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Managing Your Chef Gem Dependencies More Easily in your Gemfile (2 mins read).

How to source your Chef Gem dependencies from your Chef cookbook's metadata.rb instead of duplicating them between files.

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:42 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #ruby.

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Programatically Determining the Version of a Chef Cookbook (1 mins read).

How to determine a Chef cookbook's version programatically, using Ruby.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:04 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #ruby.

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How to Use Cookstyle to Autocorrect Style Issues (1 mins read).

How to use the cookstyle tool with Chef cookbooks to autocorrect style issues.

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:41 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #ruby #chefdk #chef-workstation #cookstyle.

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Ensuring Consistent Code Style with Job DSL Repos (3 mins read).

How to make sure that your Job DSL configuration repos are managed with consistent code style.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 19:05 by Jamie Tanna . #jenkins #job-dsl #spotless.

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Speeding Up Gradle Executions with Parallelisation (2 mins read).

How to make your Gradle builds faster, by taking advantage of parallelisation.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:32 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #testing #gradle.

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Testing Time with Java (4 mins read).

How to make your Java tests better when dealing with java.util.time.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:19 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #testing.

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Introducing tokens-pls, a Web Application to Test OAuth2 Code Flows (2 mins read).

Announcing my new project, tokens-pls, which allows for easier manual testing with the OAuth2 code flow for Public Clients.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:42 by Jamie Tanna . #indieauth #oauth2 #token-pls.

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Using Proof of Key Code Exchange (PKCE) Using rack-oauth2 as an OAuth2 Client (1 mins read).

How to use the PKCE extension when using the Ruby library rack-oauth2 as an OAuth2 client.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:41 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #ruby #rack #oauth2.

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Determining the (Git) Branch of the Jenkins Pipeline Job (1 mins read).

How to find out what branch the currently executing script has been checked out from.

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:01 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #jenkins #git.

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Encrypting and Decrypting Text with OpenSSL (2 mins read).

How to use openssl to encrypt text with a shared passphrase.

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:46 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #openssl #security #privacy.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Executing javax.servlet.Filters in aws-serverless-java-container Jersey Apps (2 mins read).

How to add a javax.servlet.Filter to a Jersey application, built using the AWS Serverless Container for Java.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:10 by Jamie Tanna . #java #jersey #blogumentation #aws #serverless.

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Writing Environment-Agnostic Functional Acceptance Tests (7 mins read).

How to structure your (Java) functional acceptance tests to make it easier to add environment-specific configuration.

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:03 by Jamie Tanna . #java #testing #testing #software-testing #cucumber #software-quality #quality-engineering.

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Autogenerating Postman Collections for Micropub Servers (3 mins read).

Creating Postman collections programmatically from a Micropub server's supported configuration.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:37 by Jamie Tanna . #postman #ruby #micropub #micropub-postman.

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Releasing Two Lightweight Libraries for Server-Driven Content Negotiation (2 mins read).

Introducing two new Java libraries for performing server-driven content negotiation.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:52 by Jamie Tanna . #java #media-type #content-negotiation.

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Why I Consistently Reach for Server-Driven Content Negotiation (For Versioning) (5 mins read).

Why I use server-driven content negotiation for APIs to allow for versioning and allowing different representations of APIs.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:35 by Jamie Tanna . #api #content-negotiation #rest #web #versioning #version-pinning.

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Inexactly Comparing MediaTypes with Spring (1 mins read).

How to compare Spring's MediaType by ignoring charset or parameters.

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 17:28 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #spring #java.

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Converting X.509 and PKCS#8 .pem file to a JWKS (in Ruby) (2 mins read).

Converting X.509 and PKCS#8 files to JWKS format, using the ruby-jose library.

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:58 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #pki #ruby #x509 #pkcs8 #pem #jwks.

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Generating a JSON Web Key (JWK) With Ruby (1 mins read).

How to create a new JWK with Ruby.

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:23 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #pki #ruby #pem #jwks.

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Creating a Personal IndieAuth Server (6 mins read).

Announcing the release of my personal IndieAuth server, and what I've spent my time on.

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:49 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #indieauth.jvt.me #indieauth.

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Setting up Passwordless Authentication using the Okta Factors API (3 mins read).

How to use Okta's Factors API to use push notifications to authenticate yourself.

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 16:43 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #authentication #okta #passwordless.

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How to List Gradle's Buildscript / Plugin Dependencies (1 mins read).

How to list the dependencies that are used by Gradle's plugins as part of its buildscript.

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:44 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #gradle #java.

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Filtering Tasks and their Subtasks in JIRA (1 mins read).

How to filter issues, and their subtasks, with JIRA Query Language.

