Imagine you’re staring at a handful of cryptic and terse directory names in Linux. You wonder where you should put a particular type of file. Sweat begins to form on your brow. You’re up against a deadline and just want to install this thing so you can move on. You…

Python is fantastic all by itself, but the magic really starts when you explore the vast world of modules. There is an entire ecosystem of libraries at your disposal through PyPI and the standard library. Why not take advantage of these to reduce the amount of code you have to…

Even though WebSockets have been around for more than a decade, there are still many applications (and even browsers) behind the times in adopting them. This is a shame because using a WebSocket is actually really simple and it enables you to build flexible, sophisticated web applications faster than ever. …

On the surface, the concept of functional programming may seem like a difficult and mysterious idea to fully understand. It is a more strict, disciplined way of writing code. …

Managing and navigating your way around a Linux server is a set of skills that will never be totally obsolete. Even if you try and move entirely into the world of “serverless” there will always be a real server somewhere running that code. That server is also probably running Linux…

If you’re not taking full advantage of shell aliases yet, then you’re wasting precious time. Typing repetitive things out over and over is boring, monotonous and costs you efficiency. Why spend time remembering long commands when you can just shorten them? An alias is a way to give a command…

Isn’t Ansible Vault handy? It lets you use passwords and other sensitive credentials in your playbooks without ever exposing them to source control or plain text files. When you reference a vault variable, you can be sure that your secrets are safely tucked away at rest. The encryption is great…

By now we’ve all heard about the infamous ChatGPT application built by OpenAI. This is no ordinary chatbot. This is one of the most sophisticated artificial intelligence platforms out there. The best part is you can use it for free. ChatGPT offers a conversational interface to let you ask just…

TLS certificates used to be a much bigger headache than they are now. With the advent of Let’s Encrypt, anyone can setup a secure, encrypted domain in a matter of minutes. The project has made obtaining, installing and renewing free certificates incredibly easy. The process is pretty simple when you’re…