Lets talk about variables in bash scripts. Nothing super technical, but this is just a small clarification article for a such useful features. But lets start from the beginning. .. What are bash variable and why a user or developer should care about it? Continue reading “Variables in Bash”
GIT_2 : Workflows: branch and fork
In the last article we discussed some basic git concept. Now I want to introduce some GIT workflows to be used while developing code in teams, that uses Pull Requests and code reviewers. In particular I want to explain how to keep the master history clean and how to avoid all those ugly merges and unnecessary commits that a lot of teams have in their master history.
Continue reading “GIT_2 : Workflows: branch and fork”GIT_1 : (not so) Basic Concepts
If you are a programmer and if your team consist of more than 1 person, then you are probably using GIT. There are two ways to use git: the wrong way and the right way. If you never used “rebase” command or if you never squashed any of your commits or if you never heard about forks, then you are probably using it wrong. Ah before we start, I assume that you are familiar with basic git terminology.
Continue reading “GIT_1 : (not so) Basic Concepts”Conformity
Humans are, social animals, and because of that, they need to feel accepted (apart from engineers). Acceptance is so important, that people will end up denying the reality just to “fit in” a specific group. Seems absurd right? Continue reading “Conformity”
Climate change
Climate change is an hot topic. It is so real that we even convinced Trump, so is time to find real solutions. Are the effort that we are doing helping the environment? Are they even going to the right direction? In this small article i will try to report few numbers about the climate change that you will probably not like it. Continue reading “Climate change”
Throwing water to the Sun
This summer has been quite hot…So hot that I started to think how to turn off the sun for a while.. First thought would be to throw some water to the sun to cool it down. Will it work? After all, when you have a fire and you throw some water to it, it will cool down and eventually die off.. Can we do something similar with the Sun? Maybe throw a lot of water, like 10 time its mass to it? Continue reading “Throwing water to the Sun”
Spent Nuclear Fuel
In the last article I explained what happen to uranium inside the nuclear reactors (I advise that you read that first). Now i want to close this topic with an article that explain what is usually happening to the nuclear wastes when they are removed from reactor. Continue reading “Spent Nuclear Fuel”
Nuclear Reactor’s fuel
Yesterday I saw a commercial of Chernobyl HBO TV series and it inspired me to write this article on nuclear power reactors. The idea is to briefly explain the physics behind the nuclear fission and what happen to the uranium inside the reactor. So lets start. Continue reading “Nuclear Reactor’s fuel”
Hardware-based authentication: Yubikey configuration
In the last article I gave a quick overview of the hardware tokens and the yubikey. Today we will go more in details and we will see how to set and use GPG keys on the yubikey. Continue reading “Hardware-based authentication: Yubikey configuration”
Hardware-based authentication: Yubikey overview
In this article series, I am going to explain what is an hardware based authentication and how to configure one of the most famous (the yubikey) to work with your accounts and hold your ssh /gpg keys . Continue reading “Hardware-based authentication: Yubikey overview”