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How to google bugs like a pro 🐜 👈😎👍

1. Introduction

After years of coding and debugging my code, I've had to search for a lot of bug fixes online. Because of this, I've come up up with multiple googling techniques. I'd like to share these techniques here, to help others save time while searching for code solutions online.

2. General search techniques

These are techniques that apply to any type of online search you want to do, not just coding. Later on I'll touch on the subject of how to deal with error messages, and code searches.

sudo mysql -u root
mysql> USE mysql;
mysql> UPDATE user SET plugin='mysql_native_password' WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;
service mysql restart
@MWins
MWins / project-ideas01.md
Last active July 28, 2025 06:55
Back end Projects - list

Project Ideas

Ok. I'm going to list off some ideas for projects. You will have to determine if any particular idea is good enough to include in a portfolio. These aren't creative ideas. They likely already exist. Some are way too advanced while others are simplistic.

I will recommend to post any project you make to github and make a github project page for it. Explain in as much detail as possible how you made it, how it can be improved etc. Document it.

If you pick an advanced idea, setup a development roadmap and follow it. This will show some project management skills.

Another piece of advice for those who are design challenged. Use different front end frameworks and use different themes for those frameworks to provide appealing designs without looking like yet another bootstrap site.

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mrtns / gist:78d15e3263b2f6a231fe
Last active January 19, 2025 08:02
Upgrade Chrome from Command Line on Ubuntu
# Install
# via http://askubuntu.com/questions/510056/how-to-install-google-chrome
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
# Update