Convert Git to Git LFS

There are some Git repositories in the company contain mostly binary files (Words, Excel, PDFs, etc). As Git is not designed to track binary files effectively, eventually the repository ends up pretty large (over 2GB) and will become a PITA on git clone. In order to effectively solves this, switching a regular Git to Git … Continue reading Convert Git to Git LFS →

TIF – Powerful SSH #1

Recently, I discovered that SSH have some wonderful features and usages that I didn't know before. Faster copying directories with rsync via SSH When it comes to copying files back and forth to a remote server, I usually go for scp. scp even supports to copy a whole directory: Not until recently, a colleague of … Continue reading TIF – Powerful SSH #1 →

Morning 28.9

Tweeted an article written by Digg Engineers about how they migrated one of their modules from Node.js to Golang. Their result was a success. The article gave a very detailed analysis why Node.js did not meet their needs anymore. It also mentioned that the performance of the module was increased a lot. However, they stated … Continue reading Morning 28.9 →

bookmarking + mind mapping

Recently, I've been using an interesting and useful free online service, GetPocket which helps me to bookmark articles, papers, webpages, etc to read it later. The service even extracts the content and displays it in elegant format. It even allows me to tag, search, add favorite, etc. In short, it's cool. I've been bookmarking a … Continue reading bookmarking + mind mapping →