Linux system performance monitoring tools
To monitor the Linux system performance we can install useful tools Mission Center Windows task manager-like graphical user interface to monitor the CPU, GPU, memory, network, disk usage. Install it from the Ubuntu App Center
LM Studio
LM Studio provides an interface to select, configure, and run AI models locally. Installation Download the LM studio installer. The AppImage to install the graphical user interface, or the Daemon to use the command line interface from the Terminal. On…
Running AI models locally
System performance monitoring When AI models run locally, it is important to see how our system behaves, how much load the model puts on the resources. Local AI model managers LM Studio LM Studio is a user interface to select and configure locally ran AI…
Flameshot unable to capture screen
Ubuntu uses Wayland, and Flameshot needs permissions to capture the screen. To fix the error on Ubuntu 26 Flameshot unable to capture screen
Japan travel tips
If you travel to Japan, these tips can help to make your journey smoother. Carry some cash Cash is still very widely used in modern Japan. Some vendors don’t accept credit cards. Even if cards are acepted, many small vendors don’t take American Express…
Debugging web applications in the Visual Studio Code Integrated Browser
Visual Studio Code version 1.112.0 introduced the Integrated Browser that supports web application debugging entirely within Visual Studio Code. To set up the debugging configuration see Integratee Browser
Debugging Vitest JavaScript and TypeScript unit tests
Node.js has multiple unit testing frameworks, one of the most popular for web applications is Vitest. If a unit test fails, debugging is the best way to find the problem. To debug Vitest JavaScript and TypeScript unit tests in Visual Studio Code Set the…
Set up Easy Auth with Microsoft Azure Entra ID
The Microsoft Azure Entra ID provides federated authentication and authorization services for applications running in the Azure Cloud. Easy Auth enables application to use Single Sign On (SSO) services transparent to the user to detect the identity of…
Debugging React Web Applications
React web applications run code at two places. Server side Client side As we can see, our application runs at two separate locations, so we need to debug them, at those places too. Debugging the server side code To debug the server side code, we can…
Running MSSQL Server in a local Docker container
If the MSSQL Server is not needed all the time on the workstation, we can run it in a Docker container. It allows us to easily upgrade the server version and shut it down when it is not used. To set up MSSQL Server in a Docker container we will follow…