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Tech Business Power Skills Odds and Ends 🎓 TIL ❤️

2024

Flatten nested foreach loops with Terraform

🎓 #terraform

Bind a Hyper/Meh key with Keychron Launcher

Downloading webcomics with Dosage

Presentations on an ultrawide monitor

Kong Gateway Quickstart

Designing OpenAPI Schemas

Workspace layouts with Hammerspoon Grid

Could/Should/Will/Why

#prioritisation #strategy

Create an AWS RDS database

Create an Azure AKS Cluster

🎓 #azure #kubernetes

Does this live in the docs or on the knowledge base?

2023

Create an Amazon EKS Cluster

🎓 #aws #kubernetes

How I work: Email

How I work: Sunsama

GitHub Actions notifications in Slack

Accessing secrets from forks safely with GitHub Actions

Setting `created_at` with GitHub Actions when a PR is merged

kubectl autocomplete with ZSH and aliases

🎓 #kubernetes #zsh

Spider-shaped DevRel

Show all issues for an epic in Confluence

Search for inactive users on Jira

Providing both default and named exports in JavaScript

Debug Jekyll with VSCode

Automatically set MetalLB IP Addresses with kind

🎓 #kubernetes

Testing NodeJS SDKs with nock

#dev #javascript #testing

Who hasn't gone yet?

Disagree horizontally, align vertically

#management #strategy

Take a screenshot of a video using ffmpeg

GitHub Scheduled Reminders

Where should my content live? Docs or blog?

#content #devrel

Carving the Turkey

#content #devrel #marketing

Obsidian - Daily Note + Random Review

Check permissions in a GitHub Actions workflow

The TAPE Model for Content

❤️ #content #devrel

2022

Filter Google Analytics report

Upgrade from Winston 2 to 3 using colors

🎓 #dev #javascript

Running `gickup` on a QNAP NAS

#backup #git #github

Transcribe audio locally on MacOS

🎓 #audio #cli

Secrets Management in Kong is Now GA!

#external #kong

Mock `process.env` using `mocked-env`

🎓 #dev #javascript #testing

Using `GITHUB_TOKEN` as a default `input` value

Announcing General Availability of Kong Gateway 3.0

#external #kong

API Composition with StepZen and Kong

#external #kong

How I work: Pocket

Managing Multiple Environments with Konnect and Runtime Groups

#external #kong

Make an S3 bucket public

jamf stuck on “Locating hardware information (macOS 11.6.5)”

Remove Docker containers by tag

Update a single item in a list with `vuex`

🎓 #dev #javascript #vue

Using `openvpn-client` with Docker

The GitHub wiki is an anti-pattern

❤️ #github #opinion

2021

Log4J, Log4Shell and Kong

#external #kong

4 Ways to Leverage Kong’s jq Plugin

#external #kong

VSCode only showing one open tab

Convert a PDF to a stacked jpg

🎓 #imagemagick

Test experimental versions with GitHub Actions

Dynamic matrix generation with GitHub Actions

Getting started with Problem Matchers

❤️ #github #problem-matcher

The ultimate guide to GitHub Actions authentication

Filter for dates before today with `jq`

Use a custom `.zshrc` with iTerm2

Deploying a Kong Gateway Data Plane With Pulumi

#external #kong

Minimal vim inspired .zshrc

Getting Started With Event Hooks in Kong

#external #kong

Find AWS EC2 AMI owner ID

Get all keys in a list of objects with JQ

Bundler ignoring `BUNDLE_WITHOUT`

🎓 #dev #ruby

`BUNDLE_WITHOUT` not working with `development` group

🎓 #dev #ruby

Kong-plement Your ServiceHub With a Dev Portal

#external #kong

Upload an image with Puppeteer

🎓 #puppeteer

Set a value in place with `jq`

Run `node` processes with `systemd`

Test OpenGraph image generation on Netlify locally

#dev #lambda #netlify

Migrating from Kong Gateway OSS to Konnect

#external #kong

Understanding .gitignore with `git check-ignore`

Building a Kong Gateway Plugin with JavaScript

#external #kong

Using `array.map` with `async/await`

🎓 #dev #javascript

Dump Context Action

#github-actions

Show untracked files with `git status`

Auto-approve Workflow Action

#github-actions

`array.filter` with `async/await`

🎓 #dev #javascript

A better `git blame` with `--ignore-rev`

🎓 ❤️ #git

AWS Federated login

Pin GitHub Issues

Publishing a Ruby Gem to the GitHub Package Registry

🎓 #github #ruby

Group by fields with `jq`

Markdown Meta Action

#github-actions

Generating OpenGraph images with Netlify On-demand builders

❤️ #dev #lambda #netlify

Return an image from Netlify functions

🎓 #lambda #netlify

Map object values .toLowerCase()

🎓 #dev #javascript

#github-actions

Concatenate strings in Nunjucks

🎓 #dev #eleventy #nunjucks

GitHub Slug Action

#github-actions

Use an Eleventy filter as an `if` statement

🎓 #dev #eleventy

Add a markdown filter to Eleventy

🎓 #dev #eleventy

Create or Update PR Action

#github-actions

Pause Laravel queue execution

#dev #laravel #php

Check if row was created with Laravel `updateOrCreate`

🎓 #dev #laravel #php

Farewell, Nexmo/Vonage!

