git Git Rebase Struggles Conceptualized With Pikmin If you haven’t already, take a look at my first git rebase / Pikmin blog post about how to learn and use git rebase. That post covers the basics, while
git Git Rebase Is The Pikmin Of Source Control git isn’t easy to learn, and once you do, the git rebase command seems to invoke fear and confusion in many people. But once you learn how to use
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ansible How To Create A Custom, Dynamic Inventory Script for Ansible Writing a dynamic inventory script for Ansible can be useful for more than just getting a list of hosts to run a play against. It can also function as a
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ansible Tame Your Patreon Shipping Problem With Ansible My work on the Pi-hole project led me to a start a Patreon page. Like many creators, I spent a while determining what rewards users would want. But unlike most
windows Fully Automated: DeployStudio Dual Boot I was recently tasked with deploying dual-boot Macs to all new staff. Naturally, I wanted this to be as automated as possible so it was repeatable and consistent. I already
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pihole Ad-free Olympics Using Pi-hole Sick of ads when trying to enjoy the Olympics? Not me. I have been blocking them since day one! Pi-hole ad blocker works differently than others because it is a
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automator Convert DOCX to PDF Natively With A Right-Click Microsoft Office for OS X is usually very sluggish and slow. This is one reason I don’t like working with DOCs or DOCXs in OS X. Yes, you can
hazel Prevent Ransomware By Automatically Finding The Checksum Of Downloaded Files Apple has already shut down the ransomware found in the Transmission torrent client. You can easily prevent this from happening to you in the future by adding a Hazel rule
pihole C.H.I.P. and Pi-hole Gets You Network-wide Ad Blocking for $9 It’s already easy to block ads network-wide with the Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi, but now you can do it for even less money by running it on a C.H.I.P. microcomputer, which you can buy for $9. There is a
