Technical Notes
Because you can't spell “S**T” without "IT"
Because Information Technology isn't easy.Lessons learned from a tech geek.
Hope you find something useful here!
This is a semi-random stash of technical notes collected over way too many years of installing, configuring, breaking, and fixing IT systems of all kinds.
Take it all with a grain of salt—tech evolves fast, and what worked yesterday might be outdated tomorrow. But hey, if it saves you a headache or two, mission accomplished!
Cloud
CloudFront and S3 Bucket CloudFormation Stack
AWS CDK and CloudFormation Stack to deploy a CloudFront distribution and an S3 Bucket
Security Risks of Cloud Computing
Private vs Public
Computer Vision
Examples of recent advancements in the field of Computer Vision.
Cost-effective S3 Buckets
A few cost-saving tips on configuring S3 bucketsI have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Tips, tricks, tools about implementing various technology solutions in the real world. Why rediscover all of these mistakes by yourself when you can learn from others!
Python
Building a Python Sidecar to Monitor Server Performance
Enhance Your Server Monitoring with a Lightweight Python Sidecar
Backup a website to S3
Clone a running website to S3 and CloudFront.
Backup Configuration Files to GitHub
Sample Python code to commit critical server configuration files to a GitHub repository
Wagtail Translated Navigation Menu
When handling multi-lingual content on your website, your navigation menu may not be displayed in …
Processing Files and Folders
A multithreaded, fast and efficient way of recursively processing a large number of files and …
Monitoring SSL Certificates
Expired SSL Certificates is still one of the leading causes of system outages, so don't …
Distributed Server Management with GitHub
Sample Python code to update files from a GitHub repository
Wagtail Multilingual Sitemap
Google-friendly sitemaps for multilingual Wagtail sites
Send a Slack Message
Sending messages to Slack with Python is easy!