GitHub Push Action

#github-actions

Add and Commit action

#github-actions

Git auto-commit action

#github-actions

Require Labels Action

#github-actions

Merge Schedule Action

#github-actions

Perform an action on team creation with Laravel Jetstream

#dev #laravel #php

Sum values with jq

Dedicated test databases with Laravel Sail

#dev #docker #laravel

Ensure all nock mock interceptors are used

🎓 #dev #javascript #testing

Faster GitHub Actions with Build and Tag Action

#github-actions

Ensure your GitHub Actions are pinned to a SHA

#github-actions #security

2020

Retag a Git Tag

Download multiple videos with youtube-dl

🎓 #youtube-dl

CSS Target Selector

Upgrade Postgres DB

🎓 #database #postgres

Gatsby Category Count

🎓 #dev #gatsby

Show GitHub Actions

❤️ #github #project

Find value of key recursively with JavaScript

🎓 #dev #javascript

Restore a file without adding to the index using Git

Show all files deleted since Git commit

Fetch all pages with Octokit pagination

🎓 #github #javascript #octokit

Git Shortlog reviewed-by

#github-actions #project

MacOS Power Management with Hammerspoon

#hammerspoon #setup

Adding a script tag using Gatsby JS

🎓 #dev #gatsby

Follow GitHub Link headers with Bash

#dev #github-actions

#github-actions #project

Mock require with Jest

🎓 #dev #javascript #jest #testing

Semantic versioning for GitHub Actions

#dev #github-actions

Improve your GitHub Actions security

❤️ #github #project #security

2019

GraphQL is powerful, but the experience isn't designed

#graphql #quotes

Trigger wp_insert_post_data handler on every post in WordPress

🎓 #dev #php #wordpress

Create a GitHub Action using actions-toolkit

#dev #github-actions #javascript

Testing GitHub Actions with act

#github-actions #testing

Create a GitHub Action with Docker

#docker #github-actions

Play an Audio File into a Voice Call with PHP

#external #nexmo

2018

Building a Turkey Timer with Laravel and Facebook Messenger

#external #nexmo

Call Whisper with Selective Audio Controls

#external #nexmo

MultiTrack Call Transcription with Split Recording

#external #nexmo

Michael, as your manager

Michael, as your colleague

Custom content types in Hugo

Creating a new Hugo theme

Receive an Inbound Voice Call with PHP

#external #nexmo

Receiving SMS Delivery Receipts with PHP

#external #nexmo

Receiving an SMS with PHP

#external #nexmo

Dual Channel Call Transcription with Nexmo

#external #nexmo

PSR-15 middleware, Zend Expressive and versioning

Middleware, Slim and versioning

Nexmo at Midwest PHP 2018

#external #nexmo

How to Ruin a Career in 10 Easy Minutes

#presentation-notes

Real-time messaging with Nexmo and Laravel

#external #laravel-news

Mount Synology HDD under Linux

Why good leaders make you feel safe

#presentation-notes

Why developer relations programmes fail

#presentation-notes

Text-To-Speech calls with Laravel and Nexmo

#external #laravel-news

Speech-to-Text with IBM Watson and PHP

Working with the Google Calendar API in node.js

#dev #google #javascript

Google OAuth with Node.js

#dev #google #javascript

My favourite tweets

#personal #quotes

So, you want to be a wizard?

#presentation-notes

Sending and receiving SMS Laravel Notifications with Nexmo

#external #laravel-news

2017

A Talk About Naming Things

#presentation-notes

Text-to-Speech Voice Calls with PHP

#external #nexmo

Sending SMS Messages with PHP

#external #nexmo

Michael Is Joining the Developer Relations Team!

#external #nexmo

Farewell, Digi.me!

Jira Cloud + ScriptRunner

2FA logins with Laravel and Nexmo

#dev #laravel #php

SlimPHP and Symfony Dependency Injection

#dev #php #slimphp

Bootstrap a new Laravel project with user authentication (in 5 minutes)

#dev #laravel #php

ChatOps with Nexmo verify

#dev #external #nexmo

Autoloading controllers with Composer in SlimPHP

#dev #php #slimphp

Using controllers with SlimPHP

#dev #php #slimphp

Using layouts with Twig and SlimPHP

#dev #php #slimphp

Adding Twig to your SlimPHP project

#dev #php #slimphp

Creating a new SlimPHP application

#dev #php #slimphp

Creating an Azure Blob Storage with azure-cli

Customising the AuthController in Laravel Spark

#dev #laravel #php

TP-Link TL-WN823N on Arch Linux

🎓 #archlinux #linux

2016

Test Kitchen, Docker and CentOS 7

#centos #docker

Selecting a team via the URL in Laravel Spark

#dev #laravel #php

Using Azure Resource Manager with Terraform

🎓 #azure #terraform

Error while loading shared libraries: libbz2.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file on CentOS 7

🎓 #centos #linux

Presenting 21 talks in 2016

Git and NodeJS on Azure Functions

#dev #git #javascript #lambda

Using vagrant-hostmanager with centos/7

Connecting to a hidden network on Arch Linux

🎓 #archlinux #linux

Yubikey on Arch

🎓 #archlinux #linux #yubikey

Farewell, DataSift!

