CLI Shortcut for Visual Studio Code on MacOS
I really do like Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code for editing code, so much so that I can forgive it for being an electron app. However when I code in go, the way the go’s syntax validation works means […]
Programming
One Little Thing Can Break All Your Automation
I’ve been doing some work automating A10 Networks load balancers recently, and while testing I discovered a bug which broke my scripts. As hard as I try to code my scripts to cope with both […]
Hive Mind, Help Me Out with A10 AXAPI?
Dear Internet, I am writing some automation code in Go to create client-ssl templates on an A10 load balancer running AXAPI version 2. It’s going as swimmingly as it can with the v2 API, but one […]
iTerm2 Tip: Repeating Commands Using a Coprocess
iTerm2 is a great terminal for MacOS; far better than Apple’s built-in Terminal app, and it’s my #1 recommendation for Mac-based network engineers. One of the many reasons I like it is that it has […]
Task List Tracker for the Mac (DIY Version)
As a Mac user, how do you keep track of the tasks you need to complete? I find myself swamped in things that need doing and every day more things get added to my list. […]
Handling A10 PCAP Files Using Automator in MacOS
I’m not a big user of Apple’s Automator tool, but sometimes it’s very useful. For example, A10 Networks load balancers make it pretty easy for administrators to capture packets without having to remember the syntax […]