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Migrating Your Spring Boot Application to use Structured Logging (6 mins read).

How to make your Spring Boot services more supportable by migrating to JSON-emitting structured logging.

Mon, 31 May 2021 21:09 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #spring #spring-boot #java #slf4j #logs.

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Avoiding NoClassDefFoundError errors when using slf4j-test with Logback and Maven (2 mins read).

How to exclude Logback from the classpath when testing your logs using slf4j-test and Maven.

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:44 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #testing #java #slf4j.

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Marking up my Curriculum Vitae with Microformats2 (2 mins read).

Creating a public, metadata-rich Curriculum Vitae / Resume for myself at https://hire.jvt.me.

Tue, 25 May 2021 10:11 by Jamie Tanna . #microformats #cv #interviewing #hire.jvt.me.

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Configuring a Jenkins Multibranch Pipeline to Specify the Trust Permissions with Job DSL (1 mins read).

How to specify the trust permissions for a GitHub project on a Jenkins Multibranch pipeline, when using Job DSL.

Mon, 10 May 2021 15:49 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #jenkins #job-dsl.

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Features I Want In My Social Reader (6 mins read).

What sort of functionality do I want in my social reader, so I can follow awesome people's thoughts more easily?

Sat, 01 May 2021 15:12 by Jamie Tanna . #indieweb #microsub #feed #social-media.

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How to get a field with Reflection in Java (1 mins read).

How to use Java's Reflection to get access to a private of a class.

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:16 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java.

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Server-less Wiremock, or Using Wiremock Without an HTTP Server (3 mins read).

How to match Wiremock's stubs without running an HTTP Server.

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:51 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #testing #wiremock.

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Adding API Versioning to your Environment-Agnostic Functional Acceptance Tests (6 mins read).

How to adapt the Proxy pattern to allow for testing against a versioned API.

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:59 by Jamie Tanna . #java #testing #testing #software-testing #cucumber #software-quality #quality-engineering.

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Building a Multibranch Pipeline on a Schedule (2 mins read).

A more convenient solution for setting up periodic rebuilds of certain branches in a Jenkins Multibranch pipelines.

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:12 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #jenkins #job-dsl.

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Disabling a Multibranch Pipeline using Job DSL (1 mins read).

How to disable all branches of a MultibranchWorkflowJob with Jenkins Job DSL.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:44 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #jenkins #job-dsl.

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Uploading Community Cookbooks from Supermarket to Chef Server (1 mins read).

How to upload a given community cookbook from Chef Supermarket to Chef Server, using Berkshelf.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:02 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #berkshelf.

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Constructing an Ordered Dependency Graph for Chef Cookbooks, using Berkshelf (3 mins read).

How to create a dependency graph for a given cookbook's dependencies to understand the order to install them in.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 11:51 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #berkshelf #ruby.

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Using Dynamically Generated Non-AWS Owned SSH Keys with Test Kitchen on EC2 (3 mins read).

How to set up kitchen-ec2 to use an SSH key that isn't available in AWS by amending the user-data of the created EC2 instance.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:21 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #test-kitchen #aws #ssh.

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Waiting for SSH service on Test Kitchen with the Docker driver (1 mins read).

How to resolve Waiting for SSH service when running kitchen-docker.

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:09 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #test-kitchen #docker.

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Setting up a Test Environment for Job DSL Projects (6 mins read).

How to tweak your Job DSL configuration to allow working with test environments, to validate jobs configure correctly.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:43 by Jamie Tanna . #jenkins #job-dsl.

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Working with a Git remote's default branch, using origin/HEAD (2 mins read).

How to interact with the default branch for a remote repo, as well as update it if needed.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:15 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #git.

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Better Chef Reporting for Automated Pipelines (1 mins read).

How to get better machine-parseable reports for your Chef Pipelines.

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:39 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #jenkins #test-kitchen #rubocop #cookstyle #rspec.

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Managing Your Chef Gem Dependencies More Easily in your Gemfile (2 mins read).

How to source your Chef Gem dependencies from your Chef cookbook's metadata.rb instead of duplicating them between files.

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:42 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #ruby.

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Programatically Determining the Version of a Chef Cookbook (1 mins read).

How to determine a Chef cookbook's version programatically, using Ruby.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:04 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #ruby.

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How to Use Cookstyle to Autocorrect Style Issues (1 mins read).

How to use the cookstyle tool with Chef cookbooks to autocorrect style issues.

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:41 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #ruby #chefdk #chef-workstation #cookstyle.

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Ensuring Consistent Code Style with Job DSL Repos (3 mins read).

How to make sure that your Job DSL configuration repos are managed with consistent code style.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 19:05 by Jamie Tanna . #jenkins #job-dsl #spotless.

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Speeding Up Gradle Executions with Parallelisation (2 mins read).

How to make your Gradle builds faster, by taking advantage of parallelisation.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:32 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #testing #gradle.

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Testing Time with Java (4 mins read).

How to make your Java tests better when dealing with java.util.time.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:19 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #testing.

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Introducing tokens-pls, a Web Application to Test OAuth2 Code Flows (2 mins read).

Announcing my new project, tokens-pls, which allows for easier manual testing with the OAuth2 code flow for Public Clients.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:42 by Jamie Tanna . #indieauth #oauth2 #token-pls.

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Using Proof of Key Code Exchange (PKCE) Using rack-oauth2 as an OAuth2 Client (1 mins read).

