Part 2 of a tutorial on automating a two-tier Active Directory Certificate Services installation using PowerShell Desired State Configuration.
A guide to installing Xcode Command Line Tools on macOS without a GUI, useful for automated VM setup.
A technical guide on using ImageMagick to automatically detect and remove black bars (letterboxing/pillarboxing) from video thumbnails and cover images.
A developer's notes from /dev/world/2015 conference, focusing on software testing, maintainable architecture, and team processes.
A scientist explains why Python is their preferred language for machine learning and data analysis, arguing for productivity over language wars.
A scientist explains why Python is their preferred tool for machine learning and data analysis, emphasizing productivity over language wars.
A developer shares a Python script to save subscriber-only LWN.net articles to Pocket for offline reading.
A guide to packaging iOS IPA files with Swift code using a custom terminal script, addressing issues in automated build pipelines.
A tutorial on setting up a basic Gulp.js workflow to automate SASS compilation, JS concatenation, and minification for web development.
A Bash function to create a directory and immediately change into it with a single command.
A guide on using PowerShell commands to force immediate synchronization on a WSUS server, leveraging .NET components.
A tutorial on using Gulp.js, a JavaScript build tool, to automate development workflows for web projects.
A guide comparing GUI and CLI build tools like Grunt and Gulp, explaining their uses in automating development workflows.
Automating a weekly tech newsletter using MailChimp, Markdown, and Rake tasks to streamline HTML generation and content management.
A guide to automating the installation of Windows Management Framework 5.0 using a Group Policy startup script, including version checking.
A guide to creating a welcome email series (drip campaign) for new subscribers using the Sendy newsletter platform.
A guide to using Git pre-commit hooks to automatically run tools like xUnique on Xcode project files, preventing merge conflicts.
Explains the six parts of a development workflow (Scaffold, Develop, Test, Integrate, Optimize, Deploy) and how to automate them to save time.
An article drawing parallels between software testing and scientific experimentation, emphasizing repeated testing and automation.
Explores the analogy between software testing and scientific experimentation, emphasizing validation through repeated tests.
