[10-01-2021]

Dealing with double _main in the Fortran code

From time to time it happens that you are forced to work with legacy code. This code might have _main already defined inside. This may happen in case you are trying to link two object files, both, defining _main function. There is hope! Let’s say we have a code (legacy one) And now, we are […]


[02-01-2021]

And Now for Something Completely Different –
Pierwsza osoba liczby pojedynczej

It looks like this one drifts towards Paulo Coelho’s style


[30-12-2020]

Data backups – dedicated solution vs. home made server

Some years ago (~10) I was puzzled by the choice between dedicated backup machine (something like one describe here: QNAP TS-231P – rok i trzy fackupy później (na szczęście z happy endem)) vs. my own setup. There are advantages of dedicated backup solutions (so called NASes). These machines have close to zero configuration setup, look […]


[29-12-2020]

Google Cloud Platform vs. recent stuff vs. refurbished machine

Recently, I have received “the very first time GCP client” offer from Google. I assume that all the people get this initial credit so they can test GCP based services. For me this was an obvious sign – how will it perform with Minecraft installed. To be honest, I was positively surprised. Setting everything up […]


[20-12-2020]

And Now for Something Completely Different – Serce ciemności

Heart of Darkness – redux; adapted to modern times.


[17-12-2020]

The story of my new 47 PB hard drive

At some point, my Time Machine started to complain that there is no enough space to make a complete backup of my disk When I tried to figure out what was happening, it turned out that my $HOME was the place that occupied most of the space. I have tried to use typical approach to […]


[14-12-2020]

Blade Runner

I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. SVN repos so big they didn’t fit on SSD. I watched spaces glitter among the dark tabs of Python. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to code using new hype.


[12-12-2020]

When you find out the magic behind the tool ;)

Sometimes you step on a random tweet, like this one Why I love building the tool I use in my daily workflow! and you figure out that there is a magic behind the tool ;) This small feature was the cause of my final decision I was struggling with – whether to pay the license […]


[12-12-2020]

And Now for Something Completely Different – React

If you are looking for a good JavaScript, jQuery and React tutorials, look no further :) You can find direct links below   


[01-12-2020]

Rust – first impression

So, I started to look at Rust and that’s how I feel Let’s excuse me baby Go, yeah you baby Back, ooh you groovy baby In, let’s make a movie baby Time, excuse me baby Let’s, yeah you baby Go, ooh you groovy baby Back in, let’s make a movie baby Time … … But […]


[16-11-2020]

macOS – remember to check hard drives for errors

It looks like my macOS got little bit too optimistic when it comes to size of my 500GB hard drive :) It started to complain that Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup. If you have similar issue, make sure to run diagnostic of your hard drive


[14-11-2020]

New Moleskine’s cover – a perfect fit for year 2021

Just in case you have ever asked about mental state of, well, probably anything ;)


[30-08-2020]

And Now for Something Completely Different – tenet /ˈten.ɪt/

It’s not a trip for people who can’t think in nonlinear way If you want to feel how awkward it is to play with time, try playing this game :)


[11-08-2020]

A single server tick took 60.00 seconds (should be max 0.05)

Just make sure to add into your server.properties file.


[11-08-2020]

Use Invalidate Caches, Luke. Let go.


[20-07-2020]

Tymczasem, gdzies w polowie drogi

Już niedaleko :)


[12-07-2020]

20 days later :)

It’s already 20 days after we have started our own Minecraft server :) Who would have thought it will run so smoothly. We have created some crazy structures in there as well :)


[26-06-2020]

Spring Boot – ResponseStatusException
reason not returned in response body

At some point I have decided that I really have to return HTTP codes for some illegal invocations of my API. I have decided to use simple solution. however, this solution has one, small drawback. You have to remember about putting inside application.properties. Otherwise, reason will not be passed back. You can read some thoughts […]


[13-06-2020]

Huge herd of cows and terrifying Stack Overflow Error

I never though that huge herd of cows can be the reason of Stack Overflow Error in Java. Yes, that’s true. It happened to us :) So, the other day we were playing Minecraft and Miki started to drop red cow eggs like a crazy. We had huge island fully filled with cows. Lots of […]


[06-06-2020]

Minecraft server on Atom based (10 years old) machine

So, I had this old machine nobody wanted – Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D510 @ 1.66GHz based daemon with 4GB of RAM and huge – 140 GB – HDD. I have decided to turn it into Minecraft server for our household. If you want to do something similar, here it goes. All the steps to get […]