About using the correct SSH identity

A note about SSH identities.

December 15, 2023 · 2 min · 348 words · Chris Pratl

Create a UUID in Ansible

Today I learned how to generate a UUID in Ansible. I would like to write that down so that I can look that up again next time I need it.

November 7, 2023 · 1 min · 136 words · Chris Pratl

Algorithm: Reading multiple JSON objects from a file

I receive a file with multiple JSON objects in a row. I want to decode them one after another.

October 5, 2023 · 4 min · 846 words · Chris Pratl

My Jupyter Notebook Setup

Documentation how I have setup my Jupyter Notebook Setup.

October 3, 2023 · 4 min · 646 words · Chris Pratl

Poll data from an Azure Storage Account Blob into a Python Azure Function

How to read a JSON document from an Azure (Blob) Storage Account and use that in an Azure Function.

September 11, 2023 · 1 min · 160 words · Chris Pratl

How Kafka Partitioning works

I researