Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer

Hi, I'm Jamie Tanna (he/him/his), and I'm currently a Tech Lead (Software Development Engineer 3) at Capital One UK where I'm working on Customer Acquisitions.

I currently live in Nottingham with my partner Anna Dodson and our beautiful terror of a cat Morph.

I use my site as a method of blogging about my learnings, as well as sharing information about projects I have previously, or are currently, working on in my spare time.

I'm a GNU/Linux user, a big advocate for the Free Software Movement, and the IndieWeb movement and I try to self host my own services where possible, instead of relying on other providers.

Drop me an email at hi@jamietanna.co.uk, or using any of the other social links below.

It's a good thing I'm preparing to reinstall my desktop cause rm -rf * in my home directory is not a fun thing to accidentally do 😳😬

It's a good thing I'm preparing to reinstall my desktop cause rm -rf * in my home directory is not a fun thing to accidentally do 😳😬

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 20:18 by Jamie Tanna .

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 19:09 by Jamie Tanna . #dddem.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:32 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:03 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion #remote-work.

Keeping platforms open

Recommended read: Keeping platforms open https://seirdy.one/2021/02/23/keeping-platforms-open.html

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:24 by Jamie Tanna . #decentralisation.

How often should I rotate my ssh keys?

Recommended read: How often should I rotate my ssh keys? https://tailscale.com/blog/rotate-ssh-keys/

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:14 by Jamie Tanna . #security #openssh #ssh.

Another day, another #CoronavirusHaircut

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:30 by Jamie Tanna . #coronavirus-haircut.

The modern packager’s security nightmare – Michał Górny

Recommended read: The modern packager’s security nightmare – Michał Górny https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2021/02/19/the-modern-packagers-security-nightmare/

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:57 by Jamie Tanna . #security #package-management #linux.

Hey you, #Jenkins folks! If you're still configuring things in the UI / using Jenkinsfiles but haven't yet gotten around to looking into #JobDSL I've got you covered https://www.jvt.me/posts/2021/02/23/getting-started-jobdsl-standardised/

Hey you, #Jenkins folks! If you're still configuring things in the UI / using Jenkinsfiles but haven't yet gotten around to looking into #JobDSL I've got you covered https://www.jvt.me/posts/2021/02/23/getting-started-jobdsl-standardised/

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:31 by Jamie Tanna . #jenkins #job-dsl.

Getting Started With Jenkins Job DSL Plugin for Standardising Your Pipelines (10 mins read).

A worked example of how to use Jenkins Job DSL to set up a standardised pipeline for Java libraries.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:27 by Jamie Tanna . #jenkins #job-dsl.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 21:02 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:08 by Jamie Tanna . #politics #coronavirus.

Well it's taken me a few years, but I've finally worked out how to manage Gems in #Chef without horrible chef exec bundle exec ... commands https://www.jvt.me/posts/2021/02/22/chefdk-gemfile/

Well it's taken me a few years, but I've finally worked out how to manage Gems in #Chef without horrible chef exec bundle exec ... commands https://www.jvt.me/posts/2021/02/22/chefdk-gemfile/

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:54 by Jamie Tanna . #chef.

Installing Gems From Your Gemfile When Developing Chef Cookbooks using the ChefDK / Chef Workstation (2 mins read).

How to install Ruby Gems in local development using your Gemfile.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:51 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #ruby #chefdk #chef-workstation.

Week Notes 21#07 (3 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2021-02-15?

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 21:58 by Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

Moving meetup-mf2 and eventbrite-mf2 to Heroku (1 mins read).

Moving my APIs meetup-mf2.herokuapp.com and eventbrite-mf2.herokuapp.com to Heroku-hosted apps.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:54 by Jamie Tanna . #meetup-mf2 #eventbrite-mf2.

Science, bitch!

https://twitter.com/MIT_CSAIL/status/1363172815315214336

You can now Rick roll in 4K, thanks to machine learning. bit.ly/37ms0aH
MIT CSAIL (@MIT_CSAIL)Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:05 +0000

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:30 by Jamie Tanna . #machine-learning.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:28 by Jamie Tanna .

Nothing says a great start to a three day weekend than pushing the boat out for some Doughnotts doughnuts! Must've been 18 months since we had them, but #Deliveroo's #TastyThursday deal was too good to pass on!

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:08 by Jamie Tanna . #food #deliveroo #tasty-thursday.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:16 by Jamie Tanna . #iot.

I will be attending Women in Tech 4th March - Lightning Talks! on Thursday, Mar 4 2021

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:09 by Jamie Tanna .

I will be attending Tech Nottingham 8th March - Leadership & Lego on Monday, Mar 8 2021

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:09 by Jamie Tanna .

Angie Jones · The ReadME Project

Recommended read: Angie Jones · The ReadME Project https://github.com/readme/angie-jones

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:20 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

Thanks for those coming to #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham - we had some good discussions about Choose Your Own Adventures and versioning!

