HOW TO : Use curl to connect to a Unix socket
Today I learned a incredibly useful trick for debugging web applications that don’t use standard TCP/IP networking. While we usually think of curl as a tool...
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HOW TO : Launch tmux on SSH login
I’m terrible at remembering to start tmux when I SSH into servers. Then invariably, my connection drops mid-compile or during a long-running test, and I lose...
HOW TO : Run Anthropic Computer Use Tool on a Windows Machine
Anthropic released their new Claude Sonnet 3.5 model yesterday that has a new capability to control computers. Computer Use capability allows Claude to directly interact with...
HOW TO : Bulk deletes in vi
Use “dG” command, if you want to delete all lines in a file starting from the line under the cursor in vi. Additional commands to delete...
HOW TO : Query varnishlogs to show backend server
Command parameters for varnishlog to view the backend server that is processing the request. In this particular case, I wanted to see the request URL and...
HOW TO : Search for multiple words in a string using grep
Just for my records grep “WORD\|ANOTHER\|NEITHER” string searches for either “WORD” or “ANOTHER” or “NEITHER” in string.