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I use Parallels on macOS to spin virtual machines for learning purposes. Lately, I've been interested in FreeBSD, so I wanted to create a slimmed-down version of the FreeBSD Kernel for my VM. And that is the topic of this post, how to create a custom...
Read More...I use Middleman as my Static Site Generator, I have two "blogs" in my site:
blog - contains more lengthy and detailed articles.til - contains short entries that I use as a reference, and not necessarily a full well-researched article.When I created...
Read More...There are many fields in Computer Science, and tech in general, where you'll want a lab with multiple VMs, containers, or even physical devices running various services. When learning networks, it's useful to have a local lab. Another example is when...
Read More...If you want to get into mobile security or reverse engineering, you'll get to a point when you would like to have access to an ARM processor. There are many devices you could use, but one very cheap (in price not in quality) is the Raspberry pi. You...
Read More...Having a virtual machine running macOS opens up a lot of opportunities for learning. If you are into security, you can set up a VM for your security lab. Or if you want to learn networking or kernel debugging, it is also helpful to use a VM. The other...
Read More...We can install Fastlane as a Homebrew cask or as a gem. I'll go the gem route.
add a Gemfile on your project:
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source "https://rubygems.org"
gem "fastlane"
We are going to use bundler. If you are familiar with Ruby development, you...
Sometimes we only want to do the simplest of tasks of build and upload to TestFlight without having to spend much time doing lots of configuration. Maybe we are only testing a minimum viable product (MVP) and want to make it accessible to beta users...
Read More...Accessing remote servers using passwords has been discouraged for a long time, and it is suggested to use SSH public keys as the authentication method. I've noticed that for some users, the setup and maintenance of their keys becomes a problem, so...
Read More...We can use an automation tool like Ansible to configure servers, set up CI/CD pipelines, and many more DevOpsy tasks.
This same tool can be used to maintain the setup of our day to day environment (as suggested by my friend Gerardo Santoveña) or automate...
Read More...A folder structure makes it easy to navigate and understand any project. On Xcode, we can build the project structure using groups. The problem with this is that it doesn't reflect on the filesystem. What this means is that if we are looking at the...
Read More...I have always been fascinated by other professions that have physical workshops, imagine a room full of neat rows of tools, with everything at hand, just having everything on its own places makes you want to create and build new things with your tools...
Read More...One of the most useful Unix commands, and mostly underutilized, is find. To get the most out of it there are two key features that we need to explore and understand.