https://cristianradulescu.github.io/ Notes taken during coding sessions en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:38:08 +0000 https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2022-11-20-from-pc-to-macos/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2022-11-20-from-pc-to-macos/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 To do list Learn MacOS keyboard shortcuts; write them down and search when necessary; Use Homebrew to install applications; Prevent the ALT key to generate special chars when used in combination with another key - cha... https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2022-08-20-github-pages-with-jigsaw/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2022-08-20-github-pages-with-jigsaw/ Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Update (October 2026): this site has since moved from Jigsaw to Staccato. The GitHub Pages setup below still applies; only the build steps of the workflow changed. It is assumed that the setup is done according to the... https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2021-08-27-print-the-essid-of-the-wifi-network/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2021-08-27-print-the-essid-of-the-wifi-network/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 CLI oneliner to print the ESSID of the wireless network https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2018-01-24-how-to-create-a-composer-plugin/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2018-01-24-how-to-create-a-composer-plugin/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 After tinkering around with Symfony4 and Flex I was curious about how Composer plugins work... https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2015-10-13-first-encounter-with-react-js/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2015-10-13-first-encounter-with-react-js/ Tue, 13 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 This is a small demo made using React and Bootstrap https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2013-02-03-add-pdf-export-functionality-in-sonataadminbundle/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2013-02-03-add-pdf-export-functionality-in-sonataadminbundle/ Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 By default SonataAdminBundle doesn't come with a PDF export functionality https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2013-02-01-beautiful-strings-and-the-php-solution/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2013-02-01-beautiful-strings-and-the-php-solution/ Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Beautiful strings is one of the proposed problems on Facebook Hacker Cup 2013 Qualification Round https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2013-01-30-doctrine-entities-in-twig-templates/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2013-01-30-doctrine-entities-in-twig-templates/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 In a Symfony2 project, Doctrine entities can be used inside Twig templates with the help of Twig extensions https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2012-02-08-easy-file-sharing-with-python-simplehttpserver/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2012-02-08-easy-file-sharing-with-python-simplehttpserver/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 An easy way to share files from your computer is to use Python SimpleHTTPServer. https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2012-01-22-understanding-file-permissions-and-ownership-on-linux/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2012-01-22-understanding-file-permissions-and-ownership-on-linux/ Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 The files on a Linux system can have reading permissions, writing permissions... https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2011-08-25-display-random-posts-in-wordpress/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2011-08-25-display-random-posts-in-wordpress/ Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 WordPress posts may be randomly displayed https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2011-08-20-get-random-results-from-a-mysql-table/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2011-08-20-get-random-results-from-a-mysql-table/ Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 It is possible to retrieve random results from a MySql table using the RAND() mathematical function https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2011-08-06-pretty-print-javascript-with-google-chrome/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2011-08-06-pretty-print-javascript-with-google-chrome/ Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 The built-in Developer Tools from Google Chrome allows formatting of an inline JavaScript code to a human readable format. https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2011-05-07-display-banner-text-in-command-line/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2011-05-07-display-banner-text-in-command-line/ Sat, 07 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Display banner-like texts with large characters created from regular characters using the FIGlet utility. https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2010-10-02-use-your-browser-to-decode-base64-encoded-data/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2010-10-02-use-your-browser-to-decode-base64-encoded-data/ Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Any modern browser can easily decode base64 encoded data using the Data URI scheme. https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2010-03-11-cli-search-and-replace-in-multiple-files/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2010-03-11-cli-search-and-replace-in-multiple-files/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Quick tip about how to find and replace a text in multiple files from CLI. https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2009-10-11-find-all-folders-with-same-name-in-a-directory-tree-and-execute-commands-on-them/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2009-10-11-find-all-folders-with-same-name-in-a-directory-tree-and-execute-commands-on-them/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Find folders having the same name in a directory tree and execute commands on them. https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2009-10-03-php-cli-increase-memory-limit/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2009-10-03-php-cli-increase-memory-limit/ Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 When running a PHP script from command line interface, a higher memory limit may be required... https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2009-07-12-insert-value-0-for-primary-keys-with-auto-increment-in-mysql/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2009-07-12-insert-value-0-for-primary-keys-with-auto-increment-in-mysql/ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 In order to insert value 0 in a field that is set as primary key for a MySQL table you need to execute the following query... https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2008-11-24-disable-foreign-key-checks-in-mysql/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2008-11-24-disable-foreign-key-checks-in-mysql/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Disabling foreign key checks in MySQL is useful when you are dealing with tables that use foreign keys (InnoDB engine). https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2007-11-17-wget-usage-tips/ https://cristianradulescu.github.io/2007-11-17-wget-usage-tips/ Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Handy wget examples: downloading files, mirroring sites and resuming transfers.