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Weeknotes - Week 6

Technology

  • Created documentation on performing GitLab software upgrades
  • Created PostgreSQL database, table and user creation tasks in an Ansible role
  • Configured logrotate with selinux on RHEL 7 via Ansible
  • Refactored a Django web app to move the Django REST Framework pieces into a separate application

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Weeknotes - Week 5

Technology

  • Registered the domain updog.work to use for testing a "serverless" application idea
  • Created a serverless Flask application to retrieve and report HTTP headers of URL via the Zeit now.sh platform.
  • Used a custom written application to send update packages at 4.6Gbps
    • Technologies used: Flask, Huey, Redis, PostgreSQL
  • Created backup reporting endpoints in Django

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Weeknotes - Week 4

Weeknotes - Week 3

Technology

  • Created CentOS bootable USB kickstart drive
    • Remastered ISO to contain ks=https://server/url.cfg ksdevice=link
    • Created bootable USB drives for server imaging
  • Used attrs package to organize Python data in an effecient manner
  • Researched git worktree as a method to avoid stashing modified files
  • Updated data structure in a Flask application using PeeWee ORM
  • Met with Rocket Software about using Git on z/OS
  • Book club
  • Created a book club to read The Phoenix Project

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Weeknotes - Week 2

Technology

  • Configured Netlify CMS with Post and Page options in dev
    • Further researched ability to edit _index.md files with the CMS
  • Discovered Django ORM .delete() performs as SELECT first
    • Implemented _raw_delete() on an endpoint where the SELECT is not needed
  • Deployed Huey 2 with Redis and PostgreSQL application to production
  • Trained users on PyCharm, Git and GitLab usage
  • Migrated local PC files from multiple sources onto a cloud provider

Learning

  • Researched static site CMS options and decided to use Netlify CMS
  • Researched Peewee ORM
  • Researched Ansible git module as a method to keep environments up-to-date

Podcasts

Creating a Django REST Framework Static ViewSet

Django REST Framework Static ViewSet

A need arose to create an endpoint to hold utility functions, so I created a basic static ViewSet. By doing so, I could still leverage all of the advantages of DRF's routers, while avoiding creation of a placeholder model.

The snippets below include the ViewSet creation and DRF router binding.

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