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Cloud Native

First Cloud Native Chapter Meetup at SWAN

Saturday 31 August, the first Cloud Native Meetup was held at the SWAN Head Office in Port-Louis. We are very grateful for this sponsorship and collaboration between SWAN and the Cloud Native Chapter of Mauritius.

Ish Sookun

4 min read
macOS

Long press not working for accent marks on macOS? Here’s the fix!

After upgrading to macOS Sequoia version 15.0.1, you might notice that the long press functionality for typing accent characters, like é, è, â, and ï, is no longer working.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
MSCC

Developers Conference 2024

The Developers Conference 2024 is an annual tech event in Mauritius that brings together software developers, IT professionals, and technology enthusiasts from across the region.

Ish Sookun

13 min read
Laravel

Laravel Livewire table pagination scroll behaviour

The docs page for Livewire 3.x has a section for pagination. It mentions the default behaviours and how to change those. As per the docs, the default behaviour of the paginator is to scroll to the top of the page after every page change (which occurs when clicking the pagination buttons).

Ish Sookun

1 min read
MySQL

Installing MySQL Community Server version 8 on openSUSE Leap 15

The MySQL repository for SUSE Linux provides a simple and convenient way to install and update MySQL products with the latest software packages using the Zypper package management tool.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
Linux

Setting up a TLS certificate for the Cockpit web service

Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface that enables you to manage most of the Linux administration tasks from one place by using plugins.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
Sanskrit

Do you have a hobby?

In our fast-paced digital world, finding solace and tranquility can sometimes be a challenge. As individuals engaged in the IT industry, we often immerse ourselves in countless hours of work, conferences, and community engagements. How do we find time to disconnect from the noise?

Ish Sookun

1 min read
AFRINIC

AFRINIC Community Discuss list's broken moderation

The AFRINIC Community is cut off from AFRINIC Discussions list. A censorship call from the former CEO, which was meant to last more than a few days, has now reached one whole year.

Ish Sookun

2 min read
MSCC

MSCC meetup themed Cloud Provisioning, hosted by Alludo

Last Saturday, the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community organised its monthly meetup at the Alludo office in Ébène. About 50+ people attended the meetup. The theme was Cloud Provisioning tools and there were three speakers who spoke about different tools and technologies.

Ish Sookun

2 min read