I was tired of going through the repetitive and time-consuming process of installing a new virtual machine from scratch every time I needed to test something in an isolated environment. Sure, containers are an easy way to provide this isolation but there were some cases I wanted to have a VM in minutes. In this post, we’ll walk through the simple steps to create a reusable template using the latest Debian version (12 - Bookworm) and the Proxmox hypervisor....
Breaking Up with Ghost: My Move to Hugo
When I started this blog, I chose Ghost as the backend because it appeared to be a fresher alternative to the bloated WordPress. I didn’t need all the features offered by WordPress, and a simpler platform seemed like the obvious choice. I installed it, created a couple of posts and I was pretty happy. I made sure to keep the backend up-to-date by installing the latest security patches and reviewing the release notes to avoid any compatibility issues with newer versions....
Getting an iOS device MAC Address with Swift
Both Android and iOS don’t allow applications to get the MAC address using their published API. Here, we will see if we can avoid this restriction and get the address using a feature of IPv6. What is a MAC Address A MAC address, or physical address, is a 48-bit number that uniquely identifies a device in a network segment. This number is assigned to the device by the manufacturer and usually doesn’t change (but it can be spoofed)....
Introduction to Genetic Algorithms
“A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts” Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft We live in the era of machine learning. Scientists and researchers from around the world are using it to improve our lives in ways we never imagined and advertisers to reach the most relevant people to sell their products. It’s not a recent idea but it scaled so much lately due to great breakthroughs in computer hardware....
Initial steps on your new server
It was not long ago when I received a message from my friend DaKnOb. He told me “Hey, I found that the domain spanagiot.gr is free. Why don’t you register it and set up your own server?”. In no time, I got the domain and a server running the latest Ubuntu (16.04 at this point). Here is what I learned in my short journey: First three commands Let’s say that your server has been up and running and it’s waiting for you to connect and deploy all these amazing services you have thought of....