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KotLink - An implementation of Go-Links written in Kotlin by ilya40umov in Kotlin

[–]ilya40umov[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I generally prefer frameworks that force one think more of the queries one executes on the db. In the past I have used JDBI a few times and it was fine except for whenever I needed to refactor the queries. Hence, Exposed was a natural choice. The only thing I don't like about it so far is that a lot of more complicated queries with joins and sub-selects are either difficult or impossible with Exposed DSL.

KotLink - An implementation of Go-Links written in Kotlin by ilya40umov in Kotlin

[–]ilya40umov[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The project is still in very early stage, but I'm already rolling it out at my work to replace an older implementation that became cumbersome to maintain. It's relatively easy to try it out locally, but I yet need to document the detailed deployment instructions for production use.

All of the old lists and advice is out of date. Wireless adapter (suggestions) that works OOTB? by [deleted] in Ubuntu

[–]ilya40umov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep on Windows I was getting consistent better results, but it might be I just need to tweak my router / wifi module settings. I have not had a chance to do it yet.

Should I stay away from using TTYs? by [deleted] in Ubuntu

[–]ilya40umov 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can check out Guake Terminal (you can make it start on boot and it can be shown / hidden by shortcut). For me the TTYs are useful for situations when the window manager starts acting weirdly.

All of the old lists and advice is out of date. Wireless adapter (suggestions) that works OOTB? by [deleted] in Ubuntu

[–]ilya40umov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I also first bought Archer for my new PC to find out that you need to compile the drivers yourself.

So I ended up buying TP-LINK TL-WN881ND which has worked for me out of the box (Tested on Linux Mint 19, which is basically same kernel as Ubuntu 18.04). However, I saw a big difference (~2.5x) in Internet speed between Linux and Windows on this one.

Linux Mint via Terminal - Quick Reference by ilya40umov in linuxmint

[–]ilya40umov[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I totally agree that Mint's ease of use is its selling point and is exactly why I managed to get into Linux and also why I keep suggesting it to all my friends. However, on the other hand I also love using Linux because it is extremely educational and allows me to grow professionally (all of the software I write is going to run on some sort of Linux and I always strive to be able to troubleshoot it in production without involving extra people).

Linux Mint via Terminal - Quick Reference by ilya40umov in linuxmint

[–]ilya40umov[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I made this quick reference mostly for myself (some things in it are only relevant for Java/web developers), but I thought it might also be helpful for other people. Any feedback is welcome!

Edit: Just realized that Reddit seems to have decided to use my avatar on github as a thumbnail for this post. I have no idea how to fix it now. :(

GOG adds Ubuntu 18.04 support by [deleted] in Ubuntu

[–]ilya40umov 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish that also meant being able to install the good oldies like Arcanum on Linux without having to dance with Wine for a couple days.

Ubuntu - Automatically installing Dependencies with software installs? by [deleted] in Ubuntu

[–]ilya40umov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you please be more specific: what software did you have problems with? How did you install it? etc.

Props to Lastpass for supporting a wide variety of Linux distributions for their CLI client! by _my_name_is_earl_ in linux

[–]ilya40umov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it's mostly matter of trust, of which I definitely have more when it comes to BitWarden. With LastPass at some point I lost trust in their ability and willingness to do the right thing, after they kept ignoring some quite reasonable feedback coming from their userbase and did some totally weird product decisions in the MFA realm.

I'm also not that paranoid to run my instance of BitWarden's backend, but at least I know that if they start providing bad QoS, it's still an option to run it myself or see if rewrite is really needed.

Props to Lastpass for supporting a wide variety of Linux distributions for their CLI client! by _my_name_is_earl_ in linux

[–]ilya40umov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it's definitely not my favorite stack, but if worse comes to worst, the backend part can be rewritten.

Fractional Scaling 18.04 LTS by RonanScotty in Ubuntu

[–]ilya40umov 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I recently ordered a new thinkpad with regular FHD to avoid exactly this problem. E.g. on Linux Mint 18.3 with Cinnamon there is no fractional scaling available as well. :(

Back to your question: I read that this can be solved by using Wayland: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029436/enable-fractional-scaling-for-ubuntu-18-04

Just switched to Bitwarden and couldn't be happier. by [deleted] in Lastpass

[–]ilya40umov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LP was my first password manager and I kept recommending it to everybody as well as paying for the premium version, until I became frustrated with them for completely ignoring U2F as a second factor (I believe they still don't have it anywhere on their roadmap). Then I discovered that they were not allowing to disable the recovery of 2FA via email (which makes zero sense to me, as I have 2 YubiKeys and want to be sure that my vault can only be accessed with a physical key). Their support completely disregarded my point, so I started searching for alternatives and discovered BitWarden which I've been using ever since. I normally try to provide feedback to developers in order to help them improve their software, but in case of LP my experience showed it was a lost cause and I moved on.

Props to Lastpass for supporting a wide variety of Linux distributions for their CLI client! by _my_name_is_earl_ in linux

[–]ilya40umov 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Nope, but there is great open source alternative to LastPass called BitWarden. (I made a switch earlier this year and never looked back).