I recently see a good deal from Staples for a Dell monitor – it’s 50% off , unfortunately it’s out of stock very soon. I can’t visit it everyday, so let do some funny stuff , writing a simple command to alert me when it’s in stock again. Here is what it comes withRead More →

The most common problem with all Mac machine is overheating. if you are using a Macbook Pro or Imac , you sometime feel it’s too hot. This might result in killing your graphic card. It’s very expensive to replace that card or unable to replace it ( you have to replace the whole mother board). I have experienced this with my Macbook Pro 2011 and IMac 2011, they are all dead after sometimes because the overheat. Since then, i need to find a way to monitor my cpu temperature and adjust the fan speed to cool down the cpu. For a normal user, i suggestRead More →

Graphite is Slow to Access from Grafana: Causes and Solutions Grafana and Graphite are a powerful combination when it comes to visualizing time-series data. Grafana provides an intuitive, user-friendly interface for creating dashboards, while Graphite acts as a robust backend for storing and retrieving large volumes of time-series data. However, users sometimes experience slow access to Graphite data from Grafana, which can hinder performance and negatively impact user experience. If you’re facing sluggishness in querying Graphite from Grafana, understanding the root causes is crucial for optimizing the performance. This article delves into the common reasons behind slow access and provides practical solutions to help youRead More →

I have a graphite setup using a docker , now i setup another stand-alone graphite instance , i setup them as a cluster meaning both of them can see data each other. The weird thing is that the docker instance can see data from stand alone instance. But stand alone instance can’t see data in docker instance. i doubt it’s a network issue, but it’s not , i can see stand-alone sending query to docker. i don’t see any error in the graphite web log, i finally find a way to turn on the log. We need to turn on DEBUG=True in local_settings.py , thenRead More →

I had some difficulties when trying to install collectd on Redhat 7 – the error was No package collectd available. I tried different method, and ends up with this solutionRead More →

I think i need to bookmark this website https://mitmproxy.org/ . This is an open source proxy. Why do i bookmark this instead of other proxy? The beauty of this proxy is coming from the fact it can interfere with the content, meaning you can modify the web traffic between your browser , it’s like the middle man , it can watch the traffic and modify it as well. Another great feature is that it will also allow you to capture https traffic, this is done by installing a root certificate to your machine. This will remove all https warning.Read More →