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Python SQLAlchemy database model for Version Control system

February 13, 2024

This is my first time creating a non-trivial database and I was wondering what I could do better. As the title says this will be used a in toy version control system. Most of my choices feel "random" because I do not know what is and is not important. I also can not decide on […]

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update security certificate on unsupported operating system

February 13, 2024

I am using an old Macbook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2014) with Version 10.11.6 of the OS. The OS can’t be updated anymore. For the most part, the computer is still very functional with two caveats. I’m guessing and hoping these two caveats are related (and can be solved by the same solution) First, I […]

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ASP.NET Core configuration system: Isn’t the default configuration prone to naming conflicts in environment variables?

January 18, 2024

I’m trying to wrap my head around the ASP.NET Core Configuration system. If I understand the default configuration correctly, non-prefixed environment variables will override appsettings.json entries. For example, if I have an appSettings.json file like this { "SmtpServer": "myserver.example.com" } and some other, completely unrelated application running on the same server happens to (globally) set […]