Getting around Permission Denied when running ChefSpec (3 mins read).
How to handle getting an EACCES when trying to run ChefSpec on a recipe.
GitLab Review Apps with Capistrano and Nginx (4 mins read).
Spinning up a version of your application on every push, so others don't have to manually get the code up and running locally.
by 
Jamie Tanna
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#guide
#gitlab
#review-apps
#capistrano
#blogumentation.
Testing include_recipes with Chef and ChefSpec (2 mins read).
How to best test include_recipes within your Chef recipes, as well as how to ensure that you aren't running any dependent recipes in your tests.
Blogumentation - Writing Blog Posts as a Method of Documentation (4 mins read).
Why I'm starting to use blog posts as a form of documentation, and why I think they're so well suited.
Converting YAML to JSON and vice versa (Part 1 - Ruby) (2 mins read).
Coerce YAML to JSON and vice versa, from the comfort of your Gem-studded command line.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#ruby
#command-line
#yaml
#json.
Clean up your Git branches (3 mins read).
Remove any merged local or branches from your local Git repository.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#git.
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.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#python
#json
#pretty-print.
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.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#git
#commit
#shell
#workflow.
Building Chef Cookbooks with GitLab (Part 1) (12 mins read).
An introduction to how to build a cookbook using GitLab's Continuous Integration platform in conjunction with kitchen-docker.
by Jamie Tanna
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#guide
#howto
#blogumentation
#gitlab
#chef
#test-kitchen
#docker
#gitlab-ci.
Extracting SSL/TLS Certificate Chains Using OpenSSL (1 mins read).
A quick one-liner to get you the full certificate chain in .pem format.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#bash
#shell
#oneliner
#openssl
#certificates.
glances, a top and htop replacement (1 mins read).
I share the tool I have been using for system utilisation and monitoring, glances.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#command-line
#python
#tool
#workflow.
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.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#tools
#git
#workflow
#automation.
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.
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.
Resurrecting dinosaurs, what could possibly go wrong? (12 mins read).
How containerised apps (AppImage, Snappy and Flatpak) could eat our users.
by Jamie Tanna
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#events
#fosdem
#open-source
#containers
#docker
#flatpak
#snappy
#appimage.
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.
by Jamie Tanna
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#workshop
#checklist
#guide.
CloudABI - Easily develop sandboxed apps for UNIX (7 mins read).
An Application Binary Interface to make it possible to create capabilities-based, hardened, software.
FOSDEM 2017 (4 mins read).
A few words ahead of the storm of articles.
Open S-awesome (5 mins read).
A month of giving back, and a very honest post-mortem of what I learned.
by Jamie Tanna
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#retrospective
#open-source
#free-software
#community.
Continuous Delivery with Capistrano and GitLab Continuous Integration (5 mins read).
How to get up and running with using GitLab CI and the Capistrano deploy tool.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#capistrano
#deploy
#ci
#gitlab
#docker.
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.
by Jamie Tanna
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#guide
#hacktoberfest
#open-source
#free-software
#community.
Introduction to Python Programming - Session 5 Catchup (8 mins read).
Lists, Tuples and Zombies.
by Jamie Tanna
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#python
#hacksoc.
Introduction to Python Programming - Session 4 Catchup (14 mins read).
Adding a menu and the ability to save history with our calculator
by Jamie Tanna
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#hacksoc
#python.
Introduction to Python Programming - Session 3 Catchup (8 mins read).
Don't Repeat Yourself - use functions!
by Jamie Tanna
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#hacksoc
#python.
Introduction to Python Programming - Session 2 Catchup (7 mins read).
A catchup post for those who either missed, or just want to recap, our second Introduction to Python Programming session.
by Jamie Tanna
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#hacksoc
#python.
Introduction to Python Programming - Session 1 Catchup (7 mins read).
Missed our first 'Intro to Python Programming' session? We've got you covered.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#hacksoc
#python.
Introduction to Python Programming (2 mins read).
Our Introduction to Python Programming sessions start on Tuesday 13th October!
by Jamie Tanna
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#hacksoc
#python.
Hacksoc Slack - Inclusive Communication (3 mins read).
Introducing yet another communication platform to use!
by Jamie Tanna
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#hacksoc
#slack
#community.
The Sony Hack (6 mins read).
A discussion about Sony Pictures Entertainment being hacked in the months before the release of the action comedy, The Interview, and its depiction of Kim Jong Un.
The Hour of Code: What's the Worst that Could Happen? (4 mins read).
Why you should invest just a single hour in learning how code can be useful to you.
by Jamie Tanna
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#learning
#learn-to-code
#hour-of-code
#impact-nottingham.
Game of Drones (6 mins read).
Discussing how drones will be shaping the future of the delivery business.
by Jamie Tanna
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#impact-nottingham
#drones
#internet-of-things.
Smart is the New Black: Lightbulbs to Reflect a Modern Age (4 mins read).
The future of lighting - using smart, long-lived lightbulbs that can be configured to only turn on when there's someone in the house.
Intelligent Parenting (3 mins read).
Bringing the Internet of Things to the home, and to help monitor your children.
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