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How To Install a Matrix Server (Synapse) on OpenBSD


Categories: [Technology], [How To], [OpenBSD]

After much trouble shooting for several days I finally got this working. :sweat_smile:

This setup uses Openbsd 7.1 and will use a reverse proxy via relayd.

SSL certs are not added directly into the synapse homeserver.yaml file in this setup.

Installation Steps

  1. Install synapse: doas pkg_...

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How to Run Syncthing as a Daemon on OpenBSD


Categories: [Technology], [How To], [OpenBSD]

  1. Install Syncthing pkg_add syncthing
  2. Enable Syncthing rcctl enable syncthing
  3. Update Daemon flag vi /etc/rc.d/syncthing, add -home=/var/syncthing
  4. Run Syncthing once to create initial files: /etc/rc.d/syncthing start
  5. Stop Syncthing after after a few minutes: /etc/rc.d/syncthing stop
  6. U...

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How To Automatically Sync Files To Nextcloud On Android


Categories: [Technology], [How To]

At the time of writing this post, the Nextcloud Android app does not have the ability to auto-sync files. The only auto-sync feature is for image directories but not anything other than that.

Heads Up:

I have noticed that editing the synced files within Nextcloud does not always work. However, v...

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How To Extract Kindle Notes From The Web


Categories: [Technology], [How To]

Luckily, it's quite easy...

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How To Get a Programming Job Without Experience


Categories: [Technology], [How To]

How To Get a Programming Job Without Experience

… Even if You Only Have Only Written Code for 6 Months

(Exact Steps Below on How To Stand Out in the Sea of Programmers)

I was running out of time...

My wife was 7 months pregnet...

... and I was working a dead end job that I hated.

I start...

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The One Thing You Need To Beat Your Coding Job Competition


Categories: [Technology], [How To]

The One Thing You Need To Beat Your Coding Job Competition

... and it's not studying algorithms.

(Proof Below: How I Landed a Programming Job Without Memorizing Algorithms)

You're in for a surprise.

Because, you don't need...

Computer Science degrees, coding boot camps, memorizing algorit...

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How To Mine Wownero: Junkie Jeff Hard Fork


Categories: [Technology], [How To]

Last Update: July 12, 2021

How to Mine Directly With Wownerod

  1. Download the latest version of wownero to your mining computer.
  2. Extract the download
  3. Change to the new directory
  4. Run wownerod --start-mining {YOUR-ADDRESS} --spendkey {SECRET-SPENDKEY} --mining-threads {NUMBER}
  5. When the b...

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How to Get Keyboard Key Names on Linux


Categories: [Technology], [How To]

Having the name to a certain key on your keyboard comes in handy.

This is especially true for anyone using a tiling window manager.

Since they often use keyboard shortcuts to execute actions.

It may be obvious that the name for the "a" key on your keyboard is "a". But what about "left shift" o...

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Virtues Of An Effective Programmer


Categories: [Technology]

The Virtues Of An Effective Programmer

  1. Be Lazy in an industrious way.
  2. Be Impatient in a very patient way.
  3. Be Huberistic in a very humble way.

It is said that Hobbits would make great programmers:

  1. Persistence - Stubbornness to keep slogging through when the going gets rough,
  2. Sm...

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Why Algorithms Are Actually Sabotaging You


Categories: [Technology]

A vast majority of mentees I work with have this mentality.

They think they need to be able to whip out a sort algorithm from the back of their brain in an interview.

This is a complete waste of their time...

It's not their fault though... because this idea has been push out from the biggest...

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