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This is my current blog where I discuss a variety of computing topics including Linux, vim, python and javascript as well as science and statistics. Many of the posts have accompanying gists, which contain code for the example discussed.
install ansible on linux
Mar 10, 2025
In this post I will cover installation of Ansible on my Linux box (Pop!_OS / Ubuntu). Ansible is a python package, so it's turns out that this addition to my DevOps tools is pretty simple to install.
command line setup and deployment of an nginx server on digitalocean
Mar 3, 2025
In this post you will find my notes on deploying an nginx server on a digitalocean droplet from the command line. I'll be using doctl, the command line tool provided by digitalocean as well as a bash script to do all of the server setup.
doctl for command line deployment of digitalocean droplet
Feb 13, 2025
In this post you will find my notes on deploying a digitalocean droplet, the name digitalocean gives to an virtual private server (VPS) instance, from the command line. I'll be using doctl, the command line tool provided by digitalocean.
docker for development and build of 11ty project
Feb 4, 2025
This post contains my notes on using docker for development and building of 11ty (eleventy) projects, like this site. A primaray motivation is the use of node from docker to avoid installation and maintainance of node on my local machine.
Install docker engine on Pop!_OS 22.04
Jan 28, 2025
This post contains my notes on installing docker engine on Pop!_OS 22.04, following the guidance for Ubuntu at the docker docs site. This will install the current, stable version.