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Update Plesk Docker Images

Posted on 31 March 2024 by dougie

Docker > Settings > Overview > Recreate, making sure that “Reset variable to default” is not checked. Finally start.

Posted in MiscTagged Howto, Linux, Plesk, Ubuntu
Ubuntu

Multipass cloud-init

Posted on 24 March 2024 by dougie

Multipass is pretty useful but what a pain this was to figure out, due to Ubuntu’s Node.js package not working with AWS-CDK. Multipass lets you manage VM in Ubuntu and…

Posted in LinuxTagged AWS, CDK, Coding, Linux, Python, Ubuntu
The Psychology of Money

The Psychology of Money

Posted on 8 March 2024 by dougie

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is a captivating exploration of financial decision-making through the lenses of history and psychology. Here are five takeaways from the book: The Psychology of…

Posted in BooksTagged Books, Investing, Psychology

Setup a Multipass CDK Environment

Posted on 25 February 2024 by dougie

I want to be able to connect to the environment using Visual Studio Code, so first we need to create a SSH key: We need a configuration YAML, replace <generated…

Posted in Linux, PythonTagged AWS, Coding, Linux, Python, Ubuntu

Rust

Posted on 1 January 2024 by dougie

Picked up a book, Programming Rust (2nd Edition) by Jim Blandy, and have been working through it over the holidays (non-stop party here). Published in late 2021, it’s surprising how…

Posted in CodingTagged Coding, Programming, Rust, Rustlang

Self-hosted Bitwarden

Posted on 5 August 2023 by dougie

Plesk Obsidian (18.0.54) with Docker extension (1.6.1-265). Vaultwarden Server (vaultwarden/server) image:

Posted in MiscTagged Bitwarden, Howto, Self-hosted

Renew SSL certificate in Plesk with IONOS

Posted on 28 May 2023 by dougieLeave a Comment on Renew SSL certificate in Plesk with IONOS

Log in to IONOS – you need three files: If you don’t have the private key, Revoke Old Certificate, then Reissue Certificate – on Firefox this is a bit weird…

Posted in WordPressTagged Howto, IONOS, Plesk, Server, Snippet, SSL

The Horn

Posted on 3 April 2023 by dougie

Overlooks M8 and periodically “speaks” although I’ve never made out what it says. Sculpted by Dalziel and Scullion and commissioned by West Lothian Council.

Posted in SightsTagged Photo, Polkemmet, The Horn, West Lothian
Scottish Tech Army

Tech for Good – Volunteers Assemble

Posted on 26 June 2022 by dougie

The message at this year’s Tech for Good Summit was that as a society we face significant challenges, only by working together can we have an impact on those challenges….

Posted in VolunteerTagged Agile, JIRA, React, Scotland, Scrum, STA, Tech Army, Volunteer
Development

Rainbows, decorators arguments & threads

Posted on 13 June 2022 by dougie

Playing with Rainbow Hat I learned a few things about Python as a result I found out what a decorator is, the difference between args and kwargs and threads. I…

Posted in CodingTagged Coding, Python
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