Several people have already blogged about the significance of random_page_cost in Postgres and how it can be a game-changer for your setup and deployments that fetch data from Postgres. Especially if you run Postgres on some cloud, such as AWS, and it happens to run on relatively modern infrastructure - please read the …
Read MoreAfter several years of owning, I think, three different versions of the Apple Watch, I’m moving away from this product as well. My "de-Apple-ification" continues. I still own an iPhone, which I’m relatively happy with, but I’ve either ditched or retired my Apple Watch and old MacBooks (just retired them). The Apple …
Read MoreIt's time for an update on my blog! After taking a hiatus from blogging, I'm excited to say that it's finally back online. For now, I've added two new static sections to my website: Linux and PC. The Linux section here, will serve as a resource for my own journey with Linux - specifically, the list of tools and …
Read MoreIt is really funny, I had a draft post from 2023 almost a year ago. I decided to git pull the repo in a desperate attempt to force my self into writing. I have to admit I miss my blog, there was a time when I was super enthusiastic about it. My blogging days are now gone and most probably nobody reads my blog, I mean …
Read MoreOne of my favorite apps on the Mac is Alfred, I literally cant live without it and I have been a loyal customer for years. I moved away from Spotlight years ago. While using [PopOS] (https://pop.system76.com/) I instantly felt the urge for something similar. There is already a [Launcher] …
Read MoreI continue my journey on using Linux, and I was thinking that I was getting the whole process wrong all these years. I think I am feeling slightly liberated from something that has been holding me back, the 'by the book' syndrome. While I was trying to adopt or partially use Linux I was trying to follow the dogmatic …
Read MoreWow, it's almost a year I have not blogged. That's a shame, but it is what it is. I felt I want to save some notes around my attempt to get more serious with Linux, something like notes on things I try every night, so that I have a reference and that I don't forget, because sometimes I just fall asleep and I reset the …
Read MoreI have been a user of the versions maven plugin for many years but I think I never actually used it to its full potential. Latetly I wanted to control the way updates were resolved when I was invoking 1mvn versions:display-dependency-updates I wanted to get rid of snapshos and all sorts of different naming convensions …
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