Remove Your Computer’s Name From your Bash/Terminal on Ubuntu

Happen to be trying to remove your computer’s name from your bash/terminal on Ubuntu? I thought it was an eyesore when I was writing up some docs and was taking screenshots. I did some research and thought I’d pass along what I learned. My Setup Windows 10 Ubuntu Subsystem Edit your hidden .bashrc file! So … Read moreRemove Your Computer’s Name From your Bash/Terminal on Ubuntu

Upload a Pandas DataFrame to DynamoDB using Python

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So you’re trying to upload a Pandas DataFrame to DynamoDB using Python? Let’s take a step back first. Why are we using DynamoDB? What is DynamoDB? What is DyanmoDB DyanmoDB is a non-relational fully managed database product offered by Amazon’s cloud computing arm AWS. So why would you go the DynamoDB route vs MySQL, Postgres, … Read moreUpload a Pandas DataFrame to DynamoDB using Python

Unprotected Private Key File, Permissions 0644 for ‘yourFile.pem’ Are Too Open

So, I’m new to AWS. Today I setup a new EC2 instance to deploy a personal instance of sentry.io. It’s a pretty universal and open source code error reporting tool which I plan to use to report on internal infrastructure and customer facing applications. During that setup process I needed to SSH into my new … Read moreUnprotected Private Key File, Permissions 0644 for ‘yourFile.pem’ Are Too Open

“RNGADBannerView” was not found in the UIManager.

Happen to be getting the Invariant Violation: requireNativeComponent: “RNGADBannerView” was not found in the UIManager error? Did you use the really useful react-native-admob lib at some point, remove it, but are still getting this weird error? Maybe you’re using another lib, removed it, and are getting a similar error? I spent nearly three full days … Read more“RNGADBannerView” was not found in the UIManager.

Vertically and Horizontally Center Text in React Native

I recently spent quite some time trying to vertically and horizontally center text in React Native. I tried all sorts of combinations of align, alignContent, alignSelf, etc but couldn’t get my text horizontally and vertically centered. I mean this is probably because I’m React Native newb but stilllll. I’m actually quite surprised how bare the … Read moreVertically and Horizontally Center Text in React Native