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Nine guides for the setup work that sits between “I want to learn” and “I shipped something”. Browse the full list or choose a topic.

Create a notebook, install the Jupyter library, run code cells and convert notebooks to Python scripts without leaving the editor.

7 min readMar 7, 2020

A complete setup for Python on Windows: WSL, VS Code, the Python extension, a virtual environment and a first Flask or Django project.

10 min readFeb 13, 2020

Connect VS Code to WSL, open a remote window, create files, manage extensions and run your full Linux toolchain from one editor.

9 min readFeb 12, 2020

Understand WSL 1 and WSL 2, enable the feature, install Ubuntu, set version 2 as the default and fix the most common conversion error.

10 min readNov 17, 2019

Learn where Linux files live on a Windows machine, how to create and move them, and how to open the same project from both systems.

4 min readNov 21, 2019

The small frictions that surprise new Linux users, what causes them, and the tools that keep the move from feeling like a reset.

6 min readJan 27, 2020

Compare the two operating systems on the things that matter to a new developer, then choose the setup that gets you coding sooner.

5 min readNov 6, 2019

Buy a domain, find your server address and connect the two with DNS records. The exact steps are shown in the GoDaddy dashboard.

2 min readOct 29, 2019

Create a Firebase project, install the CLI, initialise hosting, test locally and deploy a static site to a live address.

9 min readNov 17, 2019

A plain language explainer on zero trust access for external partners.

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