Running multiple versions of mysql on a mac simultaneously, installed with homebrew

First I found this helpful doc which got me part of the way there. Intention on that gist was only to be able to switch back and forth, not running simultaneously. https://gist.github.com/ivanvermeyen/c2dfb8ad55a4fb699c5913a09422c1d9#cleanup Basically; * First wipe all mysql instances off * Install the first mysql with homebrew * Change the data dir to a version […]

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Responsive Photo Album

I wanted a responsive photo album unlike anything I could find, plus I prefer to host all my photos myself. So I wrote this with node on the backend and just plain javascript on the front end + just a little bit of jquery. Here’s the app: http://spa.1mikemakuch.com/ and source: https://github.com/1MikeMakuch/photoalbum

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Piping shell commands

I did some looking at my shell history for the past year or so and made some casual observations, here: Most used shell commands and wanted to single out a number of commands and pipes that might be interesting to someone. What follows is a handful of commands from my shell history, from the last […]

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Most used shell commands

I remember reading that “ls” was the most commonly used shell command. Not sure why I thought about it today but, it dawned on me that I could easily calculate it directly from my shell command history. Years ago I went about configuring my shell command history options to my liking. Among several others are […]

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Portfolio

Here’s some of the software I’ve built. I have more experience on backends but I’ve built several frontends as well. This is a responsive brochure site I created, July 2017 This is a responsive SPA I built in spring 2017. It’s a web app to display sets of photos. Node on the back end and […]

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CS371P #14

Oops, one more blog. *this is the last one. Today was the last day of the semester. Took the final test today. I found it to be shorter than exam 2, which helped. I was able to finish the test and go back over and check for mistakes. I’m sure I did well enough. I’ve […]

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CS371P #13

Last week of the semester and this is the last blog. I did manage to get quite a bit of studying done over the break though not as much as I had hoped. This my first semester back to school has been an interesting and fun experience. I’ve learned quite a bit of C++ that […]

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