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Linuxize ☛ pip Cheatsheet
Quick reference for pip commands covering package installation, version constraints, requirements files, upgrades, virtual environments, and configuration.
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Linuxize ☛ PostgreSQL Backup and Restore with pg_dump and pg_restore
Use pg_dump, pg_restore, and pg_dumpall to back up and restore PostgreSQL databases, including custom formats, parallel jobs, remote hosts, and test restores.
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Linux Cloud VPS ☛ How to Install Drupal on AlmaLinux 10
Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS) that enables users to build and manage websites efficiently and effectively. Built with PHP, Drupal provides a flexible framework for developers to create complex, dynamic websites, from personal blogs to large corporate portals.
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University of Toronto ☛ Configuration is a liability, just like code
It's recently struck me that the obvious extension of this is that configuration and configuration files are also a cost and a liability (partly as a result of thinking about the staff time cost of our email system). This is obvious when a configuration file embeds what is effectively code, such as Prometheus alerting rules (which have a whole array of clever tricks that you wind up learning), because code in any form is still code. But it goes beyond such embedded code into any configuration that you have to maintain. If you need a complex Bind configuration file or a complex DHCP setup or a tangled Apache configuration (perhaps for a very special server), some day they're probably going to have to be changed or at least understood again.