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"https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/10/10/continuous-integration-for-puppet-modules/", "published_at": "2014-10-10T15:34:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a20-73df-805e-ce9234038fe7", "title": "Fixing dropbox “conflicted copy” problems", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/09/30/fixing-dropbox-conflicted-copy-problems/", "published_at": "2014-09-30T01:05:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a20-73df-805e-ce92347f2c4b", "title": "Introducing: Oh My Vagrant!", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/09/03/introducing-oh-my-vagrant/", "published_at": "2014-09-03T23:19:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a20-73df-805e-ce9234f6acd3", "title": "Rough data density calculations", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/08/27/rough-data-density-calculations/", "published_at": "2014-08-27T05:52:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca5094ba36", "title": "Hybrid management of FreeIPA types with Puppet", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/07/24/hybrid-management-of-freeipa-types-with-puppet/", "published_at": "2014-07-24T00:41:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca5129eedd", "title": "One minute hacks: the nautilus scripts folder", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/06/26/one-minute-hacks-the-nautilus-scripts-folder/", "published_at": "2014-06-26T00:01:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca516ae30f", "title": "Securely managing secrets for FreeIPA with Puppet", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/06/06/securely-managing-secrets-for-freeipa-with-puppet/", "published_at": "2014-06-06T06:12:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca516d71ca", "title": "Hiera data in modules and OS independent puppet", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/06/04/hiera-data-in-modules-and-os-independent-puppet/", "published_at": "2014-06-04T03:47:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca5200cb97", "title": "Restarting GNOME shell via SSH", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/05/29/restarting-gnome-shell-via-ssh/", "published_at": "2014-05-29T02:18:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca5278be5c", "title": "Vagrant on Fedora with libvirt (reprise)", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/05/13/vagrant-on-fedora-with-libvirt-reprise/", "published_at": "2014-05-13T18:58:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca532120da", "title": "Keeping git submodules in sync with your branches", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/05/06/keeping-git-submodules-in-sync-with-your-branches/", "published_at": "2014-05-06T19:34:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca5356e926", "title": "Working at RedHat", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/04/02/working-at-redhat/", "published_at": "2014-04-02T14:27:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca53b89521", "title": "Puppet-Gluster now available as RPM", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/03/27/puppet-gluster-now-available-as-rpm/", "published_at": "2014-03-27T20:32:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca54813781", "title": "Introducing Puppet Exec['again']", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/03/24/introducing-puppet-execagain/", "published_at": "2014-03-24T18:37:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca54ef1cc2", "title": "Preserving your working directory in gnome-terminal", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/03/20/preserving-your-working-directory-in-gnome-terminal/", "published_at": "2014-03-20T18:01:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca5545d7ab", "title": "Speaking at SCALE today!", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/02/21/speaking-at-scale-today/", "published_at": "2014-02-21T13:54:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca55717a1d", "title": "Building a snow shelter", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/02/17/building-a-snow-shelter/", "published_at": "2014-02-17T18:23:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca564e168d", "title": "Scathing review of the Lenovo X240", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/02/02/scathing-review-of-the-lenovo-x240/", "published_at": "2014-02-02T15:15:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca568830b3", "title": "Show the exit status in your $PS1", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/01/29/show-the-exit-status-in-your-ps1/", "published_at": "2014-01-29T19:43:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca5716d604", "title": "Screencasts of Puppet-Gluster + Vagrant", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/01/27/screencasts-of-puppet-gluster-vagrant/", "published_at": "2014-01-27T16:13:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087cb-9a21-7176-adc8-7cca580f7736", "title": "Building base images for Vagrant with a Makefile", "url": "https://purpleidea.com/blog/2014/01/20/building-base-images-for-vagrant-with-a-makefile/", "published_at": "2014-01-20T11:46:31+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

My perspectives on AI/LLMs original ↗

24 Jun 2026

The switch as an ordinary GNU/Linux server original ↗

9 Apr 2026

2025

10 years of mgmt original ↗

25 Sept 2025

Better git status original ↗

5 Aug 2025

Running etcd over SSH original ↗

14 May 2025

Working around an iPXE issue original ↗

24 Jan 2025

2024

Modules and imports in mgmt original ↗

3 Dec 2024

Mgmt Configuration Language: Functions original ↗

22 Nov 2024

Better dmesg in five minutes original ↗

17 Nov 2024

A new provisioning tool built with mgmt original ↗

27 Mar 2024

Bash $PATH filtering original ↗

3 Mar 2024

Upcoming Speaking and Events original ↗

31 Jan 2024

Git branch filtering original ↗

28 Jan 2024

2023

Five minute hacks: Swapping left and right headphone audio in wireplumber original ↗