How to use the PKCE extension when using the Ruby library rack-oauth2 as an OAuth2 client.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:41 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #ruby #rack #oauth2.

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Determining the (Git) Branch of the Jenkins Pipeline Job (1 mins read).

How to find out what branch the currently executing script has been checked out from.

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:01 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #jenkins #git.

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Encrypting and Decrypting Text with OpenSSL (2 mins read).

How to use openssl to encrypt text with a shared passphrase.

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:46 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #openssl #security #privacy.

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Getting Started With Jenkins Job DSL Plugin for Standardising Your Pipelines (10 mins read).

A worked example of how to use Jenkins Job DSL to set up a standardised pipeline for Java libraries.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:27 by Jamie Tanna . #jenkins #job-dsl.

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Installing Gems From Your Gemfile When Developing Chef Cookbooks using the ChefDK / Chef Workstation (2 mins read).

How to install Ruby Gems in local development using your Gemfile.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:51 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #ruby #chefdk #chef-workstation.

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Moving meetup-mf2 and eventbrite-mf2 to Heroku (1 mins read).

Moving my APIs meetup-mf2.herokuapp.com and eventbrite-mf2.herokuapp.com to Heroku-hosted apps.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:54 by Jamie Tanna . #meetup-mf2 #eventbrite-mf2.

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Autogenerating Postman Collections for IndieAuth Servers (2 mins read).

Creating Postman collections programmatically for a user's IndieAuth server.

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 18:40 by Jamie Tanna . #postman #ruby #indieauth #indieauth-postman.

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Implementing the Refresh Token Grant in my IndieAuth Server (4 mins read).

Announcing support for long-lived refresh tokens as part of my IndieAuth server.

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:21 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #indieauth.jvt.me #indieauth #oauth2.

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Executing javax.servlet.Filters in aws-serverless-java-container Jersey Apps (2 mins read).

How to add a javax.servlet.Filter to a Jersey application, built using the AWS Serverless Container for Java.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:10 by Jamie Tanna . #java #jersey #blogumentation #aws #serverless.

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Writing Environment-Agnostic Functional Acceptance Tests (7 mins read).

How to structure your (Java) functional acceptance tests to make it easier to add environment-specific configuration.

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:03 by Jamie Tanna . #java #testing #testing #software-testing #cucumber #software-quality #quality-engineering.

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Autogenerating Postman Collections for Micropub Servers (3 mins read).

Creating Postman collections programmatically from a Micropub server's supported configuration.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:37 by Jamie Tanna . #postman #ruby #micropub #micropub-postman.

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Releasing Two Lightweight Libraries for Server-Driven Content Negotiation (2 mins read).

Introducing two new Java libraries for performing server-driven content negotiation.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:52 by Jamie Tanna . #java #media-type #content-negotiation.

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Why I Consistently Reach for Server-Driven Content Negotiation (For Versioning) (5 mins read).

Why I use server-driven content negotiation for APIs to allow for versioning and allowing different representations of APIs.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:35 by Jamie Tanna . #api #content-negotiation #rest #web #versioning #version-pinning.

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Inexactly Comparing MediaTypes with Spring (1 mins read).

How to compare Spring's MediaType by ignoring charset or parameters.

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 17:28 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #spring #java.

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Converting X.509 and PKCS#8 .pem file to a JWKS (in Ruby) (2 mins read).

Converting X.509 and PKCS#8 files to JWKS format, using the ruby-jose library.

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:58 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #pki #ruby #x509 #pkcs8 #pem #jwks.

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Generating a JSON Web Key (JWK) With Ruby (1 mins read).

How to create a new JWK with Ruby.

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:23 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #pki #ruby #pem #jwks.

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Creating a Personal IndieAuth Server (6 mins read).

Announcing the release of my personal IndieAuth server, and what I've spent my time on.

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:49 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #indieauth.jvt.me #indieauth.

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Setting up Passwordless Authentication using the Okta Factors API (3 mins read).

How to use Okta's Factors API to use push notifications to authenticate yourself.

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 16:43 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #authentication #okta #passwordless.

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How to List Gradle's Buildscript / Plugin Dependencies (1 mins read).

How to list the dependencies that are used by Gradle's plugins as part of its buildscript.

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:44 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #gradle #java.

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Filtering Tasks and their Subtasks in JIRA (1 mins read).

How to filter issues, and their subtasks, with JIRA Query Language.

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:14 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #jira.

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Globally Logging all Spring (Boot) Exceptions (3 mins read).

How to log whenever an exception triggers on an exception handler with Spring.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 22:26 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #spring #spring-boot.

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Using Git Diff Without a Repo (1 mins read).

How to use git diff when you're not in a Git repo.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:24 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #git.

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Changing the Storage of Cites on my Site (2 mins read).

Changing how I store and render context for other posts.

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:07 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #hugo.

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Providing Hints for Autoconfiguring Micropub Clients (3 mins read).

Enhancing my Micropub Server and autoconfiguring Micropub client with the support for hints.

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:20 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #micropub.

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Creating an Auto-configuring Micropub Client (2 mins read).

Announcing support for my Micropub Client configuring itself based on support in my server.

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:19 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #micropub.

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unknown revision or path not in the working tree after Jenkins Git Plugin Update (1 mins read).

How to fix git rev-parse suddenly not working after a Jenkins Git plugin update.

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 22:09 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #jenkins #git.