Automatically set test tags in VSCode in order to run integration tests

Use flatten and foreach in Terraform to create resources based on a matrix of input values

Create custom chords using QMK keycodes and the Keychron Launcher app

Use Dosage and Docker to download a webcomic's archive and create a CBZ file to read on a tablet

Present multiple windows at 1080p easily with Hammerspoon

A useful set of commands to launch Kong + Dev Portal quickly

A tried and tested workflow for designing OpenAPI schemas that inherit from each other using allOf.

Predefined layouts for your windows using Hammerspoon

A framework for allocating projects when multiple teams in a company could deliver what's needed.

Create, manage and delete RDS databases using the AWS CLI

Use the az aks CLI to create a cluster in under 5 minutes

As a company grows, different teams will build out their own content to make customers successful. Eventually, the inevitable question will get asked: Does this live in the docs or on the knowledge base?

Use eksctl and a simple configuration file to create a cluster in under 5 minutes

Using the Klinger method, multiple inboxes in gmail and Sunsama to keep on top of my inbox

Sunsama is a consolidated inbox that lets you create time blocks for tasks. I couldn't work without it any more

See your GitHub Actions success/failure notifications in Slack without using additional actions in your workflow.

Trigger workflow runs once a team member has reviewed the PR manually.

Dynamically set values in your blog frontmatter when publishing using GitHub Actions

How to make the k alias for kubectl autocomplete in zsh

I’ve found that most companies expect us to be spider-shaped. Slightly less wide than a lot of professions, and slightly deeper than most others

Just like the title says - use a filter widget to show all issues contained in a specific epic on a Confluence page

Show all tickets that have been requested by, or assigned to users that are no longer on the team

Support both mylib() and mylib.myfunc() in the same package using Object.assign()

Install the debug gem, create a launch.json, install binstubs then start setting breakpoints!

A copy/paste example to install MetalLB in your kind cluster and allocate IP addresses from the correct subnet automatically

Ensure that all the HTTP calls you're expecting an SDK to make are being made. Test POST bodies, error handling and any other part of the request/response that you like

Keep track of who hasn't spoken yet during your standup using Zoom's "raise your hand" button

Disagreements that happen in the context of the leadership team don't exist to the wider team. Once a decision is made, we commit to that decision and put on a united front in front of our engineering teams and anyone else in the company.

Extract a single frame from a video using ffmpeg

Prioritise PR reviews by receiving reminders via Slack on a fixed schedule.

In which I try to answer the age old question: "How do I know what to put on the blog and what lives in the docs?

How to present the same piece of information in multiple different ways to help meet your content goals

Add three random notes to your Obsidian daily note using Periodic Notes templating functionality

Need to know what permission someone has on a repo before running a workflow? You can use either author_association or the /permission endpoint.

Content is a mainstay of many Developer Relations teams, but it can sometimes be tough to show the impact that you’re having. The best way I’ve found to justify your existence (and yes, unfortunately this is a thing in every business) is to attach yourself to the revenue generating teams. Read more to find out how

Add a path filter to your report to track traffic to specific pages

Setting levels and colors is no longer supported. They must be set using winston.format.combine and the createLogger constructor

Backup your git repositories on a schedule using gickup. Do it to your NAS, and make it a "set and forget" backup process.

Use hear and the built in MacOS transcription functionality to run speech-to-text on your local machine for free

Kong Gateway 3.0 brings with it Secrets Management to manage all of your sensitive information. Learn more!

Ensure that the environment is reset after every test

Allow the user to specify a Personal Access Token (PAT) in your GitHub Action whilst falling back to GITHUB_TOKEN by default

Kong Gateway 3.0 delivers enhanced security and governance, greater flexibility and extensibility, and significant performance improvements.

Find out how to use StepZen and Kong Gateway plugins to build an API endpoint that shows the price of an item in a user’s local currency.

Learn how I use Pocket to keep track of things I want to read, and then actually read them!

Want to manage multiple sets of configuration for Kong Gateway through a single interface? Now you can. Check out Runtime Groups for Kong Konnect.

Allow access to all objects in an s3 bucket by default by using an access policy

Kickstart softwareupdated to re-enable jamf reporting

Remove all stopped containers based on the image that they ran

How to update a list item's properties using a vuex store with Vue 3

Configure all traffic to flow through a VPN for a set of docker-compose services

Using the wiki on GitHub makes life more difficult for your users, and you as a maintainer. Use the /docs folder and GitHub Pages instead and keep your docs in sync with code

If you’ve been online at all this week, chances are that you’ve heard about the Log4Shell zero-day (CVE-2021-44228) in Log4J, a popular Java logging library. The vulnerability enables Remote CodeContinue reading

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How to fix VSCode to show multiple tabs when workbench.editor.showTabs doesn't work

Build a single image file containing all slides from a PDF to make it easy to share

Use a matrix to run your tests on new versions without failing the entire workflow run

Ensure that your workflows are always running with up to date data by fetching data dynamically at runtime

Learn how to build and use problem matchers with GitHub Actions + VSCode

A look at GITHUB_TOKEN, Personal Access Tokens and authenticating with GitHub Applications for GitHub Actions. Pros, cons and real world examples of when each option is the right choice.

