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Abort jenkins job when it gets stuck

2023.3.23 2024.1.17 54 1 min

Sometimes it’s not possible to abort some jobs through the Jenkins UI.If you ever have this issue, you can abort jenkins jobs using the script console. Go to Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Script Console, and type in this script: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jenkins.

Redirect Microsoft team channel messages to group chat

2023.3.22 2024.1.17 140 1 min

We will look at how to use power automate to redirect messages from a channel to a chat group, which is very useful when you have apps that are only designed to work with channels.

Squash commits keeping the original message

2023.3.21 2024.1.17 241 2 mins

Let’s say you added the baisc code for the story you’re working on with a simple message of “enable sso,” then you pushed it. A few moments later, you realised a typo, so you pushed a fix of this typo with another message of “fix typo” and when your peer started reviewing your PR, he/she pointed out that there were some unnecessary files that needed to be cleaned out.

Create Websever using EC2

2023.3.20 2024.1.17 168 1 min

This tutorial will have you provisioing Apache sever on EC2 in few minutes.

What is Hyperthreading

2023.3.19 2024.1.17 78 1 min

Hyperthreading allows a single CPU to perform the work of two, by tricking the host operating system into thinking it has a second CPU and using clever hardware logic to try to interleave two threads of instructions into the execution units. An improvement of 30% is possible when using multiple threads rather than just one.

How to programmatically make failed builds on Bitbucket successful

2023.3.18 2024.1.17 156 1 min

Here, we’ll use Python, and the user will provide us with the commit ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 import requests import json bitbucketServerUrl = 'yourbitbucketsever' commit = input("Enter commit id: ") token = 'your bearer authentication token' url = f"https://{bitbucketServerUrl}/rest/build-status/1.

Multiple RUN commands as opposed to a single chained RUN command

2023.3.17 2024.1.17 175 1 min

Docker images should be kept as small and efficient as possible. If there are files on the shipping image that you won’t be using, you should get rid of them throughout the build process. When you breakdown your commands into multiple RUNs, docker adds a corresponding layer to that image.

What is about PYTHONUNBUFFERED environment variable

2023.3.16 2024.1.17 87 1 min

You can view the output of your application (for example, django logs) in real time by setting PYTHONUNBUFFERED to

Quick peek at AWS License Manager

2023.3.15 2024.1.17 255 2 mins

What exactly is License Manager ? License Manager simplifies the management of software licences for both AWS and on-premises deployments from major software vendors like Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, and IBM. Using License Manager, we can identify the rules for our software and associate them with the corresponding entities and resources in our environment.

Differences in power management between Arduino and Raspberry Pi

2023.3.14 2024.1.17 93 1 min

The power requirements of the Raspberry Pi and the Arduino are different. Raspberry Pi may be powered by a micro-USB or USB Type C cable, while Arduino requires a USB Type B cable. Although Arduino can get its electricity from a computer’s USB port, the Raspberry Pi needs a dedicated power supply to run.