22 Nov 2023

One minute hacks: Saving time inserting images in Libreoffice original ↗

2 Aug 2023

UEFI booting, and with a new kernel module original ↗

24 Jul 2023

Improving git diff output in 5 min original ↗

1 Jun 2023

Blocked select logging (deadlock finding) in golang original ↗

26 May 2023

Deadline context test cancellation in golang original ↗

25 Feb 2023

2021

Magic typing with shortcuts on Linux original ↗

16 Jun 2021

USB Audio on a Boombox original ↗

11 Jan 2021

2020

Working at Amazon original ↗

28 Dec 2020

James is available for hire!original ↗

10 Sept 2020

Inexpensive Dynamic DNS over IRC original ↗

1 Sept 2020

USB Car Audio in a Civic original ↗

24 Aug 2020

2019

Mgmt Configuration Language: Class and Include original ↗

26 Jul 2019

Upcoming Speaking and Events original ↗

2 Feb 2019

2018

A guide to fighting with a Cisco access point original ↗

21 Dec 2018

The End of a Red Giant original ↗

30 Oct 2018

Hyperlinks in GNOME terminal original ↗

30 Jun 2018

Breaking out of the Slack walled garden original ↗

22 Jun 2018

A new sync primitive in golang original ↗

20 May 2018

Leaving Red Hat original ↗

4 Apr 2018

Running `make` from anywhere original ↗

10 Mar 2018

Mgmt Configuration Language original ↗

5 Feb 2018

2017

Hello World!original ↗

13 Nov 2017

Copyleft is Dead. Long live Copyleft!original ↗

17 Oct 2017

Extracting movies from libreoffice original ↗

12 Jul 2017

Declarative vs. Imperative paradigms original ↗

5 May 2017

Osmocom femtocell un-boxing original ↗

30 Apr 2017

Metaparameters in mgmt original ↗

1 Mar 2017

Faster golang builds original ↗

26 Feb 2017

Ten minute hacks: Process pause & resume original ↗

6 Jan 2017

2016

Send/Recv in mgmt original ↗

7 Dec 2016

A revisionist history of configuration management original ↗

30 Nov 2016

Remote execution in mgmt original ↗

7 Oct 2016

mgmt has a logo original ↗

30 Sept 2016

Live dmesg following original ↗

29 Aug 2016

Seen in downtown Montreal...original ↗

3 Aug 2016

Ten minute hacks: Hacking airplane headphones original ↗

18 Jul 2016

Automatic clustering in mgmt original ↗

20 Jun 2016

Upcoming speaking In Hong Kong and South Africa original ↗

20 Jun 2016

One hour hacks: Remote LUKS over SSH original ↗

25 Apr 2016

Automatic grouping in mgmt original ↗

30 Mar 2016

Automatic edges in mgmt original ↗

14 Mar 2016

Introducing: git tpush original ↗

16 Feb 2016

Debugging golang programs original ↗

15 Feb 2016

Next generation configuration mgmt original ↗

18 Jan 2016

Upcoming speaking original ↗

18 Jan 2016

2015

Trying out Ceph with Oh-My-Vagrant original ↗

28 Dec 2015

Matching arbitrary URL's to custom Firefox profiles original ↗

14 Nov 2015

Thanking Oh-My-Vagrant contributors for version 1.0.0 original ↗

18 Aug 2015

Vagrant and Oh-My-Vagrant on RHEL7 original ↗

11 Aug 2015

Making an empty RPM original ↗

11 Aug 2015

Golang parallelism issues causing “too many open files” error original ↗

27 Jul 2015

Git archive with submodules and tar magic original ↗

23 Jul 2015

Oh-My-Vagrant “Mainstream” mode and COPR RPM's original ↗

8 Jul 2015

A super privileged Puppet container original ↗

12 Jun 2015

Kubernetes clusters with Oh-My-Vagrant original ↗

2 May 2015

Docker containers in Oh-My-Vagrant original ↗

20 Apr 2015

Sharing dev environments with Oh-My-Vagrant original ↗

8 Apr 2015

Fancy git aliases and git cherryfetch original ↗

16 Mar 2015

Building RHEL Vagrant Boxes with Vagrant-Builder original ↗

23 Feb 2015

Introducing: Silent counter original ↗

9 Feb 2015

2014

Replying to mailing lists with Evolution original ↗

27 Nov 2014

Captive web portals are considered harmful original ↗

27 Nov 2014

The switch as an ordinary GNU/Linux server original ↗

4 Nov 2014

Testing Evolution's git master and GNOME continuous original ↗

22 Oct 2014

Hacking out an Openshift app original ↗

18 Oct 2014

Continuous integration for Puppet modules original ↗

10 Oct 2014

Fixing dropbox “conflicted copy” problems original ↗

30 Sept 2014

Introducing: Oh My Vagrant!original ↗

3 Sept 2014

Rough data density calculations original ↗

27 Aug 2014

Hybrid management of FreeIPA types with Puppet original ↗

24 Jul 2014

One minute hacks: the nautilus scripts folder original ↗

26 Jun 2014

Securely managing secrets for FreeIPA with Puppet original ↗

6 Jun 2014

Hiera data in modules and OS independent puppet original ↗

4 Jun 2014

Restarting GNOME shell via SSH original ↗

29 May 2014

Vagrant on Fedora with libvirt (reprise)original ↗

13 May 2014

Keeping git submodules in sync with your branches original ↗

6 May 2014

Working at RedHat original ↗

2 Apr 2014

Puppet-Gluster now available as RPM original ↗

27 Mar 2014

Introducing Puppet Exec['again']original ↗

24 Mar 2014

Preserving your working directory in gnome-terminal original ↗

20 Mar 2014

Speaking at SCALE today!original ↗

21 Feb 2014

Building a snow shelter original ↗

17 Feb 2014

Scathing review of the Lenovo X240 original ↗

2 Feb 2014

Show the exit status in your $PS1 original ↗

29 Jan 2014

Screencasts of Puppet-Gluster + Vagrant original ↗

27 Jan 2014

Building base images for Vagrant with a Makefile original ↗

20 Jan 2014