Stop Git from Tracking a File or Directory Added to Gitignore
This article will explain how to fix files still being tracked by Git after it has been added to the .gitignore file. Rules added to the .gitignore file only applies…
Run a Terminal Command after n Seconds Has Passed
It is sometimes desirable to run a command after n seconds has passed e.g. to run a command after the approximate time taken for deploy pipeline to complete. Scheduling the…
Scrolling on MacOS Terminal Does Not Work/Scrolls Commands instead of Text
This happens when the terminal is in 'Alternative Screen Mode'. The problem might also be combined with characters looking like ^[OB^[OB. What is Alternative Screen Mode? Many user-interactive terminal application…
Benchmarking a webpage response time (for web developers)
It is good practice to benchmark your webpages and API endpoints before pushing them live to production. This can help identify areas of improvement which can be used to inform…
Run a shell script in the background on Linux
Typically, I will need to run a shell script on a Linux server which I know will take a while to execute. I will sometimes also need to check up…
How to Export Amazon RDS MySQL Results to CSV
Over the past couple of months, I have been tasked with moving our server stack over from Digital Ocean VPS hosting to AWS. What used to be just one single…
Timing Linux Script Execution
I am in the process of improving the speed of a MySQL remote connection which connects to an external server on the internet. In order to test the speed of…
How to Kill an Unresponsive SSH Session
SSH sessions can become unresponsive or hang for a number of reasons; one reason being network issues which I experience frequently when working from an unstable Wi-Fi network. The following…