Python comes with many tools that help manage versions and dependencies. pyenv - manage Python versions virtual environments (like venv) that help isolate dependencies on a per project basis ...

Why use make in the first place? In our team, some use Windows while others use Mac and steps to run are in a Makefile. The CI/CD environment supports both Windows and Linux-based steps. I’...

I spent most of this week on dealing with these 2 exceptions: Exception calling "DownloadFile" with "2" argument(s): "An exception occurred during a WebClient request." Exception calling "Dow...

Open PowerShell as Administrator, then run New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink ` -Path "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\CustomHelperUtils" ` -Target "C:\path\to\gitrepos\utils\powershell\C...

I was working on creating EC2 images using Packer. For that, there’s the amazon-ebs Packer Builder to use. After checking that there’s nothing wrong with the syntax, thanks to packer validate --sy...

How do I quickly test github workflows on my local dev machine even for self-hosted runners? Write-up also at https://juliusgamanyi.com/2022/04/27/run-github-actions-workflows-locally-using-act I...

I wanted to know what Operating System I’m using in order to use OS-specific utilities like Linux - Add user to sudoers Execute: $> cat /etc/os-release Output: -------OS Information-------...

Create user with the command sudo useradd --create-home usery. What default values do they get? Execute: useradd -D Output HOME=/home/usery INACTIVE=-1 EXPIRE= SHELL=/bin/bash Docs: https://l...

How do I enable a user, say userx, to run commands prefixed with sudo ? After running sudo as userx, I also don’t want to enter a password. In CentOS, add the user to the wheel group. echo "userx...