Building with FPM

ffmpeg: Create a video from time lapse photos

Extract keys using JQ

YouCompleteMe on Arch Linux

🎓 #archlinux #linux

Personal mission statement

Use Openstack img in Virtualbox

🎓 #virtualbox

I'm writing a book!

gpg: connecting dirmngr failed: IPC connect call failed

Creating a new user in MariaDB

🎓 #database #mysql

Writing a conference talk

#content #devrel

gpg: can't connect to the agent: IPC connect call failed

2015

Arch Linux: netctl and vpnc (Cisco VPN)

🎓 #archlinux #linux

Ansible without an inventory file

Viewing available Ansible facts

Setting the apt cache time using Ansible

Running gpg-agent on Ubuntu

🎓 #linux #ubuntu

Mounting msdos USB with permissions on OSX

Using GPG to securely send a message

Using INI config with python.logger

🎓 #dev #python

Fix: s3fs Permission issue on remote folders

Rename a git branch

Build CentOS 5 generic RPM on CentOS 6

🎓 #centos #linux

The class 'APCIterator' could not be found

Check if SSL certificate is SHA1 or SHA2

vim: Replace literal \n with new line

curl: (35) error:14094418:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:tlsv1 alert unknown ca

curl: (58) unable to set private key file: 'server.key' type PEM

Vagrant: Require installed plugins

Use SCL packages without bash

🎓 #centos #linux

Installing Ruby 1.9.3 on CentOS 6

🎓 #centos #linux #ruby

Self Signed SSL Client Certificates

Special cron entries

Windows 8 Temporary Profile Issue

Shared Calendars on iOS (Google)

Jekyll: Failed to build gem native extension

🎓 #dev #ruby

git and diff-highlight

Introduction to vimrunner-python

🎓 #python #vim

2014

Convert .wav to .mp3 and set id3 tags

golang: Get last character of a string

🎓 #dev #golang

Dell XPS13/XPS15 white noise via audio

Extract substring of specific values with JQ

golang: How to `go get` private repos

🎓 #dev #golang

Golang: Using Memcached

🎓 #dev #golang

golang: Encode/Decode arbitrary JSON

🎓 #dev #golang

golang: invalid operation: someVar == "" (mismatched types *string and string)

🎓 #dev #golang

Working with Memcached via CLI

🎓 #memcached

Using a custom startup script for xmonad

Cowsay and Ansible

Writing an Ansible module using PHP

#ansible #dev #php

Setting up Ansible for hacking

Disabling comment formatting in Jira

Ansible: module is missing interpreter line

Installing Ansible from source on Ubuntu

Ansible: Installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu

ansible: ImportError: No module named ansible.playbook

alembic - TypeError: Boolean value of this clause is not defined

🎓 #dev #python

Python: Dynamically load all modules in a folder

🎓 #dev #python

PHP: return and the HEREDOC syntax

Using var_export to unit test existing code

alembic - Python migrations quick start

virtualenv and pip - A python environment in 60 seconds

2013

A better git diff

Force flush headers using the HTTP module for NodeJS

#dev #javascript

Start PolicyKit on Ubuntu

🎓 #linux #ubuntu

Explain, from your shell

Installing vim 7.4 on Ubuntu

🎓 #ubuntu #vim

Useful git commands

A better git log

Administering multiple ssh shells simultaneously with cssh

Working with large files with sed

Cache a specific URL with Varnish

Out of my depth

Weekly Breakdown - gxpr

Basic iptables rules

Building from source

Building for now

Uncaught Exceptions

#dev #javascript

Blogging for yourself

❤️ #content

Debugging NodeJS Memory Leaks

#dev #javascript

Sending messages to certain clients with Socket.io

#dev #javascript

Installing ZSH 5.0 on CentOS 5.7

🎓 #centos #zsh

Installing Vim 7.3 on Centos 5.7

🎓 #centos #vim

Keyboard stops working on Ubuntu - slow-keys

🎓 #linux #ubuntu

Installing nodejs 0.8 on CentOS 5.7

🎓 #centos #linux

Crashplan: Network Blocked

Windows 7 installation: Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver For Windows

2012

Using the PHP SDK with Google BigQuery

🎓 #dev #google #php

ZSH config from scratch

Getting Solarized working on Ubuntu

🎓 #linux #ubuntu

Solarized with iTerm2

Behat + Selenium2 / Webdriver with MinkExtension

#dev #php #testing

Behat + Selenium2 / Webdriver

#dev #php #testing

How To: Make an Amazon AWS instance disk bigger

Never stop learning

❤️ #personal

The AWS Heisenbug

2011

Not enough random bytes available. [GPG Signing]

unetbootin - BOOTMGR Is Missing