Tips

This is a list of articles on useful tips.

Table of Contents

• System
• Git and GitHub
• IDE
• MLHub
• Azure
• Python
• Misc

System

• Access a remote server with ssh and xpra together
• fasd -- For faster folder and file jump
• Shortcuts for taking screenshots
• WSL -- Linux command line in Windows
  • How to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Thus you can run Linux commands in Windows on the fly without creating a virtual machine or installing a dual boot system.
• Hyper-V -- Virtual Machine
  • A Windows component that enables you to create a virtual machine.
• Window tiling manager
  • How to layout/rearrange windows on desktop.

Git and GitHub

• GitHub Markdown
• Use Emoji on GitHub
• Link to Code Block
• Close an issue via commit message
• Compose a GitHub links
  • For programmably composing the links to download a file in a specific commit from GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket, etc.
• Badges and Stats

IDE

• Code-server

MLHub

• azface - Face Detection and Recognition
  • A MLHub package that wraps the Azure Face API.

Azure

• Available Type/Size of Machines in Each Region

Python

• Unify Path Manipulation with pathlib
• Parse command line arguments
• Logging
• YAML
• Run external programs with subprocess

Misc