How to Run a Ruby on Rails Application in a Subfolder
In the past, Rails supported RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT but it seems to break asset delivery with the introduction of webpacker and requires code changes in mul...
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A Brief History of Instana
With the great technology, team and the times we had together, I thought it would be worth documenting some of the history and highlights of Instana that I w...
How to Securely Send Passwords or Other Confidential Information
Do you have to send something confidential to a colleague, friend or associate? Don’t let that information persist indefinitely.
Robotic Arms for Research: Comparison 2021
When looking for a robotic arms in the past the choices were either plastic toys or industrial arms that can maim you both physically and financially. Thank...
Using StarCraft II for AI Research
Building a neural network that does things other than linear regression, MDP or identifying cats in images is apparently non-trivial. Not because of the com...
List of AI Learning Environments
…for Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning and more.
How to wrap (monkey patch) methods or functions in Python
You can wrap any function or method in Python using wrapt. Some use the builtin functools but I’ve found wrapt to be the better choice for many reasons - mo...
Zero Effort Fully Automatic Distributed Tracing For Python
This post was orginally featured on the Instana Blog.
New PasswordPusher Alfred Workflow
PasswordPusher now has an official Alfred Workflow available on packal.org.
Deploy PasswordPusher with a Single Click
PasswordPusher now has the ability to be deployed to Heroku with a single click using Heroku’s new deploy button.