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Why would I listen to you? 🤨 Quality technology is characterized by its reliability, speed, and durability. It consistently performs as expected, thanks to well-engineered hardware and software. Over 14 years, my job involved selecting the right hardware and software to meet the operational needs of the organizations I worked for. I also provided tech recommendations to our customers. So how do I go about it? 🤔 Here’s a guide to choosing technology with the above key characteristics:

Test-driving the new Mojo programming language. It’s a systems programming language with Python syntax, so we can now use our Python skills for systems programming with a minimal learning hill to climb. Random Password Generator # Usage: $ mojo build -march native randpass.mojo # $ ./randpass from random import seed, random_ui64 fn generate_random_password() -> String: """Generate 21 character random password.""" let selection: String = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789#$%&@" var rand_pass: String = "" var password_length = 21 seed() while password_length > 0: rand_pass += selection[random_ui64(0, selection.

First saw this recipe on this YouTube video (8:22 - 8:59). Then I thought; how would that taste if it’s all natural fresh ingredients? Here’s my remix: Two large potatoes, peeled. One clove of fresh Garlic, fine grated. One small red Onion, fine grated. Black pepper powder. A little bit of wheat flour. Salt. Sunflower oil (for the shallow frying below). Mix them up real nice and let them sit for 5 minutes, then shallow fry them on medium-low heat till crispy and just the right hue of brown.

Maybe you also prefer to just check if there’s new mail on the command line, before having to open yet another browser tab and downloading twelve kilograms of Javascript 🤷🏾‍♂️ #!/bin/env python """ Retrieve number and subjects of unread mail from Gmail. External dependencies: Set a GMAIL_LOGIN environment variable as a json string with Gmail access credentials. An example in Zsh: export GMAIL_LOGIN='{"username":"you@gmail.com", "password":"app_password"}' Usage example: In Zsh: $ chmod +x check_mail.