Last week a client asked me to setup a dev and production environments on their new Red Hat 8 box. I have setup Apache virtual hosts in Ubuntu in the past. I knew to setup Apache virtual hosts on Red Hat 8 should not be that difficult. This is when I decided to take a …
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Git error: Please tell me who you are
The other day after having a great cup of coffee from my friends coffee farm in Quillabamba, Peru I got an error in Git saying “Git error: Please tell me who you are”. This happened after I entered my usual Git credentials in my Terminal. After doing some research I found out that Git made …
Docker failed to solve with frontend dockerfile.v0: failed to create LLB definition
I was working on improving my Flask skills and at the same time learning about REST APIs and how to build them using Flask, Docker, MongoDB and AWS. I’m using git in order to have my code available and practice whether at home or at the office macOS computer I have. Somehow, after pushing my …
Enable vim Syntax Highlighting
I have to admit, I’m addicted to vim. There are many cool editors out there, but I still not used to them. Now, that I discovered how to enable vim syntax highlighting I decided to share some details. First, I want to thank you for your support with my ITPro Helper shop. I’m going to …
xcrun: error: invalid active developer path MacOS
Again, I decided to come back and keep up with my path to become a full time Web Developer instead of an “IT handyman”. So, I brewed another cup of my favorite Caturra coffee varietal and poured it on my Caturra coffee varietal mug to get some code with coffee inspiration. I opened my Terminal …
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Mirror a Website Using wget
The command is simple and to mirror a website using wget works fantastic. While I was crossing the Williamsburg Bridge in NYC I received a Slack chat from a customer. They wanted to backup some really old WordPress sites and just archive them as simple html files. You can mirror a website using wget easily. …
Python’s built-in HTTP server handy one
While building my own Flask application for learning purposes. I was not sure how it was being served on the web. I did not install Apache of any other web server, but it is running on my Digital Ocean test server. The I found out about Python’s built-in HTTP server. This final purpose of this …
Common HTTP response status codes to Understand
Hola! While having a great cup of Caturra coffee from Panama I decided to put together the most common HTTP response status codes in a simple list. HTTP response status codes indicate whether a specific HTTP request has been successfully completed. Responses are grouped in five classes: Informational responses (100–199), Successful responses (200–299), Redirects (300–399), Client errors …
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How to display time in Python
I have been using Flask to teach myself some coding and develop a web application for people with high blood pressure to track their daily blood pressure readings. I wanted to find a way to automatically display the time when a user takes a blood pressure reading. It was quite simple. Use strftime() to display …
How to optimize images for the web using GIMP
Optimizing images for the Web means reducing its file size which in turn will make it load faster on websites. Grab some specialty coffee and follow these simple instructions. Reducing the image size with GIMP To reduce the image size: Open image in GIMP. Click on Image in the toolbar, then select Scale Image. In the image size, …
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