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:14 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #jira.

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Globally Logging all Spring (Boot) Exceptions (3 mins read).

How to log whenever an exception triggers on an exception handler with Spring.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 22:26 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #spring #spring-boot.

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Using Git Diff Without a Repo (1 mins read).

How to use git diff when you're not in a Git repo.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:24 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #git.

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Changing the Storage of Cites on my Site (2 mins read).

Changing how I store and render context for other posts.

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:07 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #hugo.

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Providing Hints for Autoconfiguring Micropub Clients (3 mins read).

Enhancing my Micropub Server and autoconfiguring Micropub client with the support for hints.

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:20 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #micropub.

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Creating an Auto-configuring Micropub Client (2 mins read).

Announcing support for my Micropub Client configuring itself based on support in my server.

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:19 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #micropub.

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unknown revision or path not in the working tree after Jenkins Git Plugin Update (1 mins read).

How to fix git rev-parse suddenly not working after a Jenkins Git plugin update.

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 22:09 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #jenkins #git.

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Publishing + Consuming Artefacts in the Local Maven Repository with Gradle (1 mins read).

How to use Gradle to publish and consume artefacts build on your local machine.

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:51 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #gradle.

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Women in Tech October: How to Manage Your New Manager (4 mins read).

A writeup of the Women in Tech October meetup in October, where Ruth Lee spoke about How to Manage Your New Manager.

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:56 by Jamie Tanna . #wit-notts #management.

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Unit Testing Auth0 Rules (8 mins read).

How to write unit tests for your Auth0 Rules, without running it on an Auth0 tenant.

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:42 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #auth0 #unit-testing #testing #javascript #nodejs.

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Resolving Gradle Error Unexpected Parent Dependency in IntelliJ (1 mins read).

How to resolve the error Unexpected Parent Dependency when building Gradle projects in IntelliJ.

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:52 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #gradle #intellij.

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Debugging Git Errors Using Environment Variables (1 mins read).

How to use environment variables such as GIT_TRACE to debug what's going wrong / what's happening under the hood with git.

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:48 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #git.

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Celebrating Four Years at Capital One (3 mins read).

Reflecting on my time at Capital One so far.

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:53 by Jamie Tanna . #job #capital-one.

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Hacktoberfest Comes to Homebrew Website Club Nottingham (2 mins read).

Announcing Hacktoberfest-themed events at Homebrew Website Club Nottingham in late September and October.

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:46 by Jamie Tanna . #hacktoberfest #homebrew-website-club-nottingham.

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Creating Signed JOSE Objects with Ruby (1 mins read).

How to use ruby-jose to create a signed JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) object on the command-line.

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:21 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #ruby #command-line #jwt #jose.

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Why I Actively Discourage Online Tooling like jwt.io and Online JSON Validators (5 mins read).

Why you should be opting for local tooling when working with sensitive data, even Non-Production ones.

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:53 by Jamie Tanna . #security #privacy.

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Investigating Solutions for Private/Friends-Only Posts on a Static Website (6 mins read).

Discussing the options available for posts that require authentication while using a static site, using my own personal requirements.

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 22:08 by Jamie Tanna . #www.jvt.me #indieweb #indieauth #micropub #www-private.jvt.me.

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Running Multiple JDK Versions with the Maven Toolchains Plugin (1 mins read).

How to use the maven-toolchains-plugin to configure multiple JDKs on your machine.

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:52 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #maven.

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Diffing Pretty-Printed JSON Files (4 mins read).

How to compare two JSON documents by pretty-printing them.

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:56 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #json #pretty-print #command-line.

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Sorting a Hash Recursively with Ruby (1 mins read).

How to sort a Hash in Ruby recursively, when nested Array exist.

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:56 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #ruby.

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Generate Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) from XML Schema Definitions with Maven (1 mins read).

How to generate POJOs really quickly and easily, with no manual work, using the Mojohaus jaxb2-maven-plugin.

Sat, 22 Aug 2020 19:10 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #maven #java #xml.

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My First Experience With Setting a Squad Healthcheck (8 mins read).

Documenting a squad healthcheck I ran last year, and the good learnings that came out of it.

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:13 by Jamie Tanna . #squad-healthcheck #technical-leadership #leadership.

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JWKS-iCal Release v1.2.0: Determine the jwks_uri from Configuration (1 mins read).

Updating jwks-ical to add support for discovering jwks_uri endpoints automagically.

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 20:59 by Jamie Tanna . #jwks #certificates #jwks-ical #calendar.

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Globally Disable TLS Checks with Java for HttpsURLConnection (1 mins read).

How to disable TLS checks when using HttpsURLConnections in Java.

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 16:03 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #certificates.