Here are some tools that I really like using when I’m working from the command line: Fish shell The fish shell is an awesome shell with loads of autocomplete and helper tools: https://fishshell.com/ Mosh Mosh is an SSH replacement that has a much lower latency implementation: https://mosh.org/ Restic As the tagline says, backups done right! […]
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Responding to: https://jlelse.blog/posts/why-no-blog/ So why do I blog? Because it’s fun! ?
Reading Jlelse’s blog here (https://jlelse.blog/dev/telegram-go/) I realised there is another alternative to using an automation tool like IFTTT or Microsoft Power Automate, is to use a messaging app like Discord or Telegram. Previous post on the same topic:https://jaytuckey.name/2020/04/21/making-a-simple-phone-notification-tool-using-ifttt-available-on-a-free-account/ Creating the Discord Notification Webhook To make a personal notifier using discord you will need to make […]
I previously made a guide on how to create a notifier using Microsoft Power Automate: https://jaytuckey.name/2020/04/21/making-a-simple-phone-notification-tool-using-microsoft-power-automate-previously-microsoft-flow/ However, the Request trigger used in that flow is only available on a premium account so many people won’t be able to use it without a work account. For those people, here’s how to make the same thing using […]
Note – The “Request” trigger used in this post is only available on a Premium Power Automate account. If you want this for personal use, I suggest you look at using IFTTT instead, see my guide here: https://jaytuckey.name/2020/04/21/making-a-simple-phone-notification-tool-using-ifttt-available-on-a-free-account/ Many of us have access through our work to Microsoft Power Automate, previously called Microsoft Flow. With […]
Trying to SSH to a Cisco switch from Ubuntu 20.04 you may get this error. I’ve noticed the same thing from Redhat RHEL 8: This error is because Ubuntu 20.04 has disabled the SHA1-based key exchange methods after some attacks have been found on SHA1. To work around this issue for Cisco switches you can […]
I have been trying to find a way to create a regular backup of my Cisco switch’s running-config, so I can store it in my normal backups. However, after searching online I was able to find some tools that were almost there, but nothing that was quite as flexible as I needed, so I wrote […]
WARNING: I’ve received a comment that new plugs from bunnings are incompatible. Tuya has updated the firmware. Buy a different unit. – Thanks deadpan_pedanthttps://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert/issues/746Comment is on this article but I would assume it applies to all these models: https://jaytuckey.name/2020/03/27/how-to-flash-tasmota-using-tuya-convert-onto-a-arlec-smart-plug-pc190ha-from-bunnings/ Here are my notes from the process of flashing this smart powerboard using Tuya-Convert – https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert […]
WARNING: I’ve received a comment that new plugs from bunnings are incompatible. Tuya has updated the firmware. Buy a different unit. – Thanks deadpan_pedanthttps://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert/issues/746Comment is on this article but I would assume it applies to all these models: https://jaytuckey.name/2020/03/27/how-to-flash-tasmota-using-tuya-convert-onto-a-arlec-smart-plug-pc190ha-from-bunnings/ Here are my notes from the process of flashing this smart plug using Tuya-Convert – https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert […]
I have recently helped my local football club – https://litchfieldfc.com.au – to move their email over from Office365 to Zoho email services – https://www.zoho.com/mail/. Overall it was a great experience, and I would recommend Zoho to other clubs and similar small organisations looking for email services. Here are a few things that I found nice […]