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@omarmciver
omarmciver / new-data-vhdx-wsl2.md
Last active February 13, 2026 07:26
New VHDX attach to WSL2

Creating and Maintaining a VHDX Drive in WSL

This guide explains how to create, mount, and maintain a VHDX drive for use with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

Prerequisites

  • Windows 10/11 with WSL2 installed
  • Administrative access
  • PowerShell
  • Sufficient disk space
@gabrielelana
gabrielelana / Vagrantfile
Last active January 2, 2024 18:58
How to create a VirtualBox machine with encrypted storage with Vagrant
# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :
PASSWORD_PATH = ".password"
PASSWORD_ID_PATH = ".password_id"
# Make sure to have installed vagrant-triggers plugin
# > vagrant plugin install vagrant-triggers
# After the first `vagrant up` stop the VM and execute the following steps
# Hello, and welcome to makefile basics.
#
# You will learn why `make` is so great, and why, despite its "weird" syntax,
# it is actually a highly expressive, efficient, and powerful way to build
# programs.
#
# Once you're done here, go to
# http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
# to learn SOOOO much more.
@mikeal
mikeal / gist:6685843
Last active December 23, 2015 19:58
Response to comments by Issac Roth of StrongLoop

This is rather out of date and we've all moved past it. Me and Issac are cool now.

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@tbranyen
tbranyen / handlebars.object_helpers.js
Created September 26, 2012 18:18 — forked from strathmeyer/handlebars.object_helpers.js
Handlebars.js helpers to iterate over objects
// HELPER: #key_value
//
// Usage: {{#key_value obj}} Key: {{key}} // Value: {{value}} {{/key_value}}
//
// Iterate over an object, setting 'key' and 'value' for each property in
// the object.
Handlebars.registerHelper("key_value", function(obj, options) {
var buffer = "",
key;
@derekwyatt
derekwyatt / execOnChange.sh
Created September 1, 2012 15:32
Executes an arbitrary command when files change.
#!/bin/bash
command="$1"
shift
fileSpec="$@"
sentinel=/tmp/t.$$
touch -t197001010000 $sentinel
while :
do
@louischatriot
louischatriot / nodejs-app.conf
Created August 18, 2012 07:47
Upstart script to launch a nodejs application as a service
description "Upstart script to run a nodejs app as a service"
author "Louis Chatriot"
env NODE_BIN=/usr/local/bin/node
env APP_DIR=/path/to/app/dir
env SCRIPT_FILE="scriptfile.js" # Entry point for the nodejs app
env LOG_FILE=/path/to/logfile.log
env RUN_AS="anyuser" # Upstart can only be run nicely as root, need to drop privileges
env SERVER_ENV="anything" # Usual apps can be run in different environments (development, test, production ...)
# I typically use the environment variable NODE_ENV (see below)
@adammw
adammw / README.md
Created August 3, 2012 06:30
Node.js for Raspberry Pi

Node.js for Raspberry Pi

Pre-built binaries

Recent releases have been pre-built using cross-compilers and this script and are downloadable below.

If you have found these packages useful, give me a shout out on twitter: @adammw

@Gozala
Gozala / example.js
Created January 29, 2012 03:46
Workaround for lack of "tail call optimization" in JS
// Lack of tail call optimization in JS
var sum = function(x, y) {
return y > 0 ? sum(x + 1, y - 1) :
y < 0 ? sum(x - 1, y + 1) :
x
}
sum(20, 100000) // => RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
// Using workaround
@strathmeyer
strathmeyer / handlebars.object_helpers.js
Created November 16, 2011 21:57
Handlebars.js helpers to iterate over objects
// HELPER: #key_value
//
// Usage: {{#key_value obj}} Key: {{key}} // Value: {{value}} {{/key_value}}
//
// Iterate over an object, setting 'key' and 'value' for each property in
// the object.
Handlebars.registerHelper("key_value", function(obj, fn) {
var buffer = "",
key;