Remove any entries in a list where the specified date is before today using strftime

Load a custom .zshrc on a per-profile basis using iTerm2. Useful for profiles used when presenting or streaming on Twitch

In this tutorial, we’ll create a new AWS security group and EC2 instance on Pulumi and then provision it as a Kong Konnect data plane.

A minimal zsh config file that allows Michael to start working in a terminal

Event hooks allow you to get notifications when certain events happen on your Kong Gateway deployment. Here's how they work...

Useful when you have an AMI ID, but also need to scope your search to a specific organisation

Extract all unique keys in a list of JSON objects using inputs[] and keys[]

If you've previously specified BUNDLE_WITHOUT make sure that it's not cached in .bundle/config

tl;dr: Make sure that your dependency isn't in multiple groups

One common comparison I see is ServiceHub vs. Dev Portal. Do you need both? If so, how do they complement each other?

Automate file uploads using Puppeteer and Node.js

How to edit a JSON file in place with jq

Start and keep a node process running with systemd

Netlify on-demand builders are great, but how do you test Puppeteer + functions locally?

In this tutorial, I’ll go through the process of moving from Kong Gateway OSS to Konnect. It’ll take about 20 minutes if you want to work through it too.

Understand why a path is (or isn't!) being ignored in your repository

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to build a Kong Gateway plugin with JavaScript. We’re going to implement a plugin that adds X-Clacks-Overhead.

How to use await when using map in JavaScript

See all the information available to your workflows in the logs by including a single composite action

Customise how git shows untracked folders and files in your repository using the -u flag, or the showUntrackedFiles config option

Automatically approve workflow execution from new contributors if they're safe to approve

How to use await when filtering a list in JavaScript

Automatically ignore any automated changes in git blame by ignoring specific commits

Fetch security credentials when logging in with an AWS Federated user

Pin important issues to the top of your GitHub issues page. Useful for pending enhancements, common issues and items you're looking for help with

How to fix "Unable to push RubyGem to Package Registry (The expected resource was not found)"

Aggregate your logs using jq and get a count of unique tuples based on the contents of various fields

Read the frontmatter from your markdown files and use the values in your workflows

Use Netlify Functions and their on-demand build functionality to generate OpenGraph images just in time and persist them on a CDN to reduce your serverless costs

Create an image from a HTML document using AWS Lambda via Netlify Functions

Ensure all values in an object are lower case using fromEntries

Process a YAML document and make all the elements available as GitHub Workflow output variables

Spoiler: It involves using an array of strings and the join filter

Access url friendly versions of GITHUB_* environment variables in your workflows

If you find yourself writing the same if statement multiple times, add it to .eleventy.js as a filter and keep a single source of truth

Add a markdown filter to Eleventy without the content being wrapped in a paragraph tag

Commit and push local changes then raise a pull request automatically in a GitHub Actions workflow

Use a circuit breaker to stop Laravel job queue execution when you hit your GitHub rate limit

Push any committed changes back to your repo automatically using the provided GITHUB_TOKEN

Push changes made to a repo during a GitHub Actions workflow run. Supports adding and removing files + pulling changes if needed

Automatically commit files that change during a workflow run and push them back to GitHub

Fail the build unless a certain combination of labels are applied to a pull request

Merge pull requests automatically on a scheduled day

Create additional records whenever a new team is created using the TeamCreated event

Output the sum of a set of values by extracting a single field, converting to a number and adding them all together

Run your tests in separate database with Laravel Sail

Use isDone and pendingMocks to ensure that your app made all the HTTP requests it is expected to

Convert Docker based Actions to use the Node runtime automatically for lightning fast GitHub Actions!

Use this GitHub Action as a continuous integration check to ensure that all the actions you depend on are pinned to a SHA

Show all GitHub Actions being used by a user or organisation

Automatically add a reviewed-by trailer using GitHub code reviews and a GitHub Action

Prevent your machine from sleeping using Hammerspoon, Caffeine and a Streamdeck

Fetch all pages of results from the GitHub API by following the Link header using Bash

Handle multiple event types in a single GitHub Action by routing using GITHUB_EVENT_NAME and the payload action

Make your v1 tag point at the latest commit automatically as you tag v1.2.0, then v1.2.1, v1.3.0 and so on

Using arbitary branches for Actions is a risk, but as always it’s a compromise between security and making life easy for ourselves.



pin-github-action allows you to pin to a specific SHA whilst still pointing to a branch or tag

A step-by-step guide to building a GitHub Action using Javascript and actions-toolkit

Learn how to test your GitHub Actions and Workflows on your local machine with nektos/act; which uses Docker and Go to emulate the Actions runner

Define and run JavaScript based GitHub Actions with Docker

tl;dr: Format the USB stick as FAT32 and it'll work again