Cygnus X Blog

Notes on web development, AI, hosting, and practical site work.

Field notes and technical writeups from Stephen Engelking.

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May 23, 2026

Bash History Shortcuts

I just figured out something cool if you're a Linux user, you can add commands at the end of your commands with #, so lets say you look at a specific log a lot, you can type:cat /var/log/httpd/somelogname.log...

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March 31, 2026

Alt C New Window Extension for Chrome

This is one of the simplest extensions possible.  All it does is lets you hit alt c (or some other key) and it takes the current tab your on in Chrome and moves it to a new maximized window.  There was another plugin...

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March 10, 2026

Keeping your MySQL skills in top form

In these days where AI is writing more and more of our code, I believe we need to help keep our skills sharp, because we still need to get deep into our code and figure out innovative code.  Especially as AI doesn't...

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March 9, 2026

Starting with the biggest task of the day

I recently started working on the biggest task of the day first, and it has made a huge difference in my productivity. I used to go through my emails, then check on my portfolio, etc., before I started to tackle the big...

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