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Crafting a PowerShell Script for Azure Resource Utilization: A Collaborative Coding Journey
The project involved creating a PowerShell script to analyze Azure resource utilization, focusing on CPU usage for VMs. Initially simple, it evolved into a flexible tool supporting multiple resource types, error logging, and compatibility with PowerShell 5.1. Collaborative coding emphasized… Continue reading
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Get-AzureResourceReport – A Powershell Script to Query Azure Resource Utilization
Synopsis Generates a report on Azure resource utilization or idle time for specified Resource Groups with error logging. Description This script retrieves metrics (CPU, network) from Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines, App Services, or SQL Databases,allowing users to filter by… Continue reading
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Fixing a Broken Joplin Installation After an Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 LTS Upgrade
Joplin is a versatile, open-source note-taking and to-do application that stands out among its peers for its commitment to privacy, security, and user control. Unlike proprietary alternatives like Notion and Evernote, Joplin ensures that your data remains your own, storing… Continue reading
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Understanding File Management in Python on Linux with lsof and watch
Using ‘lsof’ and ‘watch’ to monitor open files in your scripts and programs. Continue reading
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‘hi’ shows its colors
Information about the latest features of the ‘hi’ Host Information tool, including logging, state tracking, and color customization. Continue reading
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Hot-Tip: Use a Markdown Viewer For Fast Feedback on Your Markdown File Updates
If you ever need to do some quick iteration on a Markdown file, want rapid feedback, instead of (for example) having to wait until you do a ‘git push’ to GitHub in order to see the result, there is another… Continue reading
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Introducing ‘hi’ – the Host Information tool
Are you a fan of the Linux command-line? I know I am. Some folks love it. Some folks would rather a GUI interface of some kind. There are many reasons why some developers or *nix admins love the command line.… Continue reading
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Leading by Example: Transforming Team Culture Through Effective Communication
The Tale of Two Teams: Crimson Phoenix vs. Indigo Titans Many years ago, I worked at a software company whose name I won’t mention. The struggles we faced were no different than those of many other software companies of similar… Continue reading
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From the Roots of DOS to the Power of Linux: My Computing Odyssey
A long time ago… I was in grade seven. I was about twelve years old at the time. I got my very own first computer. It was an old, bulky, heavy system, an IBM PC XT with a large bulky… Continue reading
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Leadership vs Dictatorship: A DevOps Perspective
Greetings, esteemed readers of The DevOps Joint. Today, we’re diving deep into a topic that’s not just crucial for DevOps, Agile, and Cloud environments, but for any organizational structure—Leadership vs Dictatorship. This is a subject that has profound implications for… Continue reading
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