Conditionally load SQLAlchemy model relationships in FastAPI
Suppose you have a FastAPI app responsible for talking with database via sqlalchemy and retrieving data. The sqlalchemy models have some relationships and th...
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Hot-Reload Long Running Shell Scripts (feat. trap / kill)
trap them and kill them! There is a beautiful command in Linux called trap which traps signals and let you run specific commands when they invoked. There is ...
Recap of 2022
It’s been a while… It has been so long that I forgot how I was writing my blogs back then. My life didn’t change that much. Actually, it is getting worse.
Rant: Stop whatever you are doing and learn how licenses work
Recently, Github announced that they are making Github Copilot available for everyone. Previously, it was in Beta and you could get it through the waiting l...
Confession Time
A failure story Last week, I received an email from Let’s Encrypt reminding me to renew my certificates. I forgot to renew it and the certificate expired. No...
Never Get Trapped in Grub Rescue Again!
Anytime I install a new system on my machine, I pray God for nothing bad happens. But it usually happens. When I reboot, I find myself in the “Grub rescue” m...
Creating a Useless User
Story In my previous post, I explained how to do port forwarding to access some machine behind private network. I will use this method to fix some issues in ...
SSH into Machine That Is Behind a Private Network
Story I believe there is always a “tech support person” in every home. Everyone knows that when there is a problem with any electronic device, they should as...
Using ffmpeg for Simple Video Editing
Story Today, I have recorded a video for one of my classes and I was required to upload it till midnight. The video was perfect except for a few seconds wher...
Automatically Build and Deploy Your Site using GitHub Actions and Webhooks
In this post I will explain how you can use GitHub to automate the build and deployment processes that you have. I am going to automate the deployment of thi...
Stop cat-pipe’ing, You Are Doing It Wrong!
cat some_file | grep some_pattern I’m sure that you run a command something like above at least once if you are using terminal. You know how cat and grep wo...
First blog post
Hello, World!* So here I am and welcome to my first blog. Having a personal space on the Internet has been a dream for me for years and I am happy that it fi…