Secure Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu
This is how I set up and secure a new instance of Ubuntu Server.
Hey there!
My name is David Chalifoux.
I'm a developer who loves the web.
You can learn more about my work below.
Work
My professional work.
LOMA
Next.js • TypeScript • PostgreSQL
I currently work as a founding engineer at LOMA, building a platform designed to scale and validate local marketing for multi-unit brands.
Tentorium
Go • React • TypeScript
I helped Tentorium develop automated stock trading services that take emotions out of investing.
Vanir
React • TypeScript • Next.js
Created for Taylor University, Vanir combines data from asset, firewall, and helpdesk systems, enabling IT Technicians to be more efficient in the field.
Projects
My personal projects.
Kaput-CLI
Rust
The unofficial CLI client for Put.io. Kaput lets you manage your Put.io account from the comfort of your terminal!
Keylight Commander
TypeScript • Rust • React
Keylight Commander is an open-source and cross-platform application for controlling Elgato Key Lights.
Adventure
Vue • Nuxt • TailwindCSS
Adventure is a modern web-based version of the original Colossal Cave text adventure game. Created as a natural language processing experiment, it can recognize sentences instead of commands, and you can use speech-to-text and text-to-speech as well.
Reddit-Clone
Vue • Firebase • JavaScript
Reddit clone built using Firebase and Vue. It features Google authentication, posting, voting, subreddits, user profiles, and notifications through Pushover.
FrankerFaceZ for Raycast
TypeScript
An extension for Raycast that gives you quick access to the FrankerFaceZ emote library.
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Recent Posts
My latest writings.
Download Steam games from another computer
Update: This is now a feature on Steam! Check out their documentation for Local Network Game Transfers. I was recently in a situation where I wanted to download Baldur’s Gate 3 (a 100+GB game) on Steam, but my gaming machine was limited to a less-than-ideal wireless connection getting about 8MB/s. However, I did have my home server running Ubuntu connected directly to the router which got around 80MB/s. After finding this helpful article, I was able to download the game on the server with the 1
Delete your Git history
Sometimes it is useful to clear a repository’s commit history. For example, you might not want your code history from your prototyping phase to be visible on GitHub. Based on this StackOverflow post, here is what I think is the best way to do this: 1. Create a new branch git checkout --orphan latest_branch 2. Add all files git add -A 3. Commit all files git commit -am "commit message" 4. Delete your main branch git branch -D main 5. Rename your branch to main git branch -m main