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Pretty Printing JSON on the Command Line with Python (2 mins read).

Using Python's JSON module to pretty print JSON objects from the command line.

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 08:39 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #python #json #pretty-print.

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Viewing your diff while writing your commits with git commit --verbose (3 mins read).

Making it easier to write commit messages by having the diff in your editor.

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 20:04 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #git #commit #shell #workflow.

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Building Chef Cookbooks with GitLab (Part 1) (11 mins read).

An introduction to how to build a cookbook using GitLab's Continuous Integration platform in conjunction with kitchen-docker.

Thu, 25 May 2017 11:51 by Jamie Tanna . #guide #howto #blogumentation #gitlab #chef #test-kitchen #docker #gitlab-ci.

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Extracting SSL/TLS Certificate Chains Using OpenSSL (1 mins read).

A quick one-liner to get you the full certificate chain in .pem format.

Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:53 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #bash #shell #oneliner #openssl #certificates.

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glances, a top and htop replacement (1 mins read).

I share the tool I have been using for system utilisation and monitoring, glances.

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:09 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #command-line #python #tool #workflow.

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Saving Repetition with Git Commit Templates (3 mins read).

Speed up your commit message writing by providing a template for when you run git commit.

Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:27 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #tools #git #workflow #automation.

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Cleaning Up Your LaTeX Build Output with latexrun (3 mins read).

A tool to help reduce the amount of unnecessary output when building LaTeX files.

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:54 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #latex #tools #workflow.

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Why You Should Use GitLab.com (13 mins read).

A discussion about the reasons that I would greatly recommend the GitLab.com platform for all your Git hosting, opposed to its competitors.

Sat, 25 Mar 2017 10:51 by Jamie Tanna . #gitlab #open-source #persuasive.

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Resurrecting dinosaurs, what could possibly go wrong? (12 mins read).

How containerised apps (AppImage, Snappy and Flatpak) could eat our users.

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:40 by Jamie Tanna . #events #fosdem #open-source #containers #docker #flatpak #snappy #appimage.

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Preparing a Technical Workshop - A Checklist (4 mins read).

What you need to remember to ask the organisers and what to consider in order to ensure your workshop goes smoothly.

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:57 by Jamie Tanna . #workshop #checklist #guide.

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CloudABI - Easily develop sandboxed apps for UNIX (7 mins read).

An Application Binary Interface to make it possible to create capabilities-based, hardened, software.

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:36 by Jamie Tanna . #events #fosdem #cloud #open-source.

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FOSDEM 2017 (4 mins read).

A few words ahead of the storm of articles.

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 15:57 by Jamie Tanna . #events #fosdem #open-source.

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Open S-awesome (5 mins read).

A month of giving back, and a very honest post-mortem of what I learned.

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 19:49 by Jamie Tanna . #retrospective #open-source #free-software #community.

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Continuous Delivery with Capistrano and GitLab Continuous Integration (4 mins read).

How to get up and running with using GitLab CI and the Capistrano deploy tool.

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:16 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #capistrano #deploy #ci #gitlab #docker.

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2016's Music In Review (5 mins read).

What music was I listening to in 2016?

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00 by Jamie Tanna . #music.

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Hacktoberfest 2016 (12 mins read).

A few words about my excitement for the start of Hacktoberfest, and some ideas on how to get started yourself.

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:50 by Jamie Tanna . #guide #hacktoberfest #open-source #free-software #community.

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2015's Music In Review (5 mins read).

What music was I listening to in 2015?

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00 by Jamie Tanna . #music.