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30 April 2019

ssh tricks and tips

I use SSH constantly. Every day I find myself logged in to multiple servers and Pis (both in the same room as me and over the internet). I have many devices I need access to, and different requirements for gaining access, so as well as using various SSH/SCP command options I have to maintain a […]

23 April 2019

logzero

I’m not sure whether logzero took its name to fit in with the series of “zero boilerplate” libraries like pygame-zero, GPIO Zero and guizero, but it’s certainly in that category. It’s a Python library that makes logging straightforward. It makes logging as easy as a print statement, which is a big win for education, as […]

Tags: logging, python
16 April 2019

ranger

I was recently introduced to ranger by Dave Jones. It’s an incredibly handy terminal based file navigator that’s written in Python and is available in Debian, Raspbian and Ubuntu. Ranger allows you to navigate your filesystem using the arrow keys on your keyboard: up/down to select files in the current directory (middle pane); left/right to […]

12 April 2019

Tooling Tuesday

I’ve decided to take a leaf out of Les‘s book and post about a new tool every Tuesday! From now on I’ll be sharing short weekly posts introducing a tool I’ve enjoyed using – mostly software stuff usually related to open source, Python, Linux, Raspberry Pi and so on. I’ve set up a new blog […]

Tags: tooling