Python

Exploring Django: A Powerful Framework for Building APIs

Introduction Django is a high-level Python web framework designed to help developers build web applications quickly and efficiently. One of Django’s standout features is its ability to facilitate the creation of robust APIs, making it a popular choice for back-end development. So easy that even I can use it! What is Django? Django is an …

Getting the VS Code Docker Integration to Work

You’re probably encountering an issue where VS Code asked you to install the Docker integration, and once you install it, you’re getting the following error: The simple fix is to add your user you’re trying to remote view the containers with, to a new group called docker. To do this, you can run the following: …

Access your Local Ubuntu Server on your LAN Domain

The problem we’re trying to fix today sounds like a simple one, but requires a package to accomplish. Say you have an Ubuntu Linux server you just set up with a hostname of Ubuntu. Assuming your LAN domain is .local, you’d like to access services on this domain by going to to https://ubuntu.local. If you’re …

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WordPress and Redis Integration

Redis is the world’s fastest in-memory database. It provides cloud and on-prem solutions for caching, vector search, and NoSQL databases that seamlessly fit into any tech stack—making it simple for digital customers to build, scale, and deploy the fast apps our world runs on. About – Redis If you’ve seen this alert on your WordPress …

Python Updating DNS records in CloudFlare

Updating CloudFlare API with your latest Home IP

[DEPRECATED] Go to this article instead https://ades-blog.tiempo.llc/updating-cloudflare-with-your-home-ip-using-python/ There are multiple scenarios where you would like to have a domain name pointing to your home IP address. One method is to use a service like DuckDNS but there are several Dynamic DNS services you could use. Most Dynamic DNS services only allow you to update the …

Plot Contour Extracted using SciKit Image

SciKit-Image Installation for GNU/Linux Ubuntu

The purpose of this article is to get you started with a SciKit image processing tool by showing you how easy it is to install it. If you didn’t already know, “SciKits (short for SciPy Toolkits), are add-on packages for SciPy”. Each is a powerful scientific Python tool that can be installed with the Python …

UFW Firewall on Ubuntu

Setting up a Firewall (ufw) on a Ubuntu / Raspbian

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want a hooded cyberpunk hacker hacking into my Linux boxes. Luckily, there’s at least one layer we can add to make that much less likely happen. Per a pretty good description and more advanced details surrounding the tool, UFW provides a much more user-friendly framework for managing …

Booting a Raspberry Pi from USB 3.0 Port Plugged in Device (e.g. SSD, HDD, FlashDrive)

Booting your Raspberry Pi from the SD Card can be slow and SD Card’s aren’t the most long lasting forms of media for physical data retention. Neither are NVME SSD’s but their write speeds are really good. To set up your Raspberry Pi to boot from USB, the details can be summarized as: Prerequisites Assuming …