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This article describes a fix for after your upgrade to MySQL 5.7+
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-move-the-x-most-recent-commits-to-another-branch
This article describes how to move the x most recent commits to another branch using Git.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-easily-convert-mkv-to-mp4-from-the-terminal
A quick technique for using converting MKV to MP4 in the terminal.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-merge-pdf-s-and-images-from-the-terminal
This article describes two methods for combining items into PDF.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-watch-the-progress-of-existing-rsync-process
This article describes how to watch the an progress of an existing rsync process.
This article describes how to kill a pesky dangling transaction in MySQL.
This article describes using Python’s built in simple http server for development use.
If you ever need to find and delete all empty directories from a project. Here a simple one-liner to do this.
If you need an optional parameter for a bash function or script here’s how to add them.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/simple-nginx-application-configuration
If you need to whip up a quick static site on Nginx here’s a simple config to get it done.
How to setup automount for a NTFS partition in Ubuntu Linux.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/get-ubuntu-version-number-or-codename-from-terminal
This article describes how to get your Ubuntu version information from the terminal.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-allow-html5-attributes-in-syntastic-and-vim
This article describes configuring vim’s syntastic plugin to support HTML5 attributes.
For a while I was using SSH to develop on my Macbook from my main desktop. I wanted to keep the battery healthy so sometimes I left it unplugged. Here’s a sweet technique to check your battery life in OSX.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-use-project-specific-vimrc
This article describes setting up project specific .vimrc files.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-automount-a-smb-drive-in-osx
This article describes how to setup automounting for your SMB Share in OSX Yosemite.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-convert-webp-files-to-png-from-the-terminal
This article describes converting webp to png with an easy command.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/get-current-directory-name-without-path-in-bash
This article describes getting the current path name for use in your bash scripts.
This article describes setting up your Ubuntu machine to allow traffic through UFW.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/how-to-install-postgresql-using-brew-on-osx
This article describes installing postgresql from the terminal using Brew on OSX.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/find-out-whats-using-disk-space-in-the-terminal
This article show how to use the command line to find out what files and folders are eating your disk space.
https://solidfoundationwebdev.com/blog/posts/find-files-by-file-extension-in-the-terminal
This article describes using the find command to find files by extension.