Aadit Kamat aaditkamat

Always Already Programming

Everyone who interacts with computers has in important ways always already been programming them.

Every time you make a folder or rename a file on your computer, the actions you take through moving your mouse and clicking on buttons, translate into text-based commands or scripts which eventually translate into binary.

Why are the common conceptions of programmer and user so divorced from each other? The distinction between programmer and user is reinforced and maintained by a tech industry that benefits from a population rendered computationally passive. If we accept and adopt the role of less agency, we then make it harder for ourselves to come into more agency.

We've unpacked the "user" a little, now let's look at the "programmer." When a programmer is writing javascript, they are using prewritten, packaged functions and variables in order to carry out the actions they want their code to do. In this way, the programmer is also the user. Why is using pre-made scripts seen

Go to your profile on instagram.com (sign in if not already)
Click on XXX following for the popup with the users you're following to appear
Open Chrome Devtools and Paste the following into the Console and hit return:

(async function(){
  const UNFOLLOW_LIMIT = 800
  const delay = (ms) => new Promise(_ => setTimeout(_, ms))
  const findButton = (txt) => [...document.querySelectorAll("button").entries()].map(([pos, btn]) => btn).filter(btn => btn.innerHTML === txt)[0]

Node.js Deployment

Steps to deploy a Node.js app to DigitalOcean using PM2, NGINX as a reverse proxy and an SSL from LetsEncrypt

1. Sign up for Digital Ocean

If you use the referal link below, you get $10 free (1 or 2 months) https://m.do.co/c/5424d440c63a

2. Create a droplet and log in via ssh

I will be using the root user, but would suggest creating a new user

How to install virtualenv:

Install pip first

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

Then install virtualenv using pip3

sudo pip3 install virtualenv

1. Run Software Update

Make sure everything is up to date in the App Store

2. Install Homebrew

Open a terminal window and execute the Homebrew install script:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

	/*
	* Unfollow All for Twitter
	*
	* Go to https://twitter.com/<YourUserName>/following and run the
	* below code in the console to gradually unfollow all accounts
	* you are following, this should play nice with any rate limiting.
	* Built on current Firefox (2021-08-26) though may work for others.
	*
	* Author: https://twitter.com/OatyCreates
	* Copyright 2021-Present @oatycreates

	import matchMediaPolyfill from 'mq-polyfill';

	matchMediaPolyfill(window);

	window.matchMedia('(max-width: 640px)');
	window.matchMedia('(max-width: 768px)');
	window.matchMedia('(max-width: 1024px)');
	window.matchMedia('(max-width: 1280px)');

	window.resizeTo = function resizeTo(width, height): void {

	PHP 10 hrs 33 mins █████████████▍░░░░░░░ 64.0%
	TypeScript 2 hrs 7 mins ██▋░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 12.9%
	Smarty 2 hrs 5 mins ██▋░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 12.7%
	Nginx 25 mins ▌░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 2.5%
	JavaScript 20 mins ▍░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 2.0%

	<script>
	function printDiv(divName){
	var printContents = document.getElementById(divName).innerHTML;
	var originalContents = document.body.innerHTML;

	document.body.innerHTML = printContents;

	window.print();

	document.body.innerHTML = originalContents;