Alex Dyas

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JQ - Create .dockerconfigjson file

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Use the jq tool to create a .dockerconfigjson file from existing details, including inline base64 encoding. Linux, bash style : export REGISTRY="theregistry"...

Python - object has no attribute LDAP

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Pulled my hair out over the following Python error while working with the LDAP package: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/alex/source/ldap-aut...

Nintendo Switch error - 2259-7007

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Got the error 2259-7007 while trying to factory reset a Nintendo Switch. Turns out that (for me at least) plugging it in to a power supply got past it.

git error - RPC failed

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I had this recently during an HTTP git clone : error: RPC failed; curl 56 GnuTLS recv error (-110): The TLS connection was non-properly terminated. It turns...

NeoVim - Tidy YAML on save

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I like my YAML files to be tidied and sorted (see Tidying YAML). What would be great is if your editor, currently NeoVim for me, would do this automatically ...

Copy to system clipboard from Vim

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As is often the case, I find something today that I wonder why I haven’t looked for before. Copy from Vim to the system clipboard, ie not just inside Vim.

yq quoting with variables in Powershell

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This took me far to long to figure out, so I thought I’d post it here in case someone else wishes to keep all their hair. Using the yq tool under PowerShell,...

Tidying YAML

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I’m a sucker for nicely formatted code and config. Working a lot with Kubernetes I like to see my Kubernetes YAML formatted consistently. This helps find the...

Vim - Skeleton files

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I’ve been looking for a way to quickly create ‘skeleton’ files of the text files I work on regularly, for instance Kubernetes yaml files.

Namespace stuck in Terminating - Kubernetes

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Occasionally you may find that having issued a kubectl delete namespace yournamespace command, the namespace gets stuck in Terminating state, and is never ac...

Working Copy iPad

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One of the reasons I don’t update this blog is that I haven’t found an easy way to do it. Cloning the repo, then editing files, then committing is a hassle. ...

Chrome Warning NET::ERR_SSL_OBSOLETE_VERSION

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Recent versions of Chrome now show warnings when visiting sites that still use legacy TLS versions. Although not recommended, this warning can be silenced:

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blog

First past the post

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First post, after much faff. Can’t get the github pages instructions to work, all sorts of issues. So went with mmistakes’ mm-github-pages-starter which is w...

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electronics

Flipdot code

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I’ve been playing with a 28x7 Flipdot display I got recently. The goal ultimately is to make a stand alone clock driven by a microprocessor, (Arduino or ESP3...

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humour

Minimum handover

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The absolute minumum handover documentation one can expect as a sysadmin : su - previousdude history You laugh, I’ve seen this..

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linux

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