Keep It Sane

Jun 16, 2019 03:34 · 461 words · 3 minute read workflow xp

This is a list of issues that I’ve dealt with at least once. The list would serve as a shortcut to save me time from trying to google the solution again and again. It’s like index of things that had bitten me in the past.

The list will be updated from time to time as new issue occurs.

macOS

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Source Tree keep asking for password (image)
- tldr: git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain
- ref: stackoverflow
Keychain asking password two times
- (Not solved yet)
NAS disk prompt keeps popping up
- (Not solved yet)
Activate “Do Not Disturb” mode (disable all notifications)
- alt+click on notification icon in menu bar. See: macOS_DnD.mp4.
macOS won’t boot; grey folder with question mark appears during boot
- Unfortunately, your SSD might have failed you. Try replacing it.
- Blog post: WIP

Ubuntu

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Stuck in boot screen (Ubuntu’s purple screen)
- Login to recovery mode, run fsck, reboot.
Recover data from unbootable ubuntu
- Boot to Finnix rescue cd, activate ssh server, recover data using sftp. See: Vultr blog post (or see snapshot).

Android

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Termux can’t access device storage
- Open termux and run termux-setup-storage
Termux history is not active
- (Not solved yet)
Share termux shell as web app
- Download gotty, run ./gotty -w sh, and visit http://<device-ip>:8080 from browser.
Share android screen to local computer (eg. for demo/presentation)
- Install ScreenStream to stream device screen (mirror) over http. No root required. See: github repo.

Dev

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Debug GraphQL requests in browser
- Use GraphQL Network extension
GraphQL error “GROUP BY clause is incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by”
- Remove ‘ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY’ from mysql’s sql_mode. Example:
```
SET GLOBAL sql_mode=(SELECT REPLACE(@@sql_mode,'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,',''));
```
- See: stackoverflow
Setting git commit author per repo basis
- run this command in root directory of git repo (based on dereenigne.org):
```
echo "[user]
name = <author name>
email = <author oemail>" >> .git/config
```

Need to quickly switch proxy server for command line environment
- use proxify.sh
Preview JSON response in Opera:
- Install json-lite extension
Save time typing localhost by aliasing l to localhost
- echo '127.0.0.1 l' >> /etc/hosts. curl l:3000 is now equivalent to curl localhost:3000
Create alias for IP address of hostpot-providing device (Android)
- echo '192.168.43.1 android.local' >> /etc/hosts. See: stackoverflow
Generate fake data to fill web form
- Form Filler

Workflow

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Debugging NodeJS, Go, Bash, etc. with vscode
- (Blog post in progress)
need to grab screen shot and use it as quick reference
- use grabit
need to upload file and share it randomly
- use transfer.sh
SublimeText 3: show current file in sidebar
- ctrl+0 (ctrl+zero). See: stackoverflow
Display full path of file in sublime
- See: stackoverflow
change command+click handler in iterm (macOS)
- (Not solved yet)
Convenient scripts:
- collate: combine images to one pdf file
- makegif, makemp4: convert videos into (optimized) gif/mp4