Guide to adding GPG signature verification to Git commits. Discusses preventing impersonation since Github can't validate authorship, using Homebrew to install GPG, generating 4096-bit keys, creating verified signature example, and configuring Git to show verified commits with green checkmarks while protecting private keys.
An evaluation of BitBucket Pipelines, a continuous integration service reminiscent of Codeship. Discusses trying to replace Codeship with BitBucket Pipelines for publishing this blog, showing how to configure pipeline tasks and examining feature similarities, noting potential time savings from removing Docker image downloads in build process.
A Ruby script using Mechanize for web scraping to pull Comcast data usage information from user account. After previous scripts broke due to site updates, forked code from GitHub gist and adapted to work with current Comcast login system, demonstrating how web scrapers need ongoing maintenance as sites change.
Thoughts on adopting Git after previously using only SVN, including moving blog code to GitHub for open source sharing under GPL. Reviews O'Reilly's "Mastering Git" video series by McCullough and Berglund, which covers setup, branching, tagging, and merging while noting Git's benefits for workflow and code quality beyond just version control.