Posts from Dec 2023
Show Organic Traffic in TelemetryDeck the Simple Way with a Values Breakdown Insight
Find out how to effectively set up and use TelemetryDeck to filter website views by referrer, focusing on organic traffic sources. This is a much simpler way than the geeky query language approach from last time, no weird coding required.
Using Type Markers for ‘is’ Type Predicates to Cover Generic Types
Wrestling with generics and is type checks in Swift? Consider using (empty) protocols as type markers instead.
Dependency Injection via Protocol Composition
Declaring dependencies as protocols, then combine via ’&’.
Update for modus-themes v4 and mlscroll.el Colors
The mlscroll Emacs package got an update that makes styling it even simpler.
Ignore Generated Xcode .xcworkspace Files in Git Except Package.resolved
To tell your teammates’ Xcode that packages need to be updated after a pull, check in the resolved packages file from within the Xcode project bundle. Here are git ignore rules to help you with that.
Show Referrers in TelemetryDeck for Web with a TopN TQL Query
TelemetryDeck can act as a lightweight and GDPR-compliant website analytics tool. But you need to create some things yourself, like computing a list of top referrers. Here’s how you do that with a TQL query.
TableFlip v1.5.1 comes with many HTML and exporting tweaks!
Transforming JSON to Tables: the Impedance Problem
There’s a mismatch between the nested object structure of JSON and tabular data. But there’s hope.
How Long Does a Disk Preclear in Unraid Take for 12TB of Data?
Spoilers: it takes 3 whole days.