Category Archives: Soft and services

HTTP Toolkit — another alternative to Charles Proxy for http calls interception

https://httptoolkit.com/ It has a free version which does something similar to Charles Proxy, so you can hack into the middle of any request/response according to the rules specified.

Add new video sticker pack to telegram

If you have an animated gif-file, you can convert it to webm video respecting rules described in the docs (https://core.telegram.org/stickers#video-stickers-and-emoji): For stickers, one side must be exactly 512 pixels in size – the other side can be 512 pixels or less. For emoji, the video must be exactly 100×100 pixels in size Video duration must …

Backup your Spotify playlists and activity

* http://www.spotmybackup.com/ Simple tool to export all your data into a file. Also you can import it into your account. So it could be used to backup your Spotify data (uses json format, only track ids, no titles). * https://www.tunemymusic.com/ It allows to transfer data between different music services and also export to a csv …

Outline — simple and powerful vpn on your server

https://getoutline.org/ Just a couple of mouse clicks, and it will create a new droplet on DigitalOcean for you (or any other provider from the list). Very easy to install, and works good so far.

Fast and simple mock server app by swagger file

I’ve tried Mockoon for mocking by swagger/OpenAPI spec file, and it works pretty good. It autogenerates the response based on swagger format, and you are able to update any response field the way you want, save your changes and run the mock server with one click on the port you specify. It is a separate …

DMDE to recover HDD disks

https://dmde.com/download.html

Mac OS — decrease pdf size via Preview app

To decrease the size of the .pdf filled with images, in Preview you can go to Export and set Quartz Filter→Reduce File Size before saving. If the images are too blurry for you, you can add your own profile. 1. Create a directory — /Library/Filters. 2. Add new filter file with unique filter — i.e. …

Using tcpdump for k8s pods

You need wireshark to be installed on your local machine — download (more on this below). If you don’t have tcpdump installed inside the pod, you can install it with

# get pod name
kubectl get po -Lversion,cfg,infra-cfg -lapp=<pod-tag>
kubectl exec -it <pod-name> sh
# inside the pod, alpine
apk add tcpdump

# get pod name

kubectl get po -Lversion,cfg,infra-cfg -lapp=<pod-tag>

kubectl exec -it <pod-name> sh

# inside the pod, alpine

apk add tcpdump

Then, on your local machine:

kubectl exec <pod-name> -- tcpdump -i eth0 -w - | wireshark -k -i -

1	kubectl exec <pod-name> -- tcpdump -i eth0 -w - \| wireshark -k -i -

If you want to see packets in grpc/http2, you can add a rule in Wireshark. For this, click …

Run virtual machine Ubuntu/Windows on m1 macos

There is a program called UTM based on QEMU and developed for m1 MacBook virtualization. At least Ubuntu Server is working fine for me. https://mac.getutm.app/guide/. More info on this — https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/72081-utm-virtual-machine-on-m1-mac/

Debugging go app in Jetbrains Goland on m1

First download a proper version of GoLand here — select .dmg (MacOS Apple Silicon) here (direct link — https://www.jetbrains.com/go/download/download-thanks.html?type=eap&platform=macM1&build=211.6556.11&code=GO). Then make sure you are using arm version of go (go version go1.16.2 darwin/arm64). If not, download and install arm version of golang (like «go1.16.2.darwin-arm64.pkg») from the list here — https://golang.org/dl/. Now it should work. With …