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Terraform Google Cloud Platform Setup
In this post I will show you how to setup Terraform to connect to your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) tenancy to manage your GCP infrastructure as code. Software The following software was used in this post. Terraform - 1.1.7 Ubuntu - 2004 gcloud - 378.0.0 Pre-Flight Check Google...continue reading
VSCode Settings Per-Language
This is just a quick post to share something that I found which is a really nice quality of life tip for VSCode. In this post, I will show you how to configure per-language settings in VSCode so that for example in Python files you can set to indent with 4 spaces and in Javascript you...continue reading
NeoVim Install and Configure
Call me crazy, but I decided to have a look at using in this the year of our lord and saviour 2022. NeoVim is a minimal fork of VIM which supports LUA as a scripting engine. In this post, I will show you how to install and configure NeoVim with some fancy plugins and a smattering of TMUX...continue reading
ExtraHop Bridge Triggers
Recently, I was working with a customer that wanted to extract the TCP SYN unanswered in/out metric captured by Extrahop for a group of web servers and send that data to Splunk so their application team could view the data in a Splunk dashboard. It was an interesting problem to solve...continue reading
Rust Notes: Closures
A closure in Rust is an anonymous function. An anonymous function is a function without a name. A closure is defined with parameters between two pipes and expressions between curly braces || By default, closures borrow a reference to the parameters that are passed into it. ...continue reading
Rust Notes: Closures
A closure in Rust is an anonymous function. An anonymous function is a function without a name. A closure is defined with parameters between two pipes and expressions between curly braces || Unlike functions, closures CAN capture variables from their enclosing scope. By...continue reading
Rust Useful Links
Prelude This post is nothing more than a collection of links to resources that I have found usefull for the Rust programming language. Documentation Coding Style Repositories continue reading
Rust Useful Links
Prelude This post is acollection of links to resources that I have found useful for the Rust programming language. Blogs Books Coding Style Documentation Repositories Video Tutorials YouTube drop(_) Learn Rust, it's fn. continue reading
Rust Useful Links
This post is a collection of links to resources that I have found useful for the Rust programming language. Blogs Books Coding Style Documentation Repositories Video Tutorials Talks drop(_) Learn Rust, it's fn. continue reading
Rust Useful Links
This post is a collection of links to resources that I have found useful for the Rust programming language. Blogs Books Coding Style Documentation Repositories Talks Video Tutorials Written Tutorials drop(_) Learn Rust, it's fn. continue reading
Rust Useful Links
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Rust Useful Links
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Rust Useful Links
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Rust Load a TOML File
Good Morro Crusty ones 😘. In todays episode of learning Rust, I will show you how to load a TOML file in Rust and additionally handle any possible errors. Software The following software was used in this post. Rust - 1.57.0 toml crate - 0.5.2 serde crate - 1.0.136 ...continue reading
Rust Notes: Enums
An enum is a type which can be ONE of a FEW different variants. // Create an instance of the enum variants with the double colon. let blah = StuffAndThings::Blah; let bleh = StuffAndThings::Bleh(42); let stuff = StuffAndThings::Stuff(String::from("Stuff"), true); let things =...continue reading
Rust Notes: Hash Maps
A HashMap is a generic collection of key/value pairs. All of the keys must have the same type, and all of the values must have the same type. HashMap Considerations A hash maps data is stored on the heap. A hash maps size is not known at compile time, they can grow or shrink at run...continue reading
Rust Notes: Vectors
A vector is a collection of items of the same type. Vector Considerations When an empty vector is created with Vec::new it is un-allocated until elements are pushed into it. A vector with elements has allocated memory and lives on the heap. A vector is represented as a pointer to the...continue reading
Rust Notes: Traits
A trait in Rust is similar to an interface in other languages. Traits define the required behaviour a type MUST implement to satisfy the trait (interface). // Structs that implement the `Greeter` trait. struct Person struct Dog } // Implement the `Greeter` trait for the...continue reading
Rust Notes: Structs
A struct in Rust is used to encapsulate data. structs can have fields, associated functions and methods. // Instantiate an immutable struct. let sat = StuffAndThings Associated Function Associated functions are tied to an instance of a struct and are usually used as...continue reading
Rust Notes: Traits
A trait in Rust is similar to an interface in other languages. Traits define the required behaviour a type MUST implement to satisfy the trait (interface). // Structs that implement the `Greeter` trait. struct Person struct Dog } // Implement the `Greeter` trait for the...continue reading