Software Leftovers
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Makulu LinDoz – Big A.I Update On its way !
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Medevel ☛ Inkdown Review: The Markdown Editor That Changed My Writing Workflow
Inkdown is The Right Editor Choice for Bloggers who Likes Markdown and Static Site Generators
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Databases
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Ignacio Brasca ☛ Exploring SQLite with Go using the C API (cgo)
SQLite, a lightweight, self-contained SQL database engine, is a popular choice for embedded applications due to its simplicity and minimal setup requirements. In Go, working directly with SQLite’s C API offers low-level control and can be ideal for those who need efficient, fine-grained database handling.
In this post, we’ll explore how to integrate SQLite with Go using the C API, focusing on key operations like opening and closing the database, preparing statements, and binding parameters.
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Thomas Lange: Using NIS (Network Information Service) in 2024
The topic of this posting already tells you that an old Unix guy tells stories about old techniques.
I'm a happy NIS (formerly YP) user since 30+ years. I started using it with SunOS 4.0, later using it with Solaris and with GNU/Linux since 1999.
In the past, a colleague wasn't happyly using NIS+ when he couldn't log in as root after a short time because of some well known bugs and wrong configs. NIS+ was also much slower than my NIS setup. I know organisations using NIS for more than 80.000 user accounts in 2024.
I know the security implications of NIS but I can live with them, because I manage all computers in the network that have access to the NIS maps. And NIS on GNU/Linux offers to use shadow maps, which are only accessible to the root account. My users are forced to use very long passwords.