Let me start that I am not an authority on regular expressions (regex), and I am fairly new to programming in Python. I was taxed with reviewing some web server logs for a software product I support that uses Apache Tomcat. This is an example of how I tried to solve this issue of identifying
Website security is very important these days. Word of advice, don’t take security into your own hands, let professionals help you out. There are many solutions available to you out there, but lately WordFence has been my favorite (plus, I just like to read their blogs and watch their YouTube channel) Out of the box,
I use rsync to mirror my files on the Mac to an external “backup” drive. I don’t actually use rsync for backups in the true sense, just as a basic “mirror” of the existing Mac as it is at the moment. The general command is as follows: However, when I tried to make a mirror
Selenium can be fun to play with, but really best used for website testing. I needed to see if I could quickly setup and test how Selenium works, so that I can prepare some tests for the web client of the software package I work with at the office. And I was really impressed on
How often do you find a news article link somewhere that looks really interesting to read, but the article is packed full of ads and distractions you have a difficult time discerning where the news article text is located on the page? Some of these ads can take over your screen or block your view.
As of May 2020, I am using Python 3.8.2. The following article is configured with the version in mind that I am using. I believe the setup that follows works back as far as Python 3.6 (but I am unsure). See Python.org for the latest documentation. The goal of this article is not to be
I know finances are difficult for very many people, many of my friends are currently struggling just to make ends meet. I am very thankful that I currently have a job that pays me just enough to live comfortably and not feel the stresses of paying off large loans. I do make less than the
NOTE: Feb 23, 2020 – We have a certificate to sign Windows and tested. We already had the Apple DevId setup, just need to figure out how to use. This article is a recount of our experience as of today. Background I work for a company that has a desktop application written in Java that
Let me first start by saying that I am in the process of getting better acquainted with how to use React, Redux, Thunk and Firestore together to create a project that I have long thought about working on, but just never really found the framework that I wanted to use. So this is hopefully the
I enjoy building websites with WordPress as it is very quick and easy to install and modify. In order to make my development work easier, I prefer to utilize Docker containers as an even quicker and easier way to spool up a WordPress site locally and then deploy to an external hosting service when completed.
