Peppermint #7: Debugging Websockets
We are working on using a custom connected protocol from through SockJS, using the javascript client to NodeJs. Realized today you could debug the traffic going through the websockets in Chrome, using...
View ArticlePeppermint #9: Slow down
Been working on testing how to slow down a SockJS over NodeJS application to simulate heavy traffic, and replicate a bad user experience we were facing under a stressed network and high CPU usage. Here...
View ArticlePeppermint #10: Mountain Lion, gcc, rvm, ruby, gems and Kitabu
Things are not going so smoothly for me to install Ruby Gem things on the roaring Mountain Lion. I already had Xcode 4.4.1 and the command line tools installed: /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -I. -I....
View ArticlePeppermint #11: lvm, lvextend and xfs_growfs reminder
A bit of a technical write up today. We had to quickly extend the size of a logical volume on one of our main servers. Didn’t really want to delete all those important files to make some emergency...
View ArticlePeppermint #12: September Javascript
Not having much time these days, but decided to take one hour to keep myself up to date with the latest javascript crazyness, after reading there was indeed something named batman.js in this world....
View ArticlePeppermint #13: Sublime Text Plugin for CoffeeScript
Been switching from the aging TextMate to SublimeText2 recently, and I am loving the change. (Most notably because I can type in Japanese without torturing my fingers ..) Got myself through the package...
View ArticlePeppermint #14: My top 20 best on-the-go free Android applications
Every one is doing a best of something nowawadays, so decided to give it a shot with the apps that are making my on-the-go moves easier in high-tech trains Tokyo. I am actually using way more than...
View ArticlePeppermint #15: Hot Partitions and bootable USB drive on Apple OSX (Lion,...
In the plan to replace my old drive at work by a SSD one, I am preparing to boot from an external drive and then copy all my stuff onto the new bought disk. Looking here and there, the disk utility can...
View ArticlePeppermint #16: Android’s new YouTube Player API
Just a few words before I forget to link to the new YouTube Player API for Android. Registering your android application only takes a few seconds, then you can download and import the samples. You will...
View ArticlePeppermint #17: Markdown Editing using SublimeText
Because I have been googling the same install steps about 3 times, I thought it was time to make a post about Markdown Editing using SublimeText. For one good reason: it’s impossible to beat...
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