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.
Read the article Bash GitHub authentication: pull repositories with SSH and App Tokens
I love using Visual Studio Code as it is very flexible and runs almost anywhere. It is usually the first editor I install on a new machine. Let’s script those plugin installs, so we can roll them out to new machines.
Read the article Notes on installing Visual Studio Code on Windows
There is so much fun stuff you can do with Home Assistant. I like the fact that you can build a personal dashboard to monitor all sorts of things. So why not track fuel prices in your region?
Read the article Home Assistant: track your favourite fuel stations
Let’s use some simple YAML files to define a RESTful command that automatically triggers when one of the Zonneplan sensors change. Simple and effective.
Read the article Home Assistant: sending Zonneplan One stats to PVOutput
Embedding FinOps into our Wehkamp Retail Group development culture has led to substantial cost savings and more cost awareness. While we keep running a scalable and stable platform. All to give our customers a pleasant and smooth journey when shopping in our webshops.
Read the article Wehkamp TechHub Journey towards cost optimization on AWS
Let’s setup commit verification using GPG on Windows. This will prompt us to sign the commit. I will be using a passphrase instead of signing the commits with my SSH token. This gives an extra layer of security to the setup.
Read the article Setup GPG signing for git commits on Windows
Here I’ll store my notes on WSL tuning. I mainly use WSL to do Dev Containers, so I need it to run as smooth as possible. My main problems include: memory and disk size. Let’s see what we can do to address the problem.
Read the article Notes on WSL Tuning
A living collection of Windows 11 tweaks, PowerShell 7 commands, development tools, WSL 2 and Rancher Desktop setup.
Read the article Notes on Windows 11
Currently I’m working on a small WordPress plugin that does syntax highlighting. I have the need to ship some maintenance scripts with my Dev Containers. I want some aliases to interact with the scripts (instead of calling them through /scripts/actions.sh. This solution uses a Bash startup file and a custom Dockerfile.
Read the article Shipping user friendly bash scripts with your Dev Container
When you host a WordPress website, you might need to have FTP access. If you do FTP, why not SFTP (which uses SSH to do a secure transfer)? It is fully supported by FileZilla. Let’s create a script that does the setup of the new SFTP user. As we’re using WordOps, we’ll grand the new user rights on our /var/www directory.
Read the article Create new SFTP user in Ubuntu Server for WordOps