EC2 ships with Python 3.7.11, but some might need a newer version — Originally published on my website I recently worked on a Python project that used Python 3.11 and Poetry. When I went to deploy it on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud, better known by its moniker EC2, I ran into a major hurdle. EC2, running Amazon Linux 2, had Python 3.7.11. The…

Collect testers with Google Sheets then clean them with my tool — Originally published on my website My friend Andrew Zheng recently started accepting beta testers for his new app via Google Forms. Forms comes with Google Sheets support built-in, so it’s easy to get set up. However, a couple problems quickly surfaced. First up, Andrew’s form was set up with two…

I needed to set up wildcard subdomain support for my home network, this is how I did it — Originally published on my website For several years now, I’ve been using IP addresses and ports to access services that I run on my home server. However, I decided it was time to switch to using a domain instead. …

Here’s the way you can generate TypeScript declaration files for your JavaScript project — Originally published on my website I’ve been moving a few utilities that I use in multiple projects to npm libraries. But I needed an easy, reliable way to generate TypeScript declarations, since I primarily use TypeScript. 1. Open your project and ensure you have a package.json 2. Install the typescript…

It’s easy to change the default text styles, like fonts and spacing, in Google Docs — Originally published on my website 1. Open a Google Docs file It can be any file, but I recommend a blank file. 2. Put some text in, such as lorem ipsum, and style it For example, select the text and change the font to Nunito Sans. Side note: I hate…

A simple way to set Vuetify’s dark mode state and make it user-configurable — I use Vue.js and Vuetify for almost all of my websites and I’m a huge supporter of dark mode. I chose Vuetify for many reasons, and out-of-the-box dark mode support is one of them. So, without further ado, let me guide you through changing the dark mode state — easily. Setting the Default Dark Mode State …

I just recently upgraded to macOS Catalina, and needed to flash a microSD card for my Raspberry Pi. However, balenaEtcher was throwing an error when trying to flash the image. After a little while, I realized that Catalina included some extra privacy protections. I went into System Preferences and turned on “Full Disk Access” for balenaEtcher. But lo and behold, the error still persisted. The Solution

Let’s say you’re on a computer where you don’t have administrative access, but you really need to use this one piece of software. In my case, this was Apple’s SF Symbols app. There’s a pretty simple way to extract the payload from the package (.PKG). To get started, you first…