Thomas Venturini

Yesterday I noticed that the server time on my new server at digital ocean was still set to the wrong timezone. Here is how to fix it with a simple command.

The other day I had to prepare a very large data source before importing it into the database. So here is a nice tool to help you with this kind of task that your IDE might refuse to do for you.

Today I was facing another mysql issue when working on my new side project. The issue was that I was writing more jobs into the jobs table than the database queue driver could work off. Here is how I solved this issue and how I would recommend everyone to setup their queue on small servers.

I always see people using their editors to look into logs. So here is how not to embarrass yourself when working with log files 😉

Yesterday I had to figure out why the f*** the microphone of my headset was not available in the audio settings of my PCs Ubuntu system and how to fix it.

I really love ubuntu but there are some things that I don't like about it. One of it is that you can't disable the ubuntu dock using the default way. But don't worry, I got you covered 😉

In this small article we are going to take a look on how you can create a bootable usb stick ready for your UEFI bios.

Last week we took a look on how to create a bootable USB stick using the command line tool dd. Today we are going to see how to do the same using the GUI.

Today we are going to create a ssh config file so you can access common hosts faster. Also it can make everything more secure 🔒

Recently I set up my pc with Ubuntu and so I thought I document a few things I had to look up again my self. One of the things was to set up FiraCode font in VSCode.

I know it is not recommended but I use it often enough, so here you have it too: A one-liner to install composer in ubuntu.

I just learned a nice fix for missing aliases when using sudo that I wanted to share with you.

When you have a single boot system but GRUB still shows up, you probably want to hide it, since it adds to your boot time. Here is how 😃

In this short post I'm giving you two lines of code so you can easily install docker and docker-compose

How to install NeoVim 0.5 in Ubuntu. Short and uncomplicated.

Here is a simple way to reduce the file size of your PDF files. Let's go! 😁

Ever wondered if you can keep signal open in the background? 🤔

Do you need some change in your life? Then try out desktop wallpaper slideshows. It's just nice to see the desktop change once in a while 😊