Long story short:
This way, the next time I encounter the same issue, I’ll be able to find the solution easier by googling.
This category contains assorted tips, tricks and solutions regarding all the different workarounds and solutions related to technology pretty much in general.
Time to write about Home Assistant for a change! I’ve been using the home automation platform for a couple of years now and while it’s immensely powerful, you also run into all kinds of issues. I could rant in length about one weather station or how difficult it is to…Continue reading How to pick the cheapest hours of electricity using Home Assistant?
This article explains how to install Windows Update whenever your Windows Update service is broken. Which seems to occasionally happen. And while you can run a ton of scripts to fix it (and a lot of guides online just tell you to click “Check for updates” manually, which is kind…Continue reading How to manually install Windows updates?
This article explains how to easily(?) restore the description (or any other field) of a Trello card. This might come in handy, and the UI for this isn’t exactly obvious (read: it’s nonexistent). Background If you’re like me, you’re a heavy (if a bit reluctant) Trello user. Using it all…Continue reading How to restore an old version of a Trello card?
In this article, I’ll share a simple script for a simple use case: removing blobs from a virtual directory structure in a container in an Azure blob storage account. This should be useful for a case like ours; removing certain directories and subdirectories but not the whole container. But let’s…Continue reading How to selectively remove items from an Azure blob storage container?
Anyone still remember Log4Shell? The incredibly easy-to-exploit, zero-day vulnerability in Log4j, a popular Java logging framework, that made arbitrary code execution extremely simple and straightforward. The vulnerability had existed unnoticed since 2013 and was simply a side effect of a nifty new feature implemented way back when. But that’s enough…Continue reading How to update application settings for (all of your) App Services and Azure Functions on Azure using az cli?
Azure offers this great offering that is in my mind underutilized still – managed certificates that they’ll renew for you. While the offering is called Azure App Service Certificates, they are not only limited to being used in App Services. Their biggest strengths lie in their ease of use, automation,…Continue reading How to export an App Service Certificate from Azure?
Alright, so let’s make this a quick one. I’ve had to google this multiple times, since I have to do this a couple of times per year, which is NOT often enough for me to remember it by heart, or even for my Terminal to remember the commands properly. So,…Continue reading How to export a certificate and a private key from a .pfx using OpenSSL?
This article explains our solution to a very particular use case. We needed to go through .csproj files, find certain dependencies from them, and then figure out their versions. And all of this needed to happen in an Azure DevOps pipeline. But when would this be helpful? Well, hear me…Continue reading How to find out dependency versions in your .csproj files using PowerShell?
In this particular article, I’ll explain how to fix an issue where Microsoft Word (part of what used to be called “Microsoft Office”, but that’s now called “Microsoft 365”) decides to remove your name and everyone you tagged from any comments or conversations you might’ve had on the article. That’s…Continue reading How to “fix” Word removing tagged users from comments?
Since I ran into this annoying little issue again, I thought it might be a good time to document it for the next person who needs to google it on their phone, after frantically clicking every single button they have on their mouse, only to realize their computer really doesn’t…Continue reading How to fix Windows not recognizing your mouse clicks?
