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Published in Towards Dev·1 day agoWhich emojis are available in Buildkite to use in pipelines and logs?In Buildkite, which is a platform for running fast, secure, and scalable continuous integration pipelines on your own infrastructure, there is support for emojis in pipelines and logs. This may seem trivial, but it’s anything but. Emojis are more than just a trend; they’re actually incredibly useful visual indicators and…Software Development3 min read
Published in Towards Dev·Jun 23Did you know there is a kubectl get all command?kubectl is an awesome Kubernetes command line tool that you may be familiar with if you’re reading this. You can use it to deploy applications, look at and edit cluster resources, and more. I always enjoy reading documentation and blog posts of kubectl and learning more about the nice conveniences…Kubernetes2 min read
Published in Towards Dev·Jun 8How to check the type of something in PythonIn Python, you may want to check for the type of a variable or object. The result could definitely be of use for your coding, but is there such a thing in Python that’s simple and quick? Luckily, there is! The cool thing is that there’s a means of doing…Python2 min read
Published in Towards Dev·Jun 2How to get Pytest to print standard output to the consoleIf you’re writing tests with pytest, then you may be interested in writing out standard output to the console. You’ll find that just doing print("test"), for instance, won’t print test to the console by default. Don’t fret, though — nothing is wrong. That’s just how pytest works. Any output sent…Python2 min read
Published in Towards Dev·Apr 30How do you convert (or cast) a string to an integer in Python?If you’re here, you know what you want to do. You’re working with Python, and you have a string that represents some number, and you want to convert (or cast) it into an actual integer. So you could have something like "8" in that case. We don’t really have to…Python2 min read
Published in Dev Genius·Mar 15What is the level 4 layer in the OSI Model of networking infrastructure?Let’s talk the OSI Model, or the Open Systems Interconnect Model. Cloudflare describes the OSI Model pretty well: “The open systems interconnection (OSI) model is a conceptual model created by the International Organization for Standardization which enables diverse communication systems to communicate using standard protocols. In plain English, the OSI…Programming4 min read
Published in Dev Genius·Mar 14How to tell if a Java hash map has a specific key in it with the containsKey() methodIn Java, the HashMap class that is part of the java.util package is incredibly useful. It’s Java’s map interface that allows you to store data in key value pairs that can then be accessed by an index. Among other advantages, you get to access data very quickly due to the…Programming4 min read
Published in Towards Dev·Mar 10What does set -u mean in a Bash script?If you’ve seen Bash scripts before, you might have come across set -u. It could look a little something like this: #!/bin/bash set -u city="Augusta" state="Georgia" echo "I live in $city, $state." What does that even mean? Well, first of all, let’s go over set. set is a command that…Programming2 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Mar 4What is the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam?The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) program was created in collaboration by the CNCF, or the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and the Linux Foundation in an effort to help develop the Kubernetes ecosystem. CNCF further describes the lay of the land on their site: As one of the highest velocity open…Kubernetes3 min read