Whilst I was busy trying to optimize a MySQL query I got annoyed by the fact that when you make use of MySQL’s query cache that a query gets cached. When that happens a second time you execute the query it’s being looked up and the cached results are being returned. If you want to …
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I had originally planned for this post to be a bit different, but due to recent events the idea of a (or my) module manager for Monkey has become obsolete. Not too long ago I asked around Twitter, the BlitzMax and Monkey forums to see if there was any interest in a module manager for …
Hibernation is enabled by default on Windows 7 and Vista. But on a desktop system you usually don’t make use of hibernation. To disable it run a command line prompt (Windows Key + R, type cmd) and enter the following command: powercfg.exe -h off. On systems with a lot of memory this can free up a lot …
Ack is a tool for searching your (code)files, much like grep already does, but better. Ack is written in Perl and works on all major platforms, including Windows. To use Ack with Vim there’s this nice plugin called ack.vim. Install it together with App::Ack and you’re set to go. With a single command (:Ack [options] …
Another great Vim plugin I use is NERD Commenter. Using this plugin makes it easy to comment out lines of code with just a few keystrokes. By pressing <leader>cc or <leader>c<space> you can comment out your selection using a single comment character per line. With <leader>cm you can comment your selection with one set of multipart delimiters, though …