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Jun 6, 2022

Postmortem

Issue Summary For a school project I had to set up a load balancer by setting and installing a HA proxy. I was naive enough to think that just by following the instructions this would be done. Soon enough I was regretting my hubris. After what I thought had been…

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Postmortem
Postmortem

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May 8, 2022

What happens when you type google.com in your browser and press Enter?

Most of us take the Internet for granted, we know that if we type any website on an Internet browser we will get a response. However, come to think of it, the Internet is quite the miraculous creation. In order for a website to be loaded, many things must take…

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What happens when you type google.com in your browser and press Enter?
What happens when you type google.com in your browser and press Enter?

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Apr 25, 2022

What is the Internet of things and why it could revolutionize our lives

It’s Friday morning at 6 AM. My Apple Watch vibrates thus waking me up, I reach over and grab my iphone and check a sleep app which tells me how long I have slept and the quality of my sleep. I say my prayers with a prayer app, check email…

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What is the Internet of things and why it could revolutionize our lives
What is the Internet of things and why it could revolutionize our lives

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Feb 27, 2022

Let’s understand recursion…

…but first! We must understand recursion. As programs become bigger it also becomes more and more important to make your code efficient. That is why having lots and lots of nested loops might be less than ideal. Here is where recursion might come in handy. So, what is recursion? It…

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Let’s understand recursion…
Let’s understand recursion…

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Jan 17, 2022

Static and dynamic libraries in C

A brief intro into its characteristics, main differences and usage. — According to the merriam-webster dictionary a library is “a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (such as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale”. From a practical perspective libraries allow you to optimize your time and resources since you do not…

C

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Static and dynamic libraries in C
Static and dynamic libraries in C
C

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Aug 25, 2021

Behind the curtain: the magic behind “ls -l *.c”

A step by step introduction into what goes on when you type “ls -l *.c” and press enter in a shell First of all, what is a shell? The shell is the most basic way to interact with the system. In fact, every time you use the terminal, you are…

Shell

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Behind the curtain: the magic behind “ls -l *.c”
Behind the curtain: the magic behind “ls -l *.c”
Shell

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Jun 19, 2021

Behind the scenes of the C compilation process

Every program in existence has humble origins aka the source code which are files written in a specific programming language, in our case in C, which is understood by humans but not by computers. This source code must be compiled to machine language in order to be executed by computers…

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Behind the scenes of the C compilation process
Behind the scenes of the C compilation process

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Jun 19, 2021

Soft and Hard links in UNIX

Both symbolic and hard links are different ways to refer to a file. However, they differ in the way they point to a specific file. While a hard link refers directly to the inode of a file, symbolic links refer to a file which then refers to the inode of…

Unix

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Soft and Hard links in UNIX
Soft and Hard links in UNIX
Unix

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Mar 7, 2021

Come for the static library…stay for the fun

A quick introduction into the world of static libraries, how to use them, its characteristics and all that good stuff — In real life a library is a place where you can find resources to improve your knowledge on pretty much every topic of your choosing. As it is, you could go out and discover that knowledge on your own but libraries make it easier for you to profit from the…

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Come for the static library…stay for the fun
Come for the static library…stay for the fun

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