Golang gotchas: Instantiating http.Header
When creating http.Header instances directly, you better use the canonical form for the HTTP header keys. Otherwise this might lead to unexpected results. [Read more...]
How to list all the tables in a PostgreSQL database
Suppose you have to list all the tables of PostgreSQL database. You can achieve this by various means. [Read more...]
How to download a folder from Amazon / AWS S3
Amazon / AWS S3 is an object storage. You can imagine it as a cloud file system. This article shows you how you can download files from Amazon S3 to your local machine. [Read more...]
How to encrypt single files under Linux, macOS or Windows
If you want to encrypt just a single file there exist various options under the Linux, macOS or Windows operating systems. This article shows some of these tools and how and if to use them. [Read more...]
Use HTTPS instead of SSH when cloning git submodules
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. In this article you will learn how to use HTTPS instead of SSH when using the git submodules command. [Read more...]
How to track the progress when cloning git submodules
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. In this article you will learn how to debug the git submodules command. [Read more...]
Windows 10: How to delete the recovery partition
Because the Windows 10 recovery partition is protected you can not delete it by using the graphical disk management tool which is part of Windows 10. Read on if you want to know how to accomplish this task. [Read more...]
How to delete a Git branch locally and remotely?
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. In this article you will learn how to delete remote and local branches. [Read more...]
Signing commits for GitLab using GnuPG on macOS
git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. In this article you will learn how to setup git to sign your commits using GnuPG (GPG) and how to properly configure GitLab to deal with those signed commits. [Read more...]
Using named parameters with the sqlx Golang library
When it comes to SQL the Golang ecosystem offers a lot of choices. You can choose between full-featured object-relational mappers like gorm, the Golang standard library or sqlx for instance. This article will show you how you can use named parameters together with sqlx. [Read more...]