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Getting into eBPF and XDP

I've been spending some time learning about eBPF and XDP lately, and honestly, the Linux networking stack is a lot more interesting than I expected. The basic idea behind eBPF is pretty cool.

Cleaning a messy contacts CSV in 5 steps (with a short pandas script)

Most "messy CSV" problems in small businesses come down to the same five fixes. Here they are on a tiny example, with a short pandas script you can run yourself.

  • Trim and normalize case for names and emails
  • Standardize phone numbers to +1-AAA-EEE-NNNN format
  • Convert dates to ISO format YYYY-MM-DD

Your FiveM resource won't load? Check these fxmanifest.lua fields first

Every FiveM server owner has seen it: ensure my_resource prints Could not find resource , or the resource starts and then does nothing.

  • Ensure fxversion is set to cerulean, the current version
  • Verify game field is set to gta5 for proper functionality
  • Check casing consistency in clientscripts, serverscripts, and paths

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