today's howtos and leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 23, 2023

• How to Install the PostGIS Extension for PostgreSQL

  In this post, you will learn how to install PostGIS Extension for PostgreSQL using Ubuntu 22.04, but it is perfectly applicable to other systems.

• How to Install Python on Ubuntu 22.04?

  Python is a versatile programming language widely used for various purposes, i.e., scientific computing, data analysis, and web development. It is often considered one of the best programming languages for beginners, but also widely used by experienced developers due to its vast array of libraries and frameworks. Python is a primary scripting language for Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions, which makes it a catalyst for various operations on Ubuntu.

• Deploy your own Shiny app server with debian | R with White Dwarf

  A few weeks ago I opened an account on Digital Ocean to start my own cloud server. Not long after that I took a workshop on Shiny and, although it was too technical with nothing new for me, I learn a couple of things unrelated to R. The speaker was talking about the importance of making your portfolio showing your apps instead of sharing the link to your code as most of us do. I thought it makes sense since anybody who sees our GitHub account can take whatever they want from it, and at the end is only code, which many recruiters and managers are not familiar with. On the other hand if you show some apps you can definitely impress your audience. And so, since Digital Ocean gives you 200 USD of credit for the first 2 months, I decided to try and install my own Shiny server there.

• Linux Weekly Roundup #219

  Welcome to this week's Linux Weekly Roundup. We had a good week in the world of Linux releases with the releases of SparkyLinux 2023.01 and Parrot OS 5.2 beta1.

• How to Version an API

  Imagine you have a RESTful API that has been serving thousands of users. You've been maintaining the code, and now it's time to add a critical new feature – versioning. Often overlooked, API versioning is probably the most important part of the API infrastructure.