Using @Mock as a Method Parameter with Mockito (2 mins read).
Using @Mock on method parameters to reduce manual mock setups with Mockito.
Kind articles
Converting a Byte Array to a String in Ruby (1 mins read).
How to convert an array of bytes to a String with Ruby.
by 
Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#ruby.
Week Notes 20#25 (4 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-06-15?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
Disabling the logging of Spring Security's Default Security Password (2 mins read).
How to disable Spring Boot logging the generated security password.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#spring-boot
#spring-security.
Changing my Static Site Search Setup (1 mins read).
Making changes to fix my search setup, and reduce download overhead for visitors.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#search
#www.jvt.me.
Generating the Client Assertion JWT for private_key_jwt Authentication with Ruby (1 mins read).
A helper script to generate the client assertion required to authenticate to an Authorization Server that supports private_key_jwt, on the command-line with Ruby.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#ruby
#command-line
#jwt
#json
#oidc.
Verifying Signed JWTs (JWS) with Ruby (2 mins read).
Using the ruby-jwt library to verify a signed JSON Web Token (JWS) on the command-line.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#ruby
#command-line
#jwt
#json.
Creating Signed JWTs (JWS) with Ruby (1 mins read).
Using the json-jwt and ruby-jwt libraries to sign a JSON Web Token on the command-line.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#ruby
#command-line
#jwt
#json.
Issues with Ordering When Using Vault CLI's -no-print Argument (1 mins read).
A possible solution for no-print not taking effect with the vault CLI when using AWS EC2 auth.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#vault
#aws.
Week Notes 20#24 (2 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-06-08?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
Keeping Track of Certificate Expiry with a JWKS to iCalendar Converter (4 mins read).
Creating an iCalendar feed for certificate expiry details, given a URI for a JSON Web Key Set.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#java
#jwks
#certificates
#jwks-ical
#calendar
#google-cloud
#serverless.
New CSS, Who Dis? (2 mins read).
Announcing my new site design, based on Hack.css.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#www.jvt.me
#css.
Week Notes 20#23 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-06-01?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
Review: mycookiedough Delivery (2 mins read).
Reviewing our first mycookiedough delivery, and the corresponding sugar rush that came with it.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#food
#review.
GitLab CI Shell Executor failing builds with ERROR: Job failed: exit status 1 (1 mins read).
How to work around ERROR: Job failed: exit status 1 errors with GitLab CI's shell executor.
GitLab CI Shell Executor Failing Builds With No Such Directory (1 mins read).
How to work around No Such Directory errors with GitLab CI's shell executor.
Deploying a Branch to Netlify on the Command-Line (1 mins read).
How to use Netlify's Node CLI to deploy a given branch to Netlify.
Generating JWK Thumbprints with Ruby (1 mins read).
How to generate JWK thumbprints with Ruby.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#ruby
#jwk.
Generating JWK Thumbprints with Node.JS (1 mins read).
How to generate JWK thumbprints with Node.JS.
How are Open Banking Key Ids (kid) Generated? (1 mins read).
Sharing insight into how Open Banking has generated their kids for use with JWTs.
Week Notes 20#22 (4 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-05-24?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
How to Run Java on the Command-Line to Attach a Debugger (1 mins read).
How to run java on the command-line, and make it possible to attach a debugger.
Extract a Public Cert from a Java Keystore/Truststore (1 mins read).
How to export the public certificate from a Java keystore.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#java
#keystore
#certificates.
Evicting Spring Cache on a Schedule (1 mins read).
How to evict Spring Cache's @Cacheable data on a schedule.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#java
#spring
#spring-cache.
No default controller available With bluetoothctl (1 mins read).
One possible solution for the No default controller available error message with bluetoothctl.
Migrating to Netlify's Deployments from GitLab CI (3 mins read).
Moving to avoid flaky deployments, and trying to reduce deployment times.
How to avoid HttpMessageNotReadableException when using ContentCachingRequestWrapper with Java Servlet Filters (1 mins read).
How to avoid receiving Required request body is missing errors when using a ContentCachingRequestWrapper.
Reading a Servlet/Spring Request Body Multiple Times (2 mins read).
How to read the request body more than once using Java Servlet Filters.
Week Notes 20#21 (2 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-05-17?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
Disabling @Valid Annotation in a Spring Integration Test (1 mins read).
How to disable @Valid validation in Spring Integration Tests.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#java
#spring
#spring-boot
#jsr380
#bean-validation.
Converting Output from Rest Assured to Curl Requests (3 mins read).
How to convert the log output from Rest Assured to a curl request.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#rest-assured
#command-line.
Week Notes 20#20 (2 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-05-10?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
Navigating through the Vim Changelist with Intellij (2 mins read).
How to use g; and g, using IntelliJ's IdeaVim plugin to cycle through changes in a file.
Running Spotless Automagically with Gradle (2 mins read).
How to set Gradle configuration globally to always run spotlessApply in your projects.
Rendering Micropub Client Data on Posts (2 mins read).
Sharing more information about Micropub clients that have created a post, if possible.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#www.jvt.me
#indieweb
#micropub
#microformats.
Week Notes 19 (2 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-05-03?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
Changing the Structure of Homebrew Website Club Nottingham (3 mins read).
Looking to change the format of Homebrew Website Club Nottingham so it works better as a remote event.
Gotcha: AWS SDK Proxy Setup with Test Kitchen (2 mins read).
How to avoid odd proxy issues when using the AWS SDK, when using Test Kitchen.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#chef
#test-kitchen
#proxy.
Determining What Motherboard You're Using, On Linux (1 mins read).
How to determine what motherboard the machine you're using is reporting, on the command-line with Linux.
Creating a 'Firehose' Feed (2 mins read).
Splitting out my content feeds, so it's (hopefully) more applicable and less noisy for consumers.
Week Notes 18 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-04-27?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
Extracting x5cs from a JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) to PEM files with Ruby (1 mins read).
How to extract the full chain of certificates from a JWKS' x5c parameter to files.
Autogenerating the Date Header in Postman (1 mins read).
How to generate and send a Date header using Postman.
Week Notes 20#17 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-04-20?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
New Desk/Office Setup (6 mins read).
Sharing the new layout for our office, and my new desk setup with my new Dell UltraSharp.
Converting a Byte Array to String with Buffer in Node.JS (1 mins read).
How to convert an array of bytes to a String using Node.JS's Buffer class.
Week Notes 20#16 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-04-13?
by Jamie Tanna
.
#week-notes.
GitLab Runner Docker TCP Error (2 mins read).
Fixing the cannot connect to the Docker daemon error with GitLab Runner and Docker.
Inheriting the Proxy from the Jenkins Host in Docker (1 mins read).
How to pass proxy variables from your Jenkins host to your Docker containers.
Inheriting the Environment Variables from the Jenkins Host in Docker (2 mins read).
How to pass environment variables from your Jenkins host to your Docker containers.