Suckless: Minimalist Tools That Work Great

~4 minutes to read

I have been using a few different tools from suckless.org for a while and I must say that once everything is configured properly, they are a joy to use. Some tools, like dmenu and slock, seem simple on the surface, but they allow to simplify your workflow by quite a bit. Another one, st, is a truly fantastic and lightweight terminal!


Exponentiation in Modular Arithmetic Made Easy

~3 minutes to read

While playing around in the Python interpreter to validate answers to mathematical questions, I quickly found out that very large exponents are dealt with very inefficiently by default as they are simply evaluated as is. That's where Python came to its own rescue.



Dispose of Spam with Disposable Emails And More!

~8 minutes to read

Have you ever received spam to your email address? Unless you are extremely lucky or are actually disconnected from the Internet and thus most probably not reading this, chances are you might have had an offer or two to receive gold from a Nigerian prince in the past. Before those princes and princesses generously start giving away their cryptocurrency in the near future in exchange for a trip to Western Union, get prepared and hide away your precious address!


Have You Been Pwned?

~4 minutes to read

Has your password been leaked in a major breach? You can find out thanks to Have I Been Pwned?... Or you can use their API and stop worrying about your password being sent through your Web browser!