Software Engineer, Manchester, UK
Before I start, disabling tests as part of your build pipeline is bad – I don’t recommend it. However, in this scenario, sam builds, especially when running sam sync –watch can take a bit of time, and the feedback loop (write some code, and quickly see it running) can be several minutes, rather than seconds…
This is a quick guide on installing GraalVM on your M1 Mac – this guide also works for x86_64 Macs also. This will install GraalVM for Java11 – different Java versions are available here: https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases Install GraalVM using Homebrew Give GraalVM permission to run Install using sdkman SDKMAN is a brilliant tool, you can install…
Install Rosetta 2 Install Homebrew under Rosetta 2 (/usr/local/Homebrew) Tap Cloudfoundry Install CloudFoundry
While being a Lead/Senior Developer on several agile development teams, I’ve seen the ups and downs of pair programming. I’ve tried to introduce pairing into new teams with different levels of success – so I thought I’d write down some of the experiences I’ve had – and the potential was of working that can make…
You may have cloned a project and tried running ‘npm install’ only to find the following error message: There’s multiple ways I’ve found to fix this: The Safe ways: Force clear the NPM cache: Rebuild: Remove node_modules: The Nuclear way: As always, I hope this fixes your problem!
Over the past few months, I’ve been pairing (pair programming) with other Software Engineers when working on stories during our sprints. It’s been fun, and the first time in a while I’ve enjoyed and felt rewarded while ‘pairing’. While I’m sitting in the sun, on a beach in Wales enjoying our holiday with my family,…
I came across a money-saving Challenge called the ‘1p Challenge‘. Basically you save an amount of money based on the day number in the year. For example, on January the 1st, you would save 1p. Towards the end of the year, say day 365, you would save £3.65 As you can imagine, this starts saving…
If you’ve used putty to generate your private key, you may need to convert it to a PEM file instead Firstly install putty via Homebrew Then convert the file Install the key by moving the file to ~/.ssh
The latest docker:dind has breaking changes. Here are two fixes if you are enchanting issues with GitLab CI and your runners. Fix 1: GitLab CI Config Add the following to your .gitlab-ci.yml Fix 2: Change runner config Alternatively, another fix is to change the runner: Modify to mach the following (specifically environment and volumes) Then…
If you need to proxy your WordPress blog via Nginx. This is the configuration I have recently used. Update <server-name> with your intended domain name. <ip-address> and <port> with the WordPress servers details. server { server_name <server-name>; gzip on; gzip_min_length 10240; …