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PPT Making Guide: Course Notes on the Presentation Part
· ☕ 2 min read
1. Overview Course prerequisite: the logical structure and content of the PowerPoint have already been worked out and written. The course enhances the expressiveness of PowerPoint mainly through the following six parts: Color Text Shapes Charts Slide Master Animation 2. Color 2.1 Understanding Color Hue Chromatic colors, such as purple,

How to Build a PyPI Server with devpi
· ☕ 5 min read
When you install Python packages with pip, it looks up the corresponding package on the https://pypi.python.org/simple/ index by default, then downloads and installs it. But in an intranet environment, or when you need to publish some private packages to designated users, you have to build your own PyPI Server. This post mainly records the process of building a PyPI Server index with the devpi tool, along with some commonly used commands.

Etcd, Confd, and Nginx Service Discovery
· ☕ 3 min read
This post mainly explains why the service discovery feature is needed and compares several service discovery tools. It also puts service discovery with Etcd, Confd, and Nginx into practice on CentOS. 1. Service Registration and Discovery 1.1 Why Service Registration and Discovery Are Needed With the rise of microservices, a

My Toolbox
· ☕ 3 min read
1. Documentation Pandoc Pandoc is a text conversion tool written in Haskell. It is fast and supports a wide range of formats, converting Markdown, LaTeX, and others into HTML, Docs, PDF, and more. All it takes is a simple command: 1 pandoc mypaper.md -o mypaper.docx Graphviz An open-source toolkit developed

Interactive Notebook - Jupyter
· ☕ 2 min read
1. Introduction Jupyter Notebook (formerly IPython notebook) is an interactive notebook that supports running more than 40 programming languages. Jupyter Notebook is in fact a web application that lets you create and share program documents, with support for live code, mathematical equations, visualizations, and Markdown. Its uses include data cleaning