Blocking 'Similar' and 'Because you like ...' suggestions on reddit with uBlock Origin (2 mins read).
How to use uBlock Origin to remove reddit's suggestions in your home feed.
Blog posts from 2024
Back to /posts/.
You can now resolve remote presets when using Renovate's local platform in renovate-graph (2 mins read).
Announcing a new release of renovate-graph, which can now follow github> and local> presets.
Some mixed thoughts on The Changelog Podcast Universe (3 mins read).
Some reflections on the bittersweet news about The Changelog Podcast Universe.
by 
Jamie Tanna
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#podcast.
Creating renovate-packagedata-diff to diff Renovate package data dumps (3 mins read).
Announcing the release of renovate-packagedata-diff which makes it possible to provide a semantic diff between different Renovate package data dumps.
Some useful SQL(ite) tips I've learned (5 mins read).
A collection of SQLite snippets I've picked up recently to improve my queries.
I'm a recipient of the 2024 October Engineering Monthly Award Recognition at Elastic (1 mins read).
Announcing winning the 2024 October Engineering Monthly Award Recognition at Elastic.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#job
#career
#elastic.
Gotcha: PersistentPostRunE only runs on successful commands in Cobra (3 mins read).
A possible gotcha when using Cobra to perform cleanup in a PersistentPostRunE.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#go.
Creating a Neovim plugin for my standup updates (3 mins read).
Documenting some of my thoughts about writing a (Python) Neovim plugin.
The joy of an asynchronous, always updating standup (5 mins read).
Describing how my team does standups across a globally distributed team.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#agile
#scrum
#elastic
#adhd.
Creating a private mirror of the Renovate docs (6 mins read).
How to set up a copy of Renovate's documentation, pinned to an older version, for your organisation.
Lessons learned adding OpenTelemetry to a (Cobra) command-line Go tool (10 mins read).
Some reflections on what I've found good and not so good about instrumenting a command-line tool with OpenTelemetry.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#go
#command-line
#opentelemetry
#dependency-management-data.
Summarising the skipReasons for Renovate data exports (2 mins read).
How to work out what skipReasons you have for your Renovate package data.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#renovate
#dependency-management-data.
How to diff two datetimes (1 mins read).
How to get the number of seconds, minutes, and a human-readable time comparison between two datetimes.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation.
Why has Firefox 133 lost all my tabs? (2 mins read).
Recounting an issue I'm seeing with Firefox 133 where it creates a new profile, and how to resolve it.
Creating a /slashes page (1 mins read).
Creating a collection of all the /slash pages I have across my site.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#www.jvt.me.
OggCamp 2024 (14 mins read).
A recap of this weekend's OggCamp 2024 conference.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#events
#oggcamp
#public-speaking
#oggcamp-2024
#free-software
#open-source
#collaborative-culture.
How I manage my dotfiles (8 mins read).
A deep dive into how managing my dotfiles has (not) evolved over the last 10 years.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#shell
#command-line
#automation
#dotfiles.
Don't do Agile, be agile (13 mins read).
Why you should ditch the framework and just vibe.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#agile
#scrum.
Converting a Reveal.js slide deck to PDF (1 mins read).
How to convert a Reveal.js slide deck to a PDF, using Decktape.
Getting symlinks to work with a git clone on Mac (2 mins read).
How to restore symlinks in a previously cloned repository, where core.symlinks=false.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#git
#mac.
Using a separate Go module for your tools.go (2 mins read).
How to use the tools.go pattern to source-track your Go tool dependencies, but without polluting your top-level go.mod.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#go.
I'm on API Evangelist Conversation (1 mins read).
Announcing a podcast appearance with Kin Lane about API Versioning.
by Jamie Tanna
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#podcast
#api.
Utilising Renovate's local platform to test more easily (4 mins read).
How to use Renovate's local platform for validating configuration changes more easily.
Don't pretty print your API's JSON response body (3 mins read).
Why pretty-printing JSON responses in your APIs is a waste of resources, and you should stop it.
by Jamie Tanna
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#api
#json
#rest.
Nested teams in GitHub don't give you the control you think they do (2 mins read).
Some pain points when using nested teams on GitHub.
Forcing pacman to perform post-upgrade tasks if it's failed part way through (2 mins read).
How I ended up recovering from my Arch Linux upgrade crashing part way through the post-upgrade hooks.
How to use Dependency Management Data to discover which dependencies are participating in Hacktoberfest (3 mins read).
Detailing how you could use dependency-management-data to gain insight into which dependencies you use are participating in Hacktoberfest.
by Jamie Tanna
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#open-source
#hacktoberfest
#dependency-management-data.
You're not mature enough to release your first version as v1 (12 mins read).
Why you should never release your first iteration of a project as your v1.0.0, but it should instead by v0.1.0.
by Jamie Tanna
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#versioning.
