Running a Selenium Grid cheaply with Fargate Spot containers in AWS ECS
Here I will go over a Terraform script to help with running a cheap Selenium Grid, in an AWS ECS cluster, with the containers managed by Fargate Spot instanc...
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Securely wipe an SSD with its built in commands
Modern SSDs now come with built in commands that can wipe a disk for you. This is an action that should normally be performed when you’re about to give/sell...
Custom TLS certificate validation for Android applications
How to properly validate TLS certificates from Android applications - without bypassing or compromising validation.
Getting NextDNS and NordVPN to work together on Android
Documenting the steps I took to get NextDNS, NordVPN and restricted WiFi networks to work together.
Using Gradle to PGP sign and checksum files
When creating software for distribution to end users, it’s a good idea to enable checking its integrity and trustworthiness.
My OpenStreetMap workflow: mapping the village of Marmari, Evia
Although I’m not a prolific or advanced editor, I do enjoy contributing to OpenStreetMap. I’ll generally perform edits when I notice new changes in my area o...
Don’t install npm packages globally
Many node packages and tools will encourage you to install their tools globally. This is a bad practice and should be avoided.
Raspberry Pi: Waveshare e-paper dashboard
Instructions on setting up a Raspberry Pi Zero WH with a Waveshare ePaper 7.5 Inch HAT. The screen will display:
Issuing multiple requests with curl
curl is normally used to issue a single request against a URL. Sometimes you need to issue multiple requests against a URL, or quickly stress test a server ...