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There are a few reasons you might want to set up password-less login via SSH. Manual login For manual login, typing your password over and over is a pain—especially if you’re doing this frequently.

Tyler View

In these interests: sysadmin linux

How to Increase the File Watcher System Limit in Node

This short guide will show you how to increase the system limit for file watchers in NodeJS.

Matt View

In these interests: sysadmin node

How to get the size of all tables in a MySQL database

If you’re using MySQL, at some point you’ll want to measure the size of your tables. This can help you identify issues, track table growth over time, estimate disk space requirements, etc.

Tyler View

In these interests: webdev mysql

Comparing performance, syntax, replication, and features.

You may find that you need to execute SQL statements that exist in a .sql file. There are a few different ways to do this depending on what you want to accomplish and how to sql file is written.

It’s nice to have quick access to your command history on the command line, but sometimes it’s valuable to know exactly when you typed a command.

In this guide I’m going to describe how to get started with PHP and MySQL.

Renaming a MySQL table is very simple, but sometimes the syntax is hard to remember.

If you’re logged into a machine, you may want to know exactly which version of linux you are using.

Learning vim can be quite intimidating, but it’s well worth it. Once you master vim, you’ll be editing text more efficiently than ever.