Cowsay is one of those packages you just end up installing randomly on just about any client over time.
And if your using ansible you may be in for a little surprise:
[Read More]Django: CSRF exempt view
Django’s CSRF protection is usually a great thing, but when building (API) endpoints meant to be accessed by scripts/third parties it gets in the way of that.
This is how to disable it:
For a class based view
from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
@method_decorator(csrf_exempt, name='dispatch')
class MyView(View):
pass
For a function based view
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
@csrf_exempt
def my_view(request):
pass
My Publishing Pipeline
I write an extensive personal knowledge base using markdown, code-server and a variety of other tools. Originally, in 2021, I wanted to have something like Obsidian Publish but self-hosted, so I created it.
Over time my knowledge base evolved more into a second brain, tracking not only my technical notes and journal, but also things like recipes and hikes. With this my publishing pipeline, and the script at it’s core, extended in a multitude of ways.
[Read More]The (MVP) making of PodHistory
In this post I share my process for building the MVP for PodHistory, from idea to launched product and what my next steps will be.
[Read More]Helm: Join two lists
Since early 2019 the sprig library used by helm provides a concat function that does exactly this.
Simple Self Organization
This is a guide to a simple self organization/task management system I built for myself over the years.
From time to time I showed it to someone and they got some benefits from it, most adapted it to better fit their needs down the line, which is exactly what you should do with any kind of personal task management in my opinion.
[Read More]Handling signals with Python
When building a Python script that is long running or has to manage some state on termination it is helpful to handle a couple of signals:
SIGINT: The signal sent when pressing Ctrl+C SIGTERM and SIGQUIT: Meant to terminate the process, sent by kill and process managers like systemd or supervisord Handling them is possible with Pythons signals library:
import signals class SignalHandler: stop = False def __init__(self): # Ctrl+C signal.
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Hack things together
A little scripting never hurt anybody
Sometimes you have to do a specific task and you are fully capable of doing it manually, however those tasks are also great to flex your muscles and hack something together.
They can be an excellent tool to sharpen your skills with the tools you use regularly, and improve your quick prototyping skills.
In addition, with a couple of iterations, again sharpening an important skill, you could afterwards create a more general purpose tool from a hacky script.
[Read More]Enable system extensions on Apple silicon Mac
Think before you enable this, it could be a security risk
- Shutdown Mac
- Press and hold the power button until the Recovery Mode menu appears
- Select
Options, then clickContinue - From the
Utilitiesmenu selectStartup Security Utility - Select your startup disk and click
Security Policy- Choose
Reduced Security - Check the option
Allow user management of kernel extensions from identified developers
- Choose