• Get A Functional Laptop For Under $150: A Step-By-Step Guide

    There’s no gimmick in the title: I’ve written this article on such a laptop. It’s not new, it’s not powerful and it wasn’t as easy as buying a laptop off of Amazon. However, with research and a few hours of hands-on work you can have a sturdy machine perfect for travel, a child’s first computer,…

  • VIM For Beginners: Tutorial

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    In this brief tutorial, we will use several of the commands above to perform basic operations in Vim. Open a terminal and type vim file.txt to create a blank text file and launch the Vim application. Your terminal window should now resemble the following image. Next, press i to enter “INSERT” mode. Populate the file…

  • Building a Better Prompt – Beginner’s Tips

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    A year ago, generative AI was a curiosity at best for the general public. Now, anyone who knows what they want and has an internet connection can use services such as ChatGPT, DALL-E and more to make their thoughts a reality. Yet the output of these services is only as good as what’s put in—namely,…

  • Symlinks – The Key to Streamlining Your Workflow

    A symbolic link, also known as a symlink, is a type of file that functions as a shortcut to another file or directory on your Windows system. This is not the same as an actual Windows shortcut; a symlink preserves the existing directory structure. A symlink allows you to create a path that redirects to…

  • Decrypting Password Management

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    The recent breach popular password management service LastPass suffered serves as the latest in a constant stream of reminders that something is only as secure as its weakest link. For many, the appeal of having to remember only a single password is strong enough to place their trust in a single service despite these breaches.…

  • Technical Writing for Beginners: Core Elements of Useful Documents

    The most fundamental skill in technical writing is translation. Not between languages, but between those who know and those who should know. Whether you’re collecting information to compile into a manual for a recently developed product or creating guides that instruct end-users of all skill levels in proper use of complicated software, translating information from…

  • ChatGPT – Friend or Foe?

    Anyone who’s paid attention to recent technology news has likely heard about ChatGPT, the free-to-use service able to translate the most basic of prompts into complete structured writing excerpts ranging from academic essays to functional code samples. As soon as it was introduced, debates of its purpose and ethical usage arose, debates that will become…

  • VIM For Beginners: An Introductory Reference

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    NOTE: This article assumes the reader has an introductory knowledge of the Linux ecosystem. Vim is a powerful text editor for Linux which is run entirely from the terminal. As it does not have a GUI (graphical user interface), it allows manipulation of text-based files without having to devote resources to a desktop environment—a boon…

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