Color coding different types of words, depending on the programing language you are using is an extremely useful feature of vim. Vim is smart enough to know that when you are editing a .js JavaScript file, then you want words such as ‘function’ and ‘for’ to be highlighted and stand out. This coloring of certain…
Level 3 Communications is a huge network provider. They sell all kinds of networking services, including IP transit, VOIP, and cloud services. Their primary ASN is AS3356. A network as large as Level 3’s is going to suffer outages from time to time. There are a number of tools you can use to see if Level…
RamNode just announced that they will discontinue their 128MB OpenVZ VPS. This was the cheapest VPS they offered at $15/year. It was about as low-end of a VPS as you can find in terms of RAM, but it was still powerful enough to use as a backup server or a development server to practice coding on. I even…
One of the main benefits of using a framework like React is the virtual DOM. By using a virtual DOM React is able to only render the DOM elements that actually changed. The DOM elements that have not changed do not rerender. For many websites, the slowest action is the rendering of DOM elements. (A…
GoDaddy is the most popular domain name registrar. They reached this level by offering great sales and through a lot of advertising. They became a household name when they ran a series of Super Bowl ads. Those ads paid off as most people who are not terribly tech savvy or who simply do not know…
Command Name: how ip route Function: Displays the IP routing table with extra details such as the route source, protocol, and metric. Syntax: how ip route [destination-address/prefix-length] Usage: Thehow ip routecommand is used to display the IP routing table with additional details, such as the route source, protocol, and metric. The command takes an optional argument, which…
In today’s fast-paced world, juggling assignments, exams, and extracurricular activities can feel overwhelming. Students often find themselves buried under a mountain of homework with little time to spare for effective studying. Enter Homeworkify—your ultimate study companion designed to transform the way you learn. Packed with innovative features that streamline your study process, Homeworkify empowers students…
Xxdiff is a great visual diff tool. You can set it up so that whenever you typegit xxdiffin a git branch, you will see all the changes you made since the last commit. These instructions are meant for setting up xxdiff on a Mac. First download xxdiff here. Copy the above into your Mac’s Applications directory….
Though it would be nice, it is actually not possible to download RAM. RAM is a form of memory your computer uses, and is purely hardware. This means it is a physically thing. Something you can touch and feel directly. This memory or RAM lives inside the case of your computer and cannot be downloaded…
Network engineering and administration used to not need much programming skill. All you needed to know was how to run commands on switches and routers and how to configure networking devices. These days a network engineer has to know how to write code. Otherwise he or she risks becoming outdated and useless in their job….
