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  • Victoria Drake How to replace a string with sed in current and recursive subdirectories

    The power to update multiple files with a single command in your terminal.

    terminal  3 min read 2017-05-06 20:04:53 +0800 +0800

  • Victoria Drake Top free resources for developing coding superpowers

    The go-to resources from my bookmarks folder for anyone who wants to learn to code.

    coding  3 min read 2017-04-27 08:14:09 +0800 +0800

  • Victoria Drake Things you need to know about becoming a Data Scientist

    Five Data Scientists discuss a day in the life and what it takes to be a successful Data Scientist.

    data  8 min read 2017-03-31 13:19:19 +0900 +0900

  • Victoria Drake How I turned Unity into a tiling window manager

    Love i3 but like having things easy? Me too. Here's a guide to getting (something similar to) the i3 features you love working in Unity.

    linux  4 min read 2017-03-22 16:10:10 +0800 +0800

  • Victoria Drake How I set up a single Dropbox folder on my dual-boot Windows and Linux system

    A quick guide to installing Dropbox on your dual-boot system with a central folder (instead of two)

    linux  4 min read 2017-03-17 10:58:01 +0800 +0800

  • Victoria Drake How I created custom desktop notifications using terminal and cron

    How you can use tools your Linux system already has to create custom desktop notifications.

    terminal  6 min read 2017-02-21 10:48:38 +0700 +0700

  • Victoria Drake How a lifelong Windows user switched to Linux... the hard way

    An overview of challenges I encountered setting up Linux using a Debian base system.

    linux  7 min read 2017-02-06 14:23:59 +0700 +0700

  • Victoria Drake How I ditched WordPress and set up my custom domain HTTPS site for (almost) free

    A guide (for the minimally tech-savvy) to setting up a website with HTTPS using Hugo, Cloudflare and GitHub Pages.

    websites  5 min read 2017-01-28 13:16:17 +0700 +0700

  • Victoria Drake Iteration in Python: for, list, and map

    The basics of writing iterations in Python using for loops, list comprehensions, and map.

    python  4 min read 2017-01-18 21:58:28 +0700 +0700

  • Victoria Drake The basics of streaming with Twitter API

    Getting started with Twitter's Streaming API on Windows 10 with Python.

    api  5 min read 2017-01-06 16:39:29 +0700 +0700

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Victoria Drake

Victoria Drake

Victoria Drake is a Director of Engineering in Washington, DC. She is a core maintainer and co-author for the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Web Security Testing Guide. She earned the annual Top Contributor award three years in a row from the freeCodeCamp non-profit, and was recognized two years in a row as a Distinguished Author on the DEV.to developer platform. She writes and educates programmers and business leaders about cybersecurity, software development, and building happy and productive technical teams.

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