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It seems that the last time I listed links was back in 2013, so it's time to resurrect this. At least this way I can manage to keep my Instapaper list manageable.

• @JenMsft lists her favourite Windows hotkeys. I certainly learned a good bit such as clicking on an icon while holding down Ctrl & Shift launches it in elevated mode.
• @partytimeHXLNT details how to switch off text suggestions in VSCode. It's "Editor > Suggest: Show words"
• On Windows you can | clip to send output to the clipboard. @unixterminal points out that you can use | clip.exe via WSL to do the same thing.
• FalsiScan can make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned
• Build your first WinUI 3 app using the Windows App SDK - part 1, 2, and 3
• Docker + WordPress Setup details how to set up and use WordPress from within Docker
• @tonysmdev had a tip on how you can override some form's attributes from a button with things like button[formaction], button[formmethod], and more. Originally sourced from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/button#attr-formaction
• The post on Obscure HTML Tags taught me a few things such as the details tag. A good few things there that might mean you no longer need a framework for some of it.
• Advanced settings configuration in WSL using wsl.conf (Distribution specific in WSL1 and WSL2) and .wslconfig (WSL2 Global)
• Configuring SSH access into WSL 1 and WSL 2
• @crepels has developed a playground for systemd over at https://systemd-by-example.com/. The announcement blog post is at https://seb.jambor.dev/posts/systemd-by-example-the-playground/.
• If you're using a Lenovo laptop then you'll be used to using Lenovo Vantage to install BIOS and driver updates. @unixterminal noticed that the enterprise version is far less spammy. https://support.lenovo.com/gb/en/solutions/hf003321
• @joel__lord has a tip about using git switch.

TIL about git switch.🤯

Ever did a bunch of changes in a codebase, only to realize that you're working on master?

git switch -c <new_branch>

Creates a new branch and brings you local changes over.

• Sharing SSH keys between Windows and WSL 2
• PHP in 2022 details what is now possible using PHP 8.1 including enums and read-only properties
• Using Traefik to Route HTTP Requests to Multiple Docker Microservices
• Monitorian is a Windows monitor control app using the Display Data Channel/Command Interface Standard (DDC/CI).
• ngrok allows you to provide external access to localhost services such as a dev instance of your app
• How to Create a Markdown Blog in PHP With the Slim Framework using interesting things like DirectoryIterator and FilterIterator.
• Finding or Recovering your WSL Data details how to recover your WSL2 instance after performing a System Reset. A useful tip is that the ext4 VHDX file is stored in a subfolder of %LocalAppData%\Packages\ such as AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState
• I initially found out about Tailscale via their How our free plan stays free blog post. They apparently offer a secure network that just works using a zero config VPN.
• Appwrite is a self-hosted alternative to Google Firebase
• Fastmail JMAP backup using Python