Installing and Configuring OpenCode
Install and configure OpenCode on Windows or Linux with Bun, MCP servers, permissions, watcher exclusions, and reusable skills.
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Swapping Chrome for Brave on Windows
Let’s switch from Chrome to Brave, as it is a more privacy-focused browser and the ad blocker extensions don’t function anymore. I’ll also show how to make Windows start Brave when you type ‘chrome’ into your Run box. And let’s fix those profile icons.
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Add Shift+Enter to OpenCode in Windows Terminal
Make OpenCode easier to use in Windows Terminal by adding a key binding that sends Shift+Enter through the kitty keyboard protocol.
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Improve VS Code Commit Messages with GitHub’s git-commit skill
Use GitHub’s git-commit skill to make VS Code’s Generate Commit Message button produce consistent Conventional Commit messages.
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How to bypass company wallpaper as local admin on Windows 11
If you have local administrator access, you may be able to temporarily override a managed Windows 11 wallpaper by updating the registry and refreshing the wallpaper with PowerShell.
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Debug JWT expiration locally with bash or PowerShell
Here are some script to locally debug your JWT token using Bash or PowerShell. I just need to know if the token is expired or not.
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Hubot Testing Revisted (Again): Hubot 11
I’ve decided to upgrade the hubot-command-mapper and the bot-zero projects to ESM, just like Hubot 11. This blog will focus on how to upgrade the unit tests. In that sense it is a short rewrite of Hubot testing revisited.
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How Istio and Argo CD helped us to debug platform migration issues for our App
At Wehkamp, we’ve been very busy with the migration of our container platform. Our (old) Blaze platform runs on Mesos, Marathon, and NGINX, but we’re shifting to a new Atlas platform, powered by Kubernetes and Istio. This setup gives us more resilience, security and auto scaling. A year ago, we successfully migrated our www-ingress to this new platform. This week, we set our sights on migrating the app-ingress for our Android and IOS backend services. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned…
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Notes on Git Setup with SSH for Windows (GitHub)
There are many guides on how to install and configure Git on a Windows PC. As I test new developer laptops for Wehkamp, it makes sense to have some notes on how to do it. Most Windows developers use git HTTPS cloning, but this guide shows how to install and configure SSH.
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Bash GitHub authentication: pull repositories with SSH and App Tokens
I’m working on a project that turns GitOps data into APIs using Bash, JQ, and YQ. After reviewing GitHub connection options, I found SSH works best for local development, while GitHub App tokens are ideal for containers. Here’s how to use Bash to authenticate with the GitHub CLI and clone repositories using either method.
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