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Trying Google Nest API with Postman and Python

March 4, 2023 Geoff Hudik

A side project of mine requires automating my Google Nest thermostat so I decided to try out the Smart Device Management (SDM) API. Setup I began with Nest’s Get Started Guide. That walks through the process in detail so I’ll just recap it here and provide more context in places. Registration created a project in…

Automate Checking Markdown Links With GitHub Actions

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Geoff Hudik

I’ve been working in a GitHub documentation repo recently with many different markdown files and I kept noticing broken links. Usually they were my own fault, links within the repo I didn’t catch after moving, renaming, or otherwise reorganizing the content. Sometimes though they were external links that were valid at the time months ago…

GitHub Packages: Private NuGet Packages via GitHub Actions

October 4, 2020 Geoff Hudik

Recently after evaluating GitHub Container Registry I also wanted to try using NuGet feed functionality within GitHub Packages to potentially consolidate feeds across sources like Azure DevOps and Proget. I decided to use GitHub Actions to build, test, pack, and push these as private NuGet packages within a GitHub organization. Project Configuration Before pushing to…

Trying GitHub Container Registry Using GitHub Actions

September 29, 2020 Geoff Hudik

Recently I decided to try GitHub Container Registry (GHCR) out as a possible alternative to Docker Hub and Azure Container Registry (ACR) for certain apps. While I knew it wouldn’t expose all the features of a registry like ACR, many times that’s not needed and it was compelling to have source, build (via Actions), and…

Docker pass Credential Helper on Ubuntu

September 15, 2020 Geoff Hudik

Recently having docker login credentials stored in plain text on a server was bugging me. Granted the credentials are base64 encoded but easily decoded at which point the container registry is vulnerable as well. I thought using one of the credential helpers would be quick and simple but I was mistaken. In my case I…

Mac – Starting Multiple App Processes in iTerm2 Tabs

August 23, 2020 Geoff Hudik

Often multiple related apps need to be started in concert for a product and it’s convenient to automate that for local development. If the apps are containerized then a Docker compose file, docker-compose up, docker-compose logs, and docker-compose down may be sufficient. However sometimes there may be a need to run the apps outside of…

.NET on Mac – System.Drawing / GDI+ Issue

August 18, 2020 Geoff Hudik

Continuing in the theme of my last post, the next issue I had transitioning running a .NET Core app from Windows to Mac was in the area of Excel export. I’m not referring to CSV output here but fully formatted worksheets via ClosedXML. I won’t go into the Excel code itself but there’s some similar…

.NET on Mac – Issue Reading X.509 Certificate

August 18, 2020 Geoff Hudik

I’ve generally found .NET Core code I’ve worked on to behave the same across Windows, Mac, and Linux (when not explicitly using OS-specific features). Recently I ran into a couple platform-specific issues where a .NET Core app behaved differently on Mac than Windows. This post covers the first issue I came across, reading certificates. An…

Echo Flex Motion Sensor Light Automation

July 23, 2020 Geoff Hudik

Since it was first announced I was interested in the Echo Flex and the Echo Flex Motion Sensor to automate lights based on motion. One initial use case of mine was for hallways since they are often away from natural light. Hallways are also passed through frequently so often I’d just leave the light on…

Downloading a Single File From a Private GitHub Repository

July 20, 2020 Geoff Hudik

Sometimes it’s handy to use curl or wget to download a single file from a GitHub repository. Maybe it’s needed on a server where Git is not installed or it’s not desirable to clone or pull a repo for one file. Or perhaps cloning / pulling the repo locally and copying to the server isn’t…