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Create a Windows 10 bootable USB on MacOS
30th June 2020
If you have Parallels use that to create a Windows 10 VM and use Windows Media Creator to create the bootable USB. I recently built a PC that I intend to use for gaming and recording content on and I want to use Windows 10 as the operating system. I only had a Macbook and needed... continue reading
USB to Serial Console from MacOS
26th June 2020
I recently had to connect to some network equipment via the console port using my trusty USB to serial adapter. This is just a quick post outlining the process on MacOS. Dude! Where's My Console? Firstly plug in your USB-to-Serial and find its location under the /dev/... continue reading
Starship Prompt Install and Configure
18th May 2020
Over the years I have customised my shell prompt to make it "cool" and "informative". Previously I have used powerline and powerlevel10k. Both were pretty nice, with powerlevel10k being the much faster of the two. I recently came across the Starship project which looks... continue reading
Growing a Beard
15th May 2020
It's 2020 and the world is coming to an end. Everyone is in lock down due to some kind of killer bat virus. I have always wanted to grow a beard and seeing every one with their awesome lock down beards has inspired me to grow one of my own. The Problem I'll be 41 this year. I was... continue reading
NodeJS Notes: Functions
13th May 2020
Functions allow you to implement repeatable block of code. Functions are first class objects. Functions are called in order to execute the code within the function. Functions have a variable scope that is local to the function itself. Standard Functions // Typescript version with... continue reading
AWS S3 Cloudfront Static Website Hosting
9th May 2020
I recently migrated my blog to AWS, since it was mostly static content I did not see much point in maintaining at VM and a tech stack just to to host static content. It was overkill. There are a lot of options for hosting a static site these days but since I am currently ... continue reading
AWS Redirect URL with Route 53 and S3
6th May 2020
I previously hosted my domains with GoDaddy. In their service it was pretty trivial to redirect a URL from one domain to another. I own the domain bradleysearle.com and I redirect it to https://codingpackets.com/about. The process to do this is not as simple with AWS so in... continue reading
AWS CLI Installation and Setup
23rd April 2020
In this post I will show you how to get the AWS CLI install and setup so that you can interact with AWS service via the CLI on your local machine. Installation At the time of writing there are two version of the AWS CLI. It is recommended to install version 2 of the... continue reading
Coding Packets the 11ty Edition
22nd April 2020
Last year I migrated codingpackets.com to a rails stack hosted on a digital ocean droplet. You can read about that here. I really love rails and was completely happy with that choice however, I am tired of managing infrastructure for what is essentially a static site. Therefore I... continue reading
2020 Goals
7th January 2020
Its 2020 a new year and a new decade. I want to start the next decade with a bang and not spend it like I spend the last decade working myself to death. My goals for this year are primarily personal. I still have career related goals but they are not my primary focus. 2019 Goals 10%... continue reading
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