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One to read: Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine – Articles

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One to read: “Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine – Articles”

OMG this is amazing! It uses terminology that a coder or, for that matter, anyone who understands IT terminology will understand. It describes the headers for the RNA sequence as starting with [~]”the equivalent of the #! in shell scripts”

At the end of the post is a couple of links to other content I’m considering reviewing later… “DNA for programmers” and the “two hour [(!)] presentation on DNA […] aimed at computer people”. Maybe once I get some time to spare I’ll take a proper look at these.

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One to read: Ansible for Networking – Part 3: Cisco IOS

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One to read: “Ansible for Networking – Part 3: Cisco IOS”

One of the guest hosts and stalwart member of the Admin Admin Telegram group has been documenting how he has built his Ansible Networking lab.

Stuart has done three posts so far, but this is the first one actually dealing with the technology. It’s a mammoth read, so I’d recommend doing it on a computer, and not on a tablet or phone!

Posts one and two were about what the series would cover and how the lab has been constructed.

Featured image is “the home automation system designed by loren amelang himself” by “Nicolás Boullosa” on Flickr and is released under a CC-BY license.

One to read: Stop exposing port 22 to the world. It’s time to rework your remote access methods

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One to read: “Stop exposing port 22 to the world. It’s time to rework your remote access methods – toolr.io”

As found on Cloud burst… causing a flood of snippets by my colleague, this post details how to set up AWS SSM to replace your bastion host in AWS with authentication tied to your AWS account. Looks impressive, and means you can have an entirely SSH-ingress-free environment! Win!

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One to read: “A guide to understand the importance of [ #git ] commit messages and how to write them well”

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One to read: “RomuloOliveira/commit-messages-guide: A guide to understand the importance of commit messages and how to write them well”

I’ve talked a lot recently with colleagues and peers about writing git commit messages (particularly in the wake of Hacktoberfest, but also following this recent post: One to read: “My favourite Git commit”), but this is a useful document that lists the standards to follow, no matter where your commits are going!

I try to follow these guides (heading no more than 50 characters, body containing the changes that occurred and why) but I don’t always succeed. But, it’s a goal to aim for!

One to read: “8 Questions to Ask Someone Other Than “What Do You Do?””

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One to read: “8 Questions to Ask Someone Other Than “What Do You Do?””

I read an article like this a few months ago, and it really resonated with me. Sometimes I forget to ask, but on the whole, this is a good thing to do – everyone hates the “where do I rate against you” question, and these are great questions to break the ice which don’t involve that question!

One to read: Setting up a mail server with OpenSMTPD, Dovecot and Rspamd

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One to read: “Setting up a mail server with OpenSMTPD, Dovecot and Rspamd – poolp.org”

This is a particularly extensive and well written article. If you’re thinking of running your own email service, this is the comprehensive guide to it for OpenSMTPD and Dovecot. Great work!

One to read: “My favourite Git commit”

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One to read: “My favourite Git commit | fatbusinessman.com”

Oh wow. If ever you were looking for a reason to write expressive Git commits – this is the one to go for! Found via Jamie Tanner’s blog at https://www.jvt.me and well worth a 2 minute read!

One to read: “Jeffrey Paul: Stupid Unix Tricks”

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One to read: “Jeffrey Paul: Stupid Unix Tricks”

Here is some *great* ideas to improve your bash experiences and some tweaks to SSH configs.

One to read: “Prometheus: Embracing the Exporter Life – YetiOps”

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One to read: “Prometheus: Embracing the Exporter Life – YetiOps”

I’ve been looking at mapping out my network for a while, to try to understand where latency and instability was coming from. This post encourages me to take another look at the issue from, perhaps, another angle. Thanks for the info Stuart!

One to read: More productive Git

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One to read: “More productive Git”

If you’re often doing “git” things, and you’ve mastered the git add README.md ; git commit -m 'Added readme' ; git push origin cycle, then these steps might help you.