N_A of Moles

• Deploying artifacts from Github Actions using SCP

  January 31, 2026

  Problem:

  You need to push some artifacts from a Github Actions runner into a folder in a server where you only have SSH enabled.

  [Full article] Tags: #Gitub Actions #SSH #SFTP

• QGIS + Fields2Cover

  October 3, 2025

  Tutorial on how to export polygons in QGIS into geojson for later use in Fields2Cover

  [Full article] Tags: #Qgis #Fields2cover #Thesys

• Quadratic Form of a Skew Symmetric Matrix

  October 26, 2024

  While reading some control theory books or papers you may stumble onto expressions like the following:

  $S$ is a skew-symmetric matrix (i.e. $S = -S^T$ ) so we have $X^T S X = 0 \space \space \forall X$

  With no demonstrations whatsoever.

  [Full article] Tags: #Control Theory #Linear Algebra

• Automating your Now page with Hugo

  August 25, 2024

  A week ago on Hacker News someone shared their setup for an automated /now page. Their idea was nice but I felt like they didn’t take full advantage of Hugo. This is how I reimplemented some of that functionality in an alternative way.

  [Full article] Tags: #Hugo

• Hugo rendering 2024: Github Pages vs Netlify vs Cloudflare Pages vs Render vs Vercel

  June 13, 2024

  Given the various choices of hosting for your static files you may be unsure which one to pick. These are the features and performances of the top four services with their free tier.

  [Full article] Tags: #Hugo #Hosting #Rendering #CI/CD #Github Pages #Netlify #Github #Cloudflare #Vercel #Render.com

• How to setup ROS Noetic in WSL through Ubuntu 20.04 Focal

  February 28, 2024

  Guide for Matteo Matteucci’s Robotics class at PoliMi

  Scope: to install the environment needed for the labs without having to deal with Docker or dual booting in Ubuntu.

  Target: PCs running Windows 10 or up supporting virtualization.

  [Full article] Tags: #Ubuntu #ROS

• The dire state of MathML support

  November 26, 2023

  What is the state of MathML in 2023? Can we finally use it and forget about MathJax or Katex for the time being?

  [Full article] Tags: #Mathml #Katex

• Static Preload

  November 18, 2023

  A simple method to calculate the static preload in a lumped body multi Degrees of Freedom system

  [Full article] Tags: #Dynamics of Mechanical Systems

• The unrequested GIF

  October 5, 2021

  While developing my GIF shortcode for Hugo I stumbled upon a weird behaviour from various browsers.

  [Full article] Tags: #Gif #Video #Html #Fallback

• Enable DoH when Chrome is managed

  May 7, 2021

  For whatever reason your browser is locked out from changing the DoH settings? Here is how to change the settings if you have admin permissions.

  [Full article] Tags: #Dns Over Https #Doh #Chrome #Windows

• Hugo rendering: Github Pages vs Netlify vs Cloudflare Pages

  May 4, 2021

  Given the various choices of hosting for your static files you may be unsure which one to pick. These are the features and performances of the top three services with their free tier.

  [Full article] Tags: #Hugo #Hosting #Rendering #CI/CD #Github Pages #Netlify #Github #Cloudflare