Quickfix: jupyter nbconvert with clear-output flag not working

Jupyter comes with a command line utility jupyter nbconvert that can transform a jupyter notebook into different formats. Furthermore, it has options to tweak the output. For instance, the execute flag executes the notebook before transforming it while the clear-output flag is supposed to remove outputs from the notebook. Thus, if you want to execute …

Quickfix: ‘Push rejected’ when deploying a Python app on Heroku

Heroku is a platform that enables you to deploy your web application in a quick and painless manner; unless you’re stumbling upon a ‘Push rejected’ error with next to no hint how to resolve it. Problem description I stumbled upon this when trying to deploy a flask app but I’m pretty sure this will also …

Quickfix: Muting search highlights in Emacs Evil mode

This quickfix is about muting search highlights when using the text editor Emacs with its vim emulation Evil mode. Problem description Sometimes the quickest way to navigate through a file with vim is to enter a search term and work your way through the search results if necessary. Search highlighting may assist you by providing …

Quickfix: Using Lombok with IntelliJ causes compiler error “cannot resolve method”

Quickfixes are short posts that deal with small problems that I encounter and their solutions. This blog post is about a compiler error I stumbled about when using the Java library Lombok in conjunction with the IDE IntelliJ. Problem description To understand the problem, we first need to know what the library Lombok is all …