GopherCon UK 2024 (22 mins read).
A writeup of the GopherCon UK 2024 conference.
Gotcha: SXHKD doesn't like comments (in bindings) (1 mins read).
Why your SXHKD bindings may be silently ignored
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#sxhkd.
How to get the next window created set to floating in BSPWM (1 mins read).
How to tell BSPWM that the next window created should be floating.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#bspwm.
Creating a /typography page (2 mins read).
Creating a page for viewing different types of content and how they display on my site.
by Jamie Tanna
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#www.jvt.me.
I'm on Go Time! (3 mins read).
Announcing my first podcast appearance on Go Time, talking about OpenAPI, oapi-codegen, versioning, and some fun Unpopular Opinions.
New CSS, Who Dis? (2024 edition) (3 mins read).
Announcing my new site design.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#www.jvt.me.
Why isn't Hugo regenerating my SCSS files? (1 mins read).
How to ensure you're using the right Hugo version to build SCSS files.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#hugo.
Why can't I use a comma with gcloud? (1 mins read).
How to resolve commas being ignored when interacting with gcloud, and how to escape them.
Using Spotless to auto-format Gradle Verification Metadata (3 mins read).
How to use Spotless to allow manual changes to the Gradle Verification Metadata to be auto-formatted as if Gradle generated it.
Common issues faced with execing an executable on Linux (2 mins read).
Some common issues you may face, with esoteric error messages, and how to fix them.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#shell
#command-line
#linux.
You can now parse repo-level Renovate configuration with renovate-graph (2 mins read).
Announcing a new release of renovate-graph which now parses repo-level Renovate configuration.
Dependency Management Data's Open Policy Agent support is now a whole lot more efficient (2 mins read).
Talking about the latest release of Dependency Management Data and some refactoring that's led to better performance.
by Jamie Tanna
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#dependency-management-data
#open-policy-agent.
Migrating Renovate bots, while keeping existing PRs updated (3 mins read).
How to migrate between two Renovate bot accounts, in the case you want to do a 'big bang rollout'.
Manually triggering a Buildkite pipeline for a fork (1 mins read).
How to trigger a Buildkite pipeline to run on a fork, if you have access to trigger a build.
Dependency Management Data's now on Mastodon! (1 mins read).
Announcing the dependency-management-data Mastodon account for automated release announcements (and more?).
Dynamically querying EndOfLife.date data for internal packages with Open Policy Agent and Dependency Management Data (3 mins read).
How you can retrieve End-of-Life data via EndOfLife.date using Dependency Management Data's Policies functionality.
by Jamie Tanna
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#dependency-management-data
#blogumentation
#open-policy-agent.
89 things I know about Git commits (7 mins read).
Some of the things I've learned over a decade of Git usage, and working on writing good commit messages.
by Jamie Tanna
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#git.
Dependency Management Data is now a lot easier to work with when using Software Bill of Materials (3 mins read).
Announcing an improved model for interacting with SBOMs, removing the need to understand the Repo Key up-front.
One THOUSAND blog posts (3 mins read).
Celebrating a massive milestone in my blog, and a short reflection.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogging
#www.jvt.me.
Reader survey: Who reads my blog? (2 mins read).
Wondering how my readers read my blog, and why.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogging
#www.jvt.me.
Dependency Management Data can now use sql-studio for database browsing (1 mins read).
Announcing the availability of the sql-studio database browser for dependency-management-data's web application.
Creating a test harness for validating Renovate regex manager rules (4 mins read).
How to set up a test harness to make it eaiser to modify scary looking regexes in your Renovate configuration.
Modifying the response body of an httputil.ReverseProxy response (2 mins read).
How to modify the response from a httputil.ReverseProxy before it goes back to the caller.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#go.
Performing cross-database queries with SQLite (2 mins read).
How to query multiple database files with SQLite.
Dependency Management Data's web application can now be deployed as a single static binary (2 mins read).
Announcing dependency-management-data's embedded SQL browser interface.
Using Go's database/sql to query an arbitrary columns of unknown type(s) (3 mins read).
How you can query an unknown number of columns, of unknown types, with Go's SQL package.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#go.
My workflow for writing SQL(ite) queries (2024 edition) (4 mins read).
Writing about my recent workflow for writing, executing, and sharing SQL queries with others.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#sql
#sqlite
#neovim
#datasette
#lsp.
Calculating the GitHub API's sha representation of a local file (2 mins read).
How to locally calculate the same sha of a given file, so you can compare it against the GitHub API's representation.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#github
#go.
Making it easier to schedule cross-timezones, with the tz CLI (3 mins read).
Writing a command-line tool with Charm's Go libraries to compare the suitability of meetings across timezones.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#command-line
#go
#charm
#elastic
#remote-work.
Installing Google Cloud CLI components on Arch Linux (2 mins read).
How to install gcloud components using pacman, instead of using the officially supported method.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#arch-linux
#google-cloud
#serverless.
I'm on Cup o' Go! (2 mins read).
Announcing my appearance on Cup o' Go, talking about oapi-codegen, OpenAPI, working on Open Source and blogging.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#openapi
#oapi-codegen
#podcast
#adhd
#blogging
#public-speaking
#go.
Responsible Disclosure: Using GitHub Search (without logging in using SSO) still allows searching (4 mins read).
Reporting on a HackerOne responsible disclosure that I found in GitHub, where you could exfiltrate data without signing in to GitHub SSO.
oapi-codegen is moving to its own org (7 mins read).
Announcing oapi-codegen's move to its own GitHub org, and a history lesson about the project.
Creating a more sustainable model for oapi-codegen in the future (9 mins read).
Announcing a request for sponsorship to continue to allow allocating more time to oapi-codegen as well as to make more ambitious changes to the project.
Lessons learned self-hosting Renovate (13 mins read).
What I've learned operating Renovate as a self-hosted app on GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and the Mend Renovate Community Edition, and some tips for getting started
Automating the syncing of files between repos with GitHub Actions (2 mins read).
Creating a GitHub Action workflow to periodically update vendored files which are out-of-sync between GitHub repos.
Querying your organisation's Renovate configuration using SQL(ite) (3 mins read).
A new tool, renovate-config-sqlite to pull Renovate configuration into an SQLite database.
Why I recommend Renovate over any other dependency update tools (10 mins read).
Explaining why Renovate is going to be my solution to keeping up-to-date with dependencies and it's not likely to change any time soon.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#renovate
#dependabot
#snyk.
What can we learn about the backdooring of xz/liblzma, using OpenSSF Security Scorecards and dependency-management-data? (6 mins read).
Looking at how the recent CVE-2024-3094 vulnerability could provide insight into other cases of risk in dependencies and their lack of code review.
by Jamie Tanna
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#dependency-management-data
#security
#open-source.
What routes is my http.ServeMux listening for? (2 mins read).
How to fairly quickly list the routes that your http.ServeMux is handling, pre- and post-Go 1.22.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#go.
Why is Go 1.22's enhanced routing not working for me? (2 mins read).
Why you may be receiving 404 page not found errors when using Go's new enhanced routing in Go 1.22.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#go.
Job titles are bullshit (6 mins read).
When is a Senior Engineer not a Senior Engineer, no standardisation across the industry, and other reasons job titles are frustrating.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#career.
You should listen to The Changelog (5 mins read).
Why you should really be adding The Changelog (and its network of podcasts) to your rotation of tech podcasts.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#podcast.
I'm on Changelog and Friends! (2 mins read).
Announcing my first podcast appearance on Changelog and Friends, talking about salary history, the IndieWeb, ADHD and dependency-management-data, among other things.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#podcast
#adhd
#salary
#indieweb
#public-speaking
#dependency-management-data.
Gotcha: Don't try and authenticate to URLs generated by GitHub Actions Artifacts v4 (3 mins read).
Why you may be receiving errors when trying to authenticate to download GitHub Actions Artifacts using the v4 Actions.
Quantifying your reliance on Open Source software (State of Open Con version) (20 mins read).
A writeup of my talk about the dependency-management-data project at the State of Open Con 2024 conference.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#dependency-management-data
#public-speaking
#state-of-open-con
#soocon24
#open-source
#free-software
#sbom.
Celebrating dependency-management-data's first birthday (6 mins read).
Reflecting on the last year of the project.
Introducing insight into your dependencies' health in dependency-management-data (2 mins read).
How you can use the new dependency health functionality to better understand your dependencies.
dependency-management-data now has a logo! (1 mins read).
Very excited to note that the project now has a logo.
Why am I getting Too many arguments with vault? (1 mins read).
Why you may be getting Too many arguments from the vault CLI, and how to fix it.
Using renovate-to-sbom with the GitHub Dependency Submission API (4 mins read).
How to improve the data in GitHub's Dependency Graph by using an SBOM produced by Renovate data.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#dependency-management-data
#renovate
#sbom
#github.
Comparing the different Merge Request / Pull Request merge methods in GitLab and GitHub (2 mins read).
How the different merge methods for contributions work between GitLab and GitHub.
How to unpublish/redact/undo/retract a Go release (3 mins read).
How to retract a release version of a Go version, without risking folks automagically upgrade to that version.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#go.
How do you represent a JSON field in Go that could be absent, null or have a value? (5 mins read).
Why it's surprisingly hard to work out a field has been sent or whether it's explicitly null, when using Go's encoding/json.
Why is set -eu not working? (2 mins read).
Why you may be finding set -u in a shell script not exiting when set -e is also present.