Developer Tools Connect to a VPN-in-a-VM Using WireGuard Run your VPN client in a Linux VM on macOS, and use WireGuard to selectively tunnel only desired traffic through the VPN.
Developer Tools Here’s My Network Troubleshooting Toolbox Here's a selection of macOS and Linux command-line tools I've learned about and added to my toolbox for troubleshooting networking issues.
Developer Tools Understanding iptables with WireGuard Here, I'll explain a few common iptables commands that are used when setting up forwarding rules for a WireGuard server.
Developer Tools Here’s Why I’m Using Zellij – A Terminal Workspace I've been using Zellij, a terminal workspace / multiplexer, for a few months, and I've found it to be a great addition to my setup.
Developer Tools How I Used Lima for an AI Coding Agent Sandbox How to use Lima to set up a VM sandbox for running AI coding agent CLIs that only have access to the source code directory.
Developer Tools Blocked by Unifi – Troubleshooting a Home Networking Issue Let's walk through the networking tools I use to diagnose issues like a recent home networking connection issue I encountered.
C# The Entity Framework: WHERE IN vs. OPENJSON Problem Let's look at mitigations for slow queries caused by Entity Framework using OPENJSON instead of a basic WHERE IN clause for collections.
Developer Tools Log Your Entire ZSH History Here's how and why you should log your ZSH History. Use a zsh hook to save commands to daily log files, allowing for easy searching.
Java Try Case-Insensitive Unicode Sorting in SQLite with Pre-collated Strings Here's how you use the Collator class in Java to pre-collate Unicode strings in a case-insensitive way so that SQLite can index/sort them.
Developer Tools jq for Creating and Updating JSON Here are some examples of using the jq command-line utility to create new JSON data from scratch or update values in an existing JSON document.
The Software Life Generate CTEs for a Legacy Database Using an LLM Here's how to use the power of LLMs to generate Common Table Expressions, making a legacy database easier to work with for ad-hoc queries.
Developer Tools Tell Java Applications to Use macOS Automatic Proxy Configuration Here's how to tell an installed Java application to use the macOS system proxy for network traffic, so it can be directed through a VPN.