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:08 by Jamie Tanna . #homebrew-website-club.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:03 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

Reminder that it's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham tomorrow! I hope to see you there at 1730 for some website stuff! https://events.indieweb.org/2021/02/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-IQvjBLoWhFHJ

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:15 by Jamie Tanna . #homebrew-website-club.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:26 by Jamie Tanna . #coronavirus #mental-health.

"Location-Based Pay" - Who Are You to Complain?

Recommended read: "Location-Based Pay" - Who Are You to Complain? https://blackshaw.substack.com/p/pay

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 22:11 by Jamie Tanna .

Week Notes 21#06 (3 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2021-02-08?

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 22:38 by Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 22:33 by Jamie Tanna . #ethics #food.

Calendar Versioning — CalVer

Recommended read: Calendar Versioning — CalVer https://calver.org/

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 15:34 by Jamie Tanna . #versioning.

#Morph has been very surprised to find himself outside this morning, and has been quite insistent that we let him back in, as he's not quite sure how to do it 😂

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:08 by Jamie Tanna . #morph.

Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies | by Alex Birsan | Feb, 2021 | Medium

Recommended read: Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies | by Alex Birsan | Feb, 2021 | Medium https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:29 by Jamie Tanna . #security.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:19 by Jamie Tanna . #cryptocurrency #bitcoin.

Week Notes 21#05 (2 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2021-02-01?

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 21:42 by Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

The /bin/true Command and Copyright

Recommended read: The /bin/true Command and Copyright http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/humor/ATT_Copyright_true.html

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:07 by Jamie Tanna . #command-line #copyright #licensing #linux #unix.

Webmention Analytics | Max Böck

This is a really cool thing, and I've got it up and running at https://www-mentions.jvt.me/

Recommended read: Webmention Analytics | Max Böck https://mxb.dev/blog/webmention-analytics/

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 16:18 by Jamie Tanna . #webmention.

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 17:58 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

Jacky Weaver rocks #RemoteWork 👏🏽

https://twitter.com/CarolSaysThings/status/1357651360230100992

I just watched this whole thing start to finish and I am _wheezing_ 😆 youtu.be/lgGmYeAm0jk
Carol 🌻 (@CarolSaysThings)Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:24 +0000

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:57 by Jamie Tanna . #remote-work.

Making a Linux-Based “On-Air” Light for My Home Office w/ Camera & Google Calendar Integration

I've been reading this over the last few days wondering how I can get it working with my work Mac + Zoom, or if I use a pared down version

Recommended read: Making a Linux-Based “On-Air” Light for My Home Office w/ Camera & Google Calendar Integration https://joellemaslak.medium.com/making-a-linux-based-on-air-light-for-my-home-office-w-camera-google-calendar-integration-3e5ed35e8c8

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:25 by Jamie Tanna . #remote-work #automation.

I will be attending Building a cloud friendly application on Thursday, Feb 11 2021

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:40 by Jamie Tanna .

Autogenerating Postman Collections for IndieAuth Servers (2 mins read).

Creating Postman collections programmatically for a user's IndieAuth server.

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 18:40 by Jamie Tanna . #postman #ruby #indieauth #indieauth-postman.

Thanks for those coming to #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:39 by Jamie Tanna . #homebrew-website-club.

The Cult of Best Practice

Recommended read: The Cult of Best Practice https://domk.website/blog/2021-01-31-cult-of-best-practise.html

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 08:08 by Jamie Tanna .

Reminder that it's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham tomorrow! I hope to see you there at 1730 for some website stuff! https://events.indieweb.org/2021/02/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-JpmhTGghTju3

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:43 by Jamie Tanna . #homebrew-website-club.

Indieweb h-cards

Recommended read: Indieweb h-cards https://randomgeekery.org/post/2020/04/indieweb-h-cards/

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:56 by Jamie Tanna . #indieweb #microformats.

Well Anna Dodson and I just got an awesome gift from @GoustoCooking in our box today - thanks a bunch, it looks super 😋🍫

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:36 by Jamie Tanna . #gousto.

This is how I feel about hackathons. I was able to spend my weekends learning things - like building things with others - that my uni course wouldn't have been able to teach me cause there was a tonne of theory I rarely use 🤷🏽‍♂️

https://twitter.com/jennypotts/status/1356195591827517442

I learnt more about coding at my internship during my master's degree than I did going to lectures.
Jenny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 is on a break 🤯 (@jennypotts)Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:00 +0000

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:33 by Jamie Tanna .

Week Notes 21#04 (3 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2021-01-25?

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 21:46 by Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

Implementing the Refresh Token Grant in my IndieAuth Server (4 mins read).

Announcing support for long-lived refresh tokens as part of my IndieAuth server.

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:21 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #indieauth.jvt.me #indieauth #oauth2.