Brett Weir • 18 min read
Jun 26, 2023 — Preparing SD card images is toilsome and fraught with difficulty, but there's a better way! In this article, I'll show you a method for configuring a Raspberry Pi that doesn't require hardware at all. What!
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Mar 27, 2023 —
The install command is profoundly useful and profoundly underrated. Learn how this tiny unassuming command can save a ton of scripting and make your installations cleaner and more robust.
Brett Weir • 5 min read • Part of the Dockerfile idioms series
Mar 2, 2023 — Learn how to make your Debian-based containers dramatically smaller without having to switch to another base image.
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Feb 20, 2023 — Unix tools are designed to be useful in new ways that tool authors don't anticipate. In this article, we'll use ssh to re-create the functionality of scp.
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Feb 13, 2023 — Learn how to create simple, standalone, useful Python CLI tools to solve even the most mundane infrastructure problems, so that you can start automating everything.
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Jan 27, 2023 — Learn how to use pyenv to bootstrap isolated Python installations, so that you can have the best of containers and local development.
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Jan 9, 2023 — Not every missing file requires a trip to StackOverflow. With a little knowledge of your system, you can often troubleshoot problems faster and without leaving the terminal.
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