Fun with SSH - Local Port Forwarding

The other day when I went out eating with my friend Francisco, he commented me about a personal project and what he wanted to accomplish. Listening to his questions the first tool that came to my mind that would solve some of the challenges he has was OpenSSH. What is SSH? SSH is a short for Secure Shell, it’s a protocol to manage services inside a network using a secure channel. One of the most common tasks that can be done using this protocol is to log into a server and remotely execute commands in this server. ...

August 28, 2018 · 8 min · donkeysharp

Gocho, Sharing files in a local network

Hey,during my free time I was working a side project called Gocho. This application allows the user to share files in a local network e.g. home network, work, etc. with the difference that it will auto-discover other nodes. In this post I will explain what this application is all about, why I wrote it and some challenges that came up duting the development. Why I wrote this app? First I wanted to share a directory in a local network without the need of others having to ask for my local ip address or the port where I published the files. Also I wanted something that is simple to execute in most common operating systems (Windows, OSX and GNU/Linux) without the need to install some dependencies. ...

March 29, 2018 · 10 min · donkeysharp

My desktop setup in Debian

Update 2018-04-28 Added more packages I use and new settings I do (reinstalled machine) In this post I show the applications and settings I commonly use for my local development machine. Operating System: GNU/Linux - Debian Stretch Dektop Manager: xfce4 Frequently Used Applications This is the list of application I frequently use and try to have them installed after I have a fresh computer. Some applications are general purpose and others are related with programming, things I investigate, my job and personal projects. ...

March 9, 2018 · 5 min · donkeysharp

First Post - echo "Hello World"

Hey there, I am Sergio Guillen publishing via Github pages 😄. This blog is a project I will take again and publish content different from my previous blog which was mostly about Microsoft technologies. Since I stopped using those technologies —that I still get impressed with them e.g. C#— I had the good luck to meet new technologies, so I want to share some experiences I had with them or stuff I’ve been researching. ...

January 5, 2018 · 1 min · donkeysharp