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Recently, one of my servers was having issues with time synchronisation, which led to problems with scheduled tasks and logging. I decided to set up NTP (Network Time Protocol) on my Debian server to ensure accurate timekeeping. Installing NTP To install NTP on Debian, you can use the following command: sudo apt update sudo apt install ntp Configuring NTP After installation, you need to configure NTP. The configuration file is located at /etc/ntp.conf or /etc/ntpsec/ntp.conf. In my case the second file path already existed so I used that. Open it with your preferred text editor: ...

Recently I got back to learning Go and started working on some side projects. When it came to tests I needed to get my application up and running so it can be tested for real (I am not a massive fan of mocking*). I wanted to use testcontainers for that purpose as they play well with testing go application (and other languages too, check it out). And this is where my trouble started as I use Rancher Desktop for container management on my MacOS machine with Apple silicone. ...

In part 1 of this post, which now has been nearly 3 years ago, I have toyed with the idea of using workman layout as my new keyboard layout. After using it for a few months, as much as I could, I did not feel the compfort has impreved and I was getting a weird pain in my ring finger. After scouring typing forums I have found this to be a common complaint about workman so I decided to switch. ...

One of my favourite themes for VSCode is SynthWave. Is has this nice glow effect than is not enabled by default due to the need to modify VSCode’s core files. Enabling this effect is easy, but on Linux you need to ensure you have permissions to modify the core files. You can do this by running the following command before enabling the glow effect using the command palette. ...

I always wanted to touch type with good technique and I must say my current technique is poor. I use both hands but only tend to use my index and middle fingers. I also do a lot of key hunting which slows me down and makes the experience not as efficient as it could be. To ditch bad habits I have developed over the last 20 or so years since I have started using computers pretty much on daily basis, I have decided to go cold turkey and change my keyboard and my keyboard layout in one go. I decided to purchase an ortholinear (matrix/grid) split keyboard and try and new keyboard layout at the same time. My logic is that if I already need to learn a new keyboard I might as well get used to a new layout since my goal is to touch type with good technique. ...