Hashing passwords the Right Way
Don’t store passwords in plain text. Don’t use a fast algorithm. And don’t forget the salt.
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Run a script on file changes with inotify
Have a script (eg. your test suite) run automatically every time a file changes.
Single-threaded event loop for file input and timers
To wait for various events and without polling, a blocking threads for each event is the obvious solution. However, multi-threading comes with its pitfalls and problems. Here we are going to see how to build and event loop the handle multiple event in the same thread.
Programatically open multiple GNOME Terminal tabs
To run several tasks in parallel and keep their output separated, run each one in its own shell. Doing so can be automated, and thus it should. Here is how to open a GNOME Terminal window with multiple tabs from a script.
Random pronounceable passwords
Using a sample text for statistics and Markov chains, we can generate passwords that are both random (and thus strong) and pronounceable (and thus easier to memorize.)
Using Jinja2 in Django
How to replace Django’s templating system by Jinja2 and still profit from it eg. in generic views.