You could call it a blog

  • SSH Forward + IPTables
    25 September 2015

    When making changes to our project, we commit into git and then build the whole app, this includes multiple services. For this we make use of docker and selenium.

  • Use google music from the command line
    4 August 2015

    I like google music its an inexpensive and reliable service with a fairly good collection of music and I can upload my collection too.

  • My vundle - vim extentions
    16 July 2015

    I use vim as my editor, I am far from a leet user but am comfortable with it and find it speeds up my development compared to other editors I have tried.

  • Capture and print HTTP request
    14 April 2015

    So I wanted to see what this app was exporting (http request wise), so I created the following Rack app to listen on a given port, then I could capture and print what the app was posting

  • Use sshuttle to create a VPN
    26 March 2015

    So I was running some end2end tests of a our software stack, part of which involved using Selenium to register a user. The registeration process involved being sent an email that contained a “confirmation” link.

  • Port forward locally
    12 March 2015

    So I was trying to test out a web service deep inside a private network which I had to create a number of SSH tunnels to access.

  • A REPL a Rails app
    2 February 2015

    I wanted a tool to do little tricks within MyApp, they were abit beond rake tasks, so I thought i’d give writting a custom REPL a do.

  • Chef and Vagrant sitting in a tree
    23 January 2015

    Chef and Vagrant - Getting started

  • Docker on my VPS
    21 January 2015

    So I got fed up with Heart Internet, they do not rock my world, so looked around and seeing as ByteMark sponser alot of FLOSS stuff I thought I’d give’m a try. I was tempted by DigitalOcean as they are so cheap, but it would make me feel like a sell-out.

  • Move sidekiq jobs from one queue to another
    30 September 2014

    We had a problem the other day that resulted in many jobs getting put into the default queue for sidekiq workers to process, this held up other more important jobs.