Pete Freitag articles - 18 total
How I cut AWS Lambda Java Cold Start Times in Half
It is rare that a simple JVM argument change can have a dramatic impact on execution times, but in...
Replacing Twitter Share / Follow Widget Buttons with CSS
While looking at the PageSpeed Insights for my blog I noticed that the Twitter widgets I was using to...
Bash Script to log file modifications with osquery
Here's a bash script that uses osquery to log which files in a specific folder have been modified...
One liner to download a Browser with PowerShell on Windows Server
It would be nice if Windows Server 2019 came with Microsoft Edge Browser, but it still comes with...
SameSite cookies with Apache
Almost two years ago I wrote about how you can enable SameSite cookies with IIS on cookies that do no...
Do you ¿ UTF-8? It's easier than you think
Understanding how UTF-8 works is one of those things that most programmers are a little fuzzy on. I k...
Searching for files by file name on Mac or Linux
Have you ever had to find a file by a file name or file extension? Sure you have! Here's how I locate...
Running PostgreSQL in Docker for local dev
Recently I blogged about how I'm running SQL Server on Mac with Docker and Oracle on a Mac with Docke...
Everything I know about Markdown Bullet Lists
My goal here is to create a quick guide to creating bullet lists, also known as ul lists or unordered...
How to run Oracle DB on a Mac with Docker
Oracle puts out a Windows and Linux binary for their Oracle Database servers, but what if you want to...
Timing Attacks and the Timing-Allow-Origin Header
I've always found Timing Attacks to be an interesting type of web application vulnerability. You need...
Counting IP Addresses in a Log File
I've been using grep to search through files on linux / mac for years, but one flag I didn't use much...
Recursively Counting files by Extension on Mac or Linux
Back in 2004 I wrote up a blog entry showing how to get a count of files by a specific extension. For...
Hacktoberfest Tips for Contributors
It never ceases to amaze me how many people will emerge out of the woodwork to earn a free T-Shirt ea...
How to Run SQL Server on a Mac
You use a Mac, but you need to run Microsoft SQL Server. I never thought this would be so easy (I sta...
The difference between cd - vs cd ~-
The other day I posted one of my old (from 16 years ago) blog entries on twitter, Backtracking with B...
Why is my Apache httpd Alias Not Working?
Ran into this today, so I thought I would blog it. I had an alias in my httpd.conf such as: Alias...
Passing Environment Variables with Sudo
Suppose you have a bash script that sets an environment variable, and then invokes something with sud...