Note: I am not the original author of this piece, I merely found it very profound and had to have it on my blog.
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Hi, Mpho is my name!
Hi, Mpho is my name!
I write about
How I increased my productivity using dotfiles
TLDR; You can set up a new system using dotfiles and an installation script in minutes. It’s not hard to create your own repository, and you’ll learn a ton along the road. This is truly more about the journey than the destination!
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How I managed to install [X]Ubuntu alongside Windows 10 on my new XPS 15
After almost 4 years of using my Dell Latitude E5540, I was due for an upgrade.
Well I must say, this laptop has served it’s purpose and I enjoyed every minute of it apart from the battery life and the failing disk which causes my system to just freeze time to time, as I digress.
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How to create a GitHub pull requests from the CLI
If like me, you create a lot of pull requests in a day and annoyed of the idea of repeatedly visiting GitHub to create a PR - do not get me wrong the website is great and all, but it can be annoying sometimes having to leave your CLI and open your browser (which has serious implications for your productivity IMHO).
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How I managed to harness Imposter Syndrome!
If you are reading this post, either you have suffered from Imposter Syndrome knowingly or unknowingly.
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My Docker container has no internet
I had an issue with my Docker containers building when I am connected to my work network, this post is mainly for my archival and future use.
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How I configured Jenkins CI server in a Docker container (2 of 2)
I haven’t had time to complete my Jenkins CI Docker container series, but lets put it all together.
In this post, I will dive down as to how I managed to automate the installation of Jenkins and SonarQube, and I will also add a demo video on how I got everything to work flawlessly.
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Better Commit Messages using Templates
As a developer, one always needs to be learning consistently in-order to improve they’re skills that is exactly what I told my colleague the other day while I was scrolling through my phone trying to clean up some space, I remember he was like, “Mpho why do you have so many apps?”
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So I gave a talk at the DevOpsDays conference the other day!
How I configured SonarQube for Python code analysis with Jenkins and Docker
As part of the series, How I configured Jenkins CI server in a Docker container - I wanted to implement some sort of continuous code quality and integrate it to my continuous testing environment and on this post I will document how I configured SonarQube for continuous inspection of code quality (I have OCD when it comes to code quality) and we will perform a test on our local Git...
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