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WAT Python Inspection Tool

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 15:44:34 -0600

A powerful inspection tool to help with unknown Python objects.

RightTyper to Generate Types

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 21:37:26 -0500

Get a helper with typing.

Count Number of Lines in a Git Repository

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:26 -0500

If you were ever curious how many lines of code you have in a repo.

Check for unused Indexes

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:00:00 -0500

Part of a larger PostgreSQL management article.

Powershell Remoting

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0500

A couple of different ways to connect to a remote PC.

View Code of Stored Procedure

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:00:00 -0500

I needed to see the code of a stored procedure in MS SQL Server at work so that I could create a modified query. I normally don’t use Stack Overflow much anymore but this was actually useful and well described.

Using SQL Server Management Studio do the following:

Go to Database -> Programmmability -> Stored Procedure.
Right click on the procedure you want to view and click Modify.
Be careful not to modify it when you only want to view it.

How to List Active Connections on PostgreSQL

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0500

How to check using a query what is actively running.

Check for Unvalidated Database Constraints

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Verify that you don’t have a constraint created without validation.

Deprecated

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0500

I neat way to deprecate parts of a Python program.

Get Battery Status in CLI

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0500

How to get the battery status using standard CLI tools in Linux.

How to Read a Vim Swapfile

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0500

How to read a swapfile, especially where there isn’t an reference file.

Delete Files Older Than x Days on Linux

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Quickly delete files older than a certain number of days.

How to Use a match case Statement

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Some examples of how to use match case statement in Python.

Vim Tips

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Notes from the VIM Workshop from pybites

Create Git Branch and Checkout

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Create a git branch and checkout at once.

Set Statement Timeout

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 22:55:00 -0500

Set a timeout in case you want to terminate a long running query.

Escape Keys using psycopg2

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:00:00 -0500

Making sure that using % in PostgreSQL works with psycopg2.

Setup Python Package to use with Pipx

Fri, 26 May 2023 20:00:00 -0500

Setting up your Python project to work with pipx and pyproject.toml

Prune Docker Images

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Remove images that are not in use.

Clear Highlighting in Vim

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Clearing highlighting after performing a search for an example.

Application Name in PostgreSQL

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Send application name to PostgreSQL.

Find and Replace in Vim

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Different ways to find and replace items using vim.

Calculate the Distance between two Latitudes and Longitudes

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Calculation using SQL.

Get Disk Size for Each Database

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Get the disk size for each database in PostgreSQL.

Include Schema in psycopg2 Connection String

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:00:00 -0500

Include schema in PostgreSQL connection string.

Create Automatic Timestamps in PostgreSQL

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:00:00 -0500

Create automatic timestamps by default.

Using Rich Inspect to Interrogate Python Objects

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 14:00:00 -0500

Using Rich can help format an object in the REPL.

Pasting Text in Vim

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:30:00 -0500

Pasting text into vim.