassX DatabasesIf you happend to run into the unpleasant situation of having multiple diverged KeePassX files, have a look at KpxMerge.This is a small utility I’ve hacked to help...
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