A new release of the Crytto library (0.4.0) has just been published, which greatly simplifies encrypting (and decrypting) files The new release adds the decrypt script which, when combined with the existing automatic retrieval of the encryption key from the keystore, makes it a breeze to decrypt files. For example, if you had encrypted your … More File Encryption (and Decryption) Made Easy
If you have recently upgraded your MacOS laptop/desktop to 10.12.14, you will have noticed that now the System Preferences icon in the doc shows a mysterious “notification badge”: Just opening System Preferences shows absolutely no clue as to where the notification is coming from, nor what to do about it. It turns out that Apple … More What does the Notification “badge” on MacOS System Preferences icon really mean?
Sometimes, you need to send both a visual and email alert for something that is checked using a background process (for example, running a `crontab` job): `notify-send` and `yagmail` provide a more user-friendly alternative on Ubuntu Linux desktop than scraping logs. … More Using `notify-send` and `yagmail` to send an alert if /boot partition is about to run out of space
There is a wealth of documentation about how to generated a Certificate using letsencrypt, the EFF free tool. However, if you are using g-suite to manage your main website or want an SSL certificate to do some testing during development, and may not have shell access to the WWW server (and, further, you are unable … More HOW-TO Generate an SSL Certificate with letsencrypt.com
Overview The java.util.Optional class is a great addition in Java 8 as it enables a more expressive way of conveying the concept of a library API return value that may not be there. While it is not meant to replace the use of null values in code (and you will get warnings not to use … More A better mousetrap (or, how to improve on Java 8 Optional)
Create a setup.py file The arguments for setup() are documented here and are non-trivial: a good example is my filecrypt‘s setup.py file. NOTE Do not confuse setuptools with distutils – this is the correct import for setup.py: from setuptools import setup The trickiest part is figuring out the packages, modules and the script files: probably … More HOW-TO Publish a Pyton Package on PyPi
If you are using a private registry with a self-signed certificate, and need to connect to it from a macOS laptop, you are likely to incur in the following error: $ docker-compose up -d Pulling search (docker.registry.mydomain.io:5000/image:2.0.1)… ERROR: Get https://docker.registry.mydomain.io:5000/v1/_ping: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority it turns that (a) there is not much of … More Docker for Mac and insecure registries
