Node.js Skipping Through Tests When developing something that should withstand public use, a good set of tests is always beneficial; however, sometimes you may want to skip a few without changing the code.
Clerk Clerk: Identity as a Service Recently, I helped my friend set up an application with user and subscription management. After thorough shopping, we agreed to use the Clerk service, a provider that offers identity management, authorization, and subscriptions as a single offering. Let's walk through a common scenario: adopting external services into a
OCI Cloud Shell Architecture By complete accident, I ran into an issue with OCI Functions in the Cloud Shell. That novelty has caught me off guard, and I decided to take note of it.
Cline Cline: Use Local Workstation My son has recently upgraded his computer, so I got a five-year-old machine with the RTX 3060. Let's see if it could be used with common tools and AI agents.
GitLab GitLab: Clean Up Pipes If you have multiple projects running numerous builds, your job history will grow, even when you chop off repository branches. Let's discuss a few methods to keep it tidy.
GitLab Joint Forces: AWS and Docker The GitLab CI/CDÂ and its partners offer an extensive library of templates, components, and ready-to-ship solutions to automate your application builds and deployments. But real-life cases make you search for non-trivial scenarios. Here is a simple one that may save you days down the road.
Docker The Magic Docker Command Sometimes, when you build multiple containers for different architectures, the container may exhibit unpredictable behavior. That happens to me when the PostgreSQL container throws some odd error messages.
Oracle Database Oracle Database and Windows. Oracle Database on Windows always marches to its own drums. And most of the time, you should tag along because some of your Unix/Linux experiences are not applicable. Let's talk about password files.
Ansible Ansible: Eliminating Compatibility Gaps A few weeks ago, I posted a piece on a similar compatibility issue, where the issue was functional impairment. Now, I have to solve the backward compatibility problem when the module exists in both environments but is missing some operators in earlier releases.
WebLogic WebLogic: Identity Federation and Certificates A recent system upgrade turned my whole day into a hide-and-seek playground. After the WebLogic domain migration, everything worked and looked healthy except the primary application. Accessing it results in a 5xx server error without any plain reason. The most reasonable explanation is that something is wrong with the WebLogic
Ansible How to Distinguish Ansible and AAP I realize that Ansible was meant to describe a target state rather than run complex algorithms. This approach simplifies uniformity on different targets. Unfortunately, some Ansible enthusiasts may encounter situations where they have different execution environments.
Ghost Ghost-In-A-Box: Live For Two Years Suddenly, I realized I had boxed our site engine and database over two years ago. Since then, I have never complained about database compatibility, odd Ghost upgrade requirements, or OS product support. It's boring, stable, and predictable.
How-tos A Few Moving Tips Personal device upgrades have always been an exciting journey and, of course, a challenge. Software reinstallation, moving your local projects, and interface compatibility were a thrilling personal challenge that may take months of joy and loss. Cloud services drastically changed the game and left little room for novelty - you
WebMethods webMethods.io: Transformation Service, part 2 We continue to build our transformation service for ChatGPT completion response. We can define service steps with the input and output documents in place.
WebMethods webMethods.io: Transformation Service In my last post, we discussed avoiding custom code for complex projects. It's time to get your hands dirty creating the first Flow Service for the integration project.
cURL Quick Domain Spoof with cURL Occasionally, you need to quickly check service availability, make sure your application is alive, or retrieve a certificate using internal interfaces.
Ansible Ansible: K.I.S.S. Optimization It's fascinating, but our automation code is mature enough to have compatibility issues during the operating system upgrade. Let's see how violating the "Keep it simple stupid (K.I.S.S.)" principle leads you to trouble.
PowerShell How To Watch in PowerShell Every system administrator who runs a big system knows how to make long-running tasks less boring. Watching progress is one of those little fun things.
WebMethods WebMethods.io: Custom Transformers In previous integration posts, I briefly touched on the powerful mechanism of the Webmethods.io Transformers. Let's explore the data manipulation tools using a real-life example.
Ansible Ansible: Log Visibility Control Ansible, originally developed as a state management tool, relies on logs to track play progress and target states due to its distributed execution. Let's discuss a few methods for controlling log content and visibility.
Ansible Ansible: Ad-Hoc Shell Module I shared a tip on handling missing files in an Ansible playbook some time ago. I have now tried to do the same with ad hoc command execution. Here is how you can use extra module arguments.
Cloud Integration Webmethod.io: Implementation. Part 2. We finally get into workflow building, with all custom components and connections required for a secure Ghost Blog. Today, we will complete the overall design and error-handling process.
ChatGPT Webmethods.io meets ChatGPT Creating the integration, I think we should make a stop for deep diving into the connector configuration to illustrate how traditional information systems meet large language models (LLM).
WebMethods Webmethods.io: Implementation If you follow my Webmethods.io Integration series, you already have an environment, the process blueprint, custom action, and the X/Twitter connector. It's time to use them in a new integration flow.
WebMethods X.com: Webmethods Custom Connector The main reason I started this automation project was X integration. The changes in the social network API were an excuse for many automation tools to move X integration to premium plans. Webmethods.io offers code-free integration, and here is a recipe.
