Category: WebDev & Code
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Quickly convert a Xero batch payment CSV to a format that works on Metro Bank
Ah Xero. Every day you disappoint. Not quite enough for me to find a replacement for your poor accounting software (I figure they all have issues but at least I have work arounds for most of your flaws) but one day, I will put enough effort into moving. Today though, I’m going to share a…
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Marathon training, turning planned run times into distances
I’m training to run a marathon (Run Rootie!) and basing my training plan on the Chris Evans book “119 days to go”. That training plan is based around time you spend running rather than distance to run each time. I like the approach but it’s made it really hard for me to plan my running…
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Building a low power server
Note to future me: The reason the new server HDD would not sleep is because ext4lazyinit writes inodes slowly on new disks in the background, so the disks were immediately woken even if forced to sleep. Build a low power server… It will be easy, says me… Replace our 10 year old Atom C2750 running…