Journal

Archive, Compress & Decompress Huge Files via zstd, tar, split and pv

Extreme speeds of efficiently backing up and organizing our information!

02 Apr 2024

Charles

The following tutorial is how we backup our drives in an efficient means with zstd and tar via a Linux operating system or powershell if you are using Windows. We folded/archived, compressed, decompressed and extracted 180GB of data within ~30 minutes!Package Requirements:tarpvzstddosfsckcatsplitoptional: Check the filesize in chunks for the FAT32...

A New Community Chat Room with IGSC Securities

A Secure Decentralized Public Space To Play In

24 Dec 2023

Charles

Hi yalls, we now have a new community chat room with IGSC securities. This chatroom utilizes open source Matrix technology. You may join the room via a client of your choosing. The recommended setup we utilize is Element web or desktop application, however, there are a variety of mobile and...

Bootstrap GNU Autotools Cplusplus Project

A Free Software Skeleton with C++ Superpowers!

30 Sep 2023

Charles

The general idea for this how-to is to jump-start your GNU Autotools C++ project without going through all the hoops in getting started. This point of reference allows you to learn from the example shared at: https://github.com/oDinZu/autotools-cpp-skeleton and provides a quick reference location that can be accessed anywhere in the...

Getting Started with Gtk4 on Ubuntu PopOS! 22.04

Free Folk Create Free Software

17 Aug 2023

Charles

Install Cambalache 0.12 (optional)Cambalache is a new RAD tool for Gtk 4 and 3 with a clear MVC design and data model first philosophy. This translates to a wide feature coverage with minimal/none developer intervention for basic support.See the following link for further instructions on setting up Cambalache.https://blogs.gnome.org/xjuan/2023/06/16/cambalache-0-12-0-released/At the moment,...

Getting Setup with Tmux & Nvchad

The chadiestest of all chads.

07 Aug 2023

Charles

This tutorial shines on the steps I pathed through to get up and running with Tmux and Neovim. If this is your first time with tmux and neovim, I recommend fiddling around with tmux and neovim beforehand. The main idea with this setup allows a programmer to keep their hands...

Getting Started with a Drogon Hypermedia Driven Application with HTMX and C++

A simpler approach to building applications on the Web and beyond with htmx and Hyperview.

16 May 2023

Charles

SummaryIn this how-to, we will be projecting our first hypermedia driven web application (HDA) built on the C++ Drogon web server with Ubuntu 22.04 Linux.RequirementsA Linux OSBasic CLI ExperienceA C++ Package Manager like vcpkgC++20 CompilerIn the past, we travelled down a road of monolithic javascript frameworks that created excessive complexity,...

Getting Started With Your First Strapi Plugin

Your Strapi 101 Certification 🏅

20 Apr 2023

Charles

In this how-to, you will be getting your Strapi 101 certification 🏅 for getting a development workstation setup and creating your first plugin!Requirements:Yarn v1.2.0+Node >=v14GitBasic CLI experienceSetup Your Strapi Work EnvironmentTo begin, we will setup our Strapi work environment. This will ease the testing and development process when creating our...

Minecraft 1.19.4 Ray Tracing (RTX) Setup without Nvidia RTX Hardware on Ubuntu 22.04

oDinZu's Minecraft Forge ⚡

13 Apr 2023

Charles

In this tutorial we will be creating an up-to-date Minecraft 1.19.4 that includes all the bells and whistles to have a super awesome experience. Upon completion of this tutorial, you will have the coolest Minecraft setup in the Galaxy. ⚡Requirements:Official Minecraft Java EditionLinux UbuntuJava 17+OptiFineSEUS Renewed ShaderpackBasic CLI ExperienceCreate a...

Create Your Own Open Source Almost AuthaGraph World Map

The Infinitessimal Mutated AuthaGraph Offspring

12 Apr 2023

Charles

The official Authagraph is a closed source mapping algorithm projection based on real world geometry. It was created by a Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa in 1999 according to Wiki."The map is a polyhedral map projection and preserves sizes and shapes of all continents and oceans while reducing distortions of their...