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Make the BSON return UInt8Arrays
Posted 9/14/2023
BSON is a great tool to serialize anything in Javascript. Including binary stuff. But why does it return a Binary when deserializing what was originally a UInt8Array. And what to do about it?
Rotki from source
Posted 2/27/2023
FYI, Rotki is a private portfolio tracker and accounting tool. Building Rotki from source using their official guide, I ran into a few small issues and this is my write-up on how to solve them.
Jest and WebCrypto
Posted 2/20/2023
Surprising errors testing some crypto.subtle based functions with Jest: TextEncoder, TextEncoder, and subtle not defined?
Typescript enums 'Debug Failure.'
Posted 1/26/2023
Error messages are great, they help us find the cause of the problem. This one isn't. Not at all. If you're seening this one, check if you have an enum in your d.ts file...
Pure* CSS circular progress bar
Posted 12/6/2022
Using only variables, clipping, and transformations. *and a little helper class. ;)
Position:fixed not working?
Posted 11/11/2022
There are several CSS properties that break fixed positioning: transform, perspective, filter, and background-filter.
InnerText vs. textContent!
Posted 8/13/2019
They are not the same and why it's important to know the difference. Spoiler alert: textContent FTW!
Laptop with insomnia
Posted 8/2/2019
What to do when your laptop can't sleep? Is it teething perhaps? Bluetooth maybe?
Rendering problem with Kdenlive
Posted 7/10/2017
When Kdenlive fails to render very long video projects...
Excellent stock footage!
Posted 6/15/2015
There is a lot of great stuff out there. And some gems offer great photos and videos and are very flexible if and where you put the attribution so that it doesn't harm you layouts.
Recovering deleted photos
Posted 4/16/2015
Shit happens... but for Linux users, there is a power tool straight from the US Air Force called 'foremost' to help you recover (aka undelete) your photos easily!
Linux server forwarding mails
Posted 9/25/2014
How to setup up your Linux server to forward incoming emails to you.
Copying MongoDB from meteor.com
Posted 7/19/2014
Want to port your running Meteor app from meteor.com to your own VPS? Follow these steps to copy over the MongoDB data.
Match.Optional for null
Posted 2/11/2014
Strangely, Meteor's 'Match.Optional' is failing on 'null' values... and how to fix that.
Also Macs have flaws
Posted 1/28/2014
Many Mac fan boys and galls will chime in that OSX has amazing usability. Really? User experience yes, but here's my write-up about major usability flaws. Just food for thought.
Easily scaling images for the web
Posted 12/26/2013
Want to send an image by mail but it's sooo large? Let's write a small script that can scale down images right inside of the file manager.
Hash in JS
Posted 12/9/2013
Where is that neat hash function when you need it? Here.
MongoDB fails starting Meteor
Posted 11/21/2013
How to 'unlock' a MongoDB instance that didn't stop properly before.
Twitter Typeahead callback
Posted 10/29/2013
Switching from Bootstrap Typeahead to Twitter Typeahead.
Static Files with Meteor and Spiderable
Posted 10/29/2013
Meteor basics: serving static files.