Hi 👋, In this blog post I will show you how to connect an Ethernet only device to Wi-Fi using an extra router and the WDS functionality. I initially wanted to install the TP Link Archer T4U WiFi adapter driver on my Ubuntu 20.04 PC but unfortunately the driver is no longer supported. Since I really needed high internet speed for my PC, I decided to connect it via an Ethernet cable and buy another TP-Link router to use in WDS mode....
Hi 👋, I have recently updated the firmware of my RODE audio interface from 1.12.x to 1.13, and the device was no longer working properly on Linux, it had trouble with the microphone. I found out that it was an audio sampling issue. dmesg -kH [feb21 16:20] usb 1-9.3: 1:1: cannot set freq 44100 to ep 0x82 [ +0,005008] usb 1-9.3: 1:1: cannot set freq 44100 to ep 0x82 [ +0,005019] usb 1-9....
Hi 👋 This is a short tutorial describing how to monitor your Kubernetes cluster container logs using Loki stack. But why? Because it is easier to view, filter your logs in Grafana and to store them persistently in Loki rather than viewing them in a terminal. Let’s get started! Assuming you already have Microk8s installed, enable the following addons: You can enable an add-on by running microk8s enable. Ex: microk8s enable dns...
Hi 👋 This is a short story on how I got my pull request merged into Apache Flink. It started with the need to set CPU and Memory limits to Flink jobs running under Kubernetes. The first thing I did was to join the user mailing list and ask around if someone has encountered the issue and if there’s a solution to it. The people from the mailing list were very friendly and they pointed me to an existing ticket on the Flink jira board, which was exactly what I needed....
Hello, 👋 In this article I will show you how to install Python versions on Linux using the following methods: compiling from source, dead snakes ppa and pyenv. To make things easier, if you want to follow along in an environment that you can break, you can create a local Kubernetes cluster using Minikube. Next, I’m going to use the following yaml file to create an Ubuntu pod: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: ubuntu labels: app: ubuntu spec: containers: - image: ubuntu command: - "sleep" - "604800" imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent name: ubuntu restartPolicy: Always Save the above yaml in a file ubuntu_pod....
Hi, 👋 I usually write about technical stuff and tutorials, but this article is more about repair and the right to repair. It’s important for companies to offer their customers the ability to repair devices that they bought. I’m not saying that they should make all parts and tools available, but they should at least try to offer some help for common repair operations, like storage change, broken screen change, battery change and so on....
Hi 👋, In this short article I will highlight how to use the BME680 Home Assistant integration with a BME680 Sensor. Please note that I’m running Home Assistant core on Raspbian OS. Raspberry Pi Setup Before connecting the sensor, you will need to enable the I2C interface on your Raspberry Pi and install some additional tools that are useful for debugging. To enable the I2C interface execute: sudo raspi-config Then go to Interfacing options->I2C and select yes....
Hi 👋 The purpose of this article is to get you started quickly with a Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi. It’s a simple walkthrough on how to install Home Assistant and configure it so it will boot with your PI. I will use my old Raspberry PI V3 board. Flashing the Raspberry PI OS You will need a microSD card of reasonable size, I’m using a 16GB one and a USB Adapter to connect it with my PC....
Hi 👋 In this short article I want to explain the use of the yield keyword in pytest fixtures. What is pytest? Pytest is a complex python framework used for writing tests. It has lots of advanced features and it supports plugins. Many projects prefer pytest in addition to Python’s unitttest library. What is a fixture? A test fixture is a piece of code that fixes some common functionality that is required for writing the unit tests....
Hi, I’m a software developer and to do my job I have to sit on the computer at least 8 hours daily. Having a decent, comfortable, and robust keyboard to do my job is a requirement. My previous keyboard was a Razer BlackWidow V3. I’ve used it as my daily driver for gaming and programming, but since I started recording videos the keyboard’s clicking sound was a problem and I had to replace it....