A few days ago, my daughter came home with a headlight broken off. Even a robust, quality headlight cannot withstand the violence of high schoolers 😆.
Safety first, so I made sure the bike trip to the Christmas party yesterday was done with fully functioning bike lights. Also a good time to replace the rear wheel quick-release, as the Follow-me Tandem one has a tendency to come loose.
Back in 2004, Alex Pankratov launched Hamachi, a new and fresh approach to VPN. It was so easy to use, compared to classic VPN. I really enjoyed using it, trying to maintain access to different systems at home, work, parents, …
Hamachi, by Alex Pankratov
After moving to a single, portable, computer I did no longer have the need for a solution like Hamachi. And LogMeIn’s acquisition of the company made it feel more corporate, less indie. I lost track of it.
Today, I’m in a similar spot for a project, and slowly these memories came back. Instead of Hamachi, I now use Tailscale, who seem to have a good (free) offering for personal and small usage.
PS: funny how small this world is, cause only yesterday I was looking at nullboard, another project by Alex Pankratov, that was on the frontpage of the orange website. I had no idea this was by the same developer!
I ran npm update on a project today, which returned this error:
npm error code EACCES
npm error syscall open
npm error path /Users/-username-/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/ab/83/-long-hash-
npm error errno EACCES
npm error
npm error Your cache folder contains root-owned files, due to a bug in
npm error previous versions of npm which has since been addressed.
npm error
npm error To permanently fix this problem, please run:
npm error sudo chown -R 501:20 "/Users/-username-/.npm"
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/-username-/.npm/_logs/2024-12-11T10_37_38_225Z-debug-0.log
I avoid running sudo commands, especially when it’s node or npm suggesting this.
My solution:
rm -r /Users/-username-/.npm
And running npm update again.
Always think twice before running a root command, especially when it’s coming from an online tool.