Two Laptops, One Desk
Handling the switching between 2 laptops when you're tight on budget.
Hi! My name is Michał Góral, I am software developer (currently at Nokia) and this is my personal website. You can read more about me on a separate page if you’re curious.
You can contact me by e-mail: dev@goral.net.pl. My PGP key fingerprint is: 0423 DE59 98D1 2C33 E599 CDCF E3DD DA4D C45F 58CB.
List of Blog Posts
2021
I Want a To-Do App
It seems that we have a curse of abundance: so many to-do apps and methodologies that we can no longer choose one.
2020
Abortion Ads
Things start becoming nasty.
Wayland support in kpsh
Recent release of kpsh adds support for Wayland.
The Blackout
Yesterday early morning there was a blackout.
SDF
SDF is a public access UNIX System which I recommend visiting sometimes.
Master-stack layout for i3
DWM-like master-stack layout for i3 is possible by using i3's IPC mechanism.
Thoughts on using OSC codes to automate changing terminal color schemes
Operating System Controls as escape sequences which can be used to change the background of both terminal and programs running in it.
On Independent Press
My thoughts about problems with which today's press struggle.
Monochrome Vim Color Scheme
Monochrome colorschemes are good and pleasant for eyes. That's why I created one for Vim.
Double fork
Here we will learn about so-called double fork technique... More-less.
First Drawing
Przemek's first drawing presenting his whole family.
Accessibility testing by non-disabled developers
Obstacles I encountered while testing accessibility of this blog's theme.
RSS and Other Site News
I think I fixed RSS feed and now it includes new projects section which I added few days ago.
Your Pain Is Bigger Than Mine
Even though I almost entirely stopped listening to it, I can't stay silent about recent events in Polish Radio Trójka.
My First Bread
I baked a bread.
Anker SoundCore
Review of Anker SoundCore Bluetooth Speaker.
Working on TWC Formatting
Formatting is one of these parts of TWC which I disliked the most. This has finally changed with release of TWC 0.9 and complete rewrite of formatting strings syntax.
I Blocked Bots
Every month bots eat my server's traffic, so I blocked them.
Synchronization
I synchronize a lot of things, each of them differently. Let's take a look how to write a simple Bash script which automates and parallels that.
Cross References in Notes
Notes should be pretty too, because why not? Here I'll show you my method of rendering them to HTML.
Officially I hate my notes
My take on Zettelkasten methodology.
Don't change alternate file in Vim
Every once in a while I learn something new about Vim. This time it's :keepalt command.
Fixed RSS
I broke RSS, but it should be fixed now.
Ctags For Markdown Notes
Using custom Ctags language definition to find tags in free-text notes.
2019
Migadu
Trying something new for mail provider: a small company from Switzerland called Migadu.
Configuring msmtp on Debian Buster
Configuring one of the best SMTP clients on Debian and some caveats which we must remember.
Using systemd for X sessions
We can use user-level systemd services to run X sessions.
Blog changes
Introduction of new blog theme: Tale.
Xsession in Debian
Xsession is a default way of starting X sessions in Debian, but for some reason it remains a mystery for many people. Here I try to shed some light on it.
2018
End of Dotfiles series
Bad news about dotfiles series.
PGP key refreshed
I refreshed my public PGP key.
New Year's resolution
It's a little late to make a New Year's resolution, but I'll make one nevertheless.
2017
Dotfiles, część 3: GNU Stow
Third and final part series describing my custom system of keeping and deploying dotfiles.
PGP key refreshed
I refreshed my public PGP key.
Dotfiles, część 2: argumenty
Second part series describing my custom system of keeping and deploying dotfiles.
Dotfiles, część 1: config-manage
First part series describing my custom system of keeping and deploying dotfiles.
Git Credential Helper
Git has capabilities of writing custom credential helpers, which can fill passwords for accessing HTTP repos for us.
I love Free Software
Happy Valentines Day!
Commenter
Presentation of my program to for toggling file comments depending on a list of keywords in a language similar to preprocesor.
Migracja bloga
Information about migrating blog sources.
2016
Singleton w i3
With markorapp, a script which I wrote, it's easy to create "singletons" in i3. Singletons are applications which should have only one instance, like a particular terminal.
Argument Dependent Lookup
ADL being treated as a part of class' interface.
Structured Bindings
Structured Bindings is a new way to decompose values returned from functions. It's similar to some other programming languages and greatly simplifies the code.
Generacja wersji
Presentation of simple scripts and techniques allowing automatic generation of program's version.
Hugo
Switching to another static site generator: Hugo.
2015
Opisuj merge!
Changelog is important, but we can simplify our lives and generate it, at least partially.
Sforkowałem proces
What is a fork() and what PID it returns?
Deployment aplikacji internetowych
Writing and using webhooks to automate deployment of web applications.
Tworzenie list w Pythonie
Several ways to create lists in Python.
Przypisać nieprzypisywalne
How can we live with types which do not implement assignment operator?
Zmiana monitorów w i3
I did it! I forced a buggy xrandr to toggle screens and not kill X session!
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll
Migration of blog from Wordpress to static site generator: Jekyll.
Zamykanie aplikacji PyQt
Graceful shutdown of PyQt applications might be harder than it looks like. This article presents the problem and a way to resolve it.
Problem dependant names
How C++ handles dependant names and why we must use typename keyword everywhere.
Name hiding
Name hiding is a surprising feature of C++. Here we'll learn a little more about it.
Najważniejszy const
There is one const usage in C++ which is a little different than the others. Andrei Alexandrescu called it the most important const.
2014
Zwracanie wartości z funkcji
The article about Return Value Optimization - one of the most important features of C++ compilers.
Urbana meeting
A short summary of C++ comitee meeting in Urbana-Champaign.
Konwersja const_iteratora na iterator
A trick which allows us to easily convert from const_iterator to iterator. Please don't do that.
Process substitution
Process substitution in Bash is a powerful technique which allows us to redirect command's output to programs which only accept files.
2013
std::move
A short introduction to one of the most breakthrough features of C++11: rvalue references and move semantics.
2012
Niegrzeczny Python
A short thing about how Python prints its version number.
Polimorfizm
Introduction to C++ polymorhpism.
SubConvert 0.8.2
I released a new version of SubConvert, a program to convert between various video subtitle formats.
2011
Doom 3 GPL
Doom 3 source code has been released.
20 najciekawszych aplikacji na Androida - cz. 2
Second part of unfinished series of interesting Android apps.
Efekt Droste pokazany przy użyciu gry w życie
A video presenging Droste Effect which is a recursive image.
20 najciekawszych aplikacji dla Androida - cz. 1
First part of unfinished series of interesting Android apps.
Apple opatentowało odblokowywanie ekranu
Another silly Apple patent.
Kupfer
Kupfer is a program launcher written in Python.
Dodawanie liter
What does it mean when we say 'a + b'?
Matlab engine - cz. 3
Third and final part of series about using Matlab Engine.
Wyszedł Kernel 3.0-rc2
Release of a new version of kernel.
Internet mobilny
Few quick thoughts about the mobile internet.
Nieskończenie wiele argumentów...
It's possible to create a functions in C, similar to printf and scanf, which accept infinite number of arguments.
Matlab engine - cz. 2
Second part of series about using Matlab Engine.
Matlab engine - cz. 1.
First part of series about using Matlab Engine.