Category Archives: Computers

Windows and WSL2 Cleanup

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How to spell check PDF file?

Online: https://t.co/8STYFz9f6i I would recommend using the command-line for this. Here are the steps courtesy of ChatGPT. These steps are for Windows: Step 1: Install Poppler for Windows In Powershell, run: Log. This will give pdftotext program. Verify the version: … Continue reading

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GitHub vs. BitBucket

These days you can just ask ChatGPT or your favorite tool to compare the pros and cons of GitHub vs. BitBucket so I’ll skip that, but today I realized Bitbuket has one killer-feature that is missing in GitHub: Projects. Projects … Continue reading

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PHP Fatal Error: Unable to start pcre module in Unknown on line 0

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Useful Windows Shortcuts

Category Shortcut Function The Essentials Win + D Show/Hide Desktop Win + E Open File Explorer Win + L Lock PC Win + V Clipboard History (See multiple copies) Alt + Tab Switch between open apps Window Control Win + … Continue reading

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SvelteKit – SPA vs. SSG

This one has tripped me a few times so I thought I’d make a note about it. When reading or learning SvelteKit you might have come across two terms – SPA and SSG. They seem related but are not. SPA … Continue reading

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How BatchMeterUsage Actually Works (and the Gotchas)

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Essofore Semantic Search — Self-Hosted RAG Infrastructure That Keeps Your Data in Your VPC

Upload documents. Search in plain English. Your data never leaves your AWS account. Most vector search infrastructure has a hidden problem: your data lives somewhere else. Whether it’s Pinecone’s servers or a managed Elasticsearch cluster, your proprietary documents are outside … Continue reading

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Note to self: For God’s sake stop renaming things

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. — Phil Karlton I don’t think there is anyone on the planet who renames things as much as I do. Stop it. Seriously. Its not worth … Continue reading

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Site Refresh

Before and After: PageSpeed Insights (New): Please help me evaluate the old vs. new site by giving your feedback below: Old: https://staging.nuvoice.ai/ New: https://www.nuvoice.ai/ On a scale of 1-10 where: How would you rate each of them?

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