dodz What Is Argo CD? Argo CD is a Kubernetes controller, responsible for continuously monitoring all running applications and comparing their live state to the desired state specified in the Git repository. It can automatically apply any change to the desired state in the Git repository to the target environment, ensuring the applications remain in sync. … Read more
A while back, I had an issue with a faulty router that would drop my Internet connection every now and again. As I was leaving for the summer holidays, I needed to find a way to keep the Internet going at my house, as I am running a few services on my Raspberry Pi that … Read more
Consider this: Are you running several services on your home workstation/server/Raspberry Pi and would like to be able to securely expose them to the Internet for easy access, management and/or monitoring when you’re not there? If yes, then this article could be just what you’re looking for 😎 Intro I still use a VPN to … Read more
In Part 1, we looked at how to spin up a Centos 7 box using Vagrant, Hyper-V and PowerShell. However, to make this virtual machine test-worthy as soon as it is booted, we need to configure our VM, i.e. update the system, install necessary packages, and so on and so forth. In short, we want … Read more
Although my daily device is a Macbook, there are situations where I need to set up a few virtual machines in order to quickly test something, or set up a lab to learn stuff without worrying much about breaking things. In short, I need systems that I can spin up, do whatever I want to … Read more
Want to check the weather report directly from your terminal? Simply add the following to your .bashrc or .zshrc file: Source or restart your terminal and then all you need to do is type weather followed by any location. For example: How cool is that!!? I found this works with postcodes as well, although not … Read more
Here’s how to run Windows Terminal profiles (Command Prompt & PowerShell) in elevated mode without having to run Windows Terminal as Administrator. To do so, we will use a nifty package manager named [Chocolatey](<https://chocolatey.org/install>) in order to install gsudo . gsudo is a sudo equivalent for Windows, with a similar user-experience as the original Unix/Linux … Read more
If you don’t use VIM, learn VIM! It’s quite daunting learning this text editor. When I was starting up with Linux, a colleague launched vim on my terminal and asked me to quit out of it. I was pressing Ctrl+C, escape, Ctrl+C AND escape and all kinds of key combinations but I simply could not … Read more
If you’re like me and spend most of your time in the terminal, switching to another app to take notes may interrupt your workflow. To quickly take notes without jumping apps, I found a nice tool named TaskBook here. To install it, simply use this one-liner: Once installed, try tb –help for a list of … Read more
So you just started getting busy with Linux. 2 things: Congrats & FI-NAL-LY! Welcome to the world of ASCII, endless typing and unforgivable mistakes! The road to grasping this ancient OS is a treacherous yet wonderful one, paved with mysteries and easter eggs that continuously amaze even the most hardened and decorated digital veterans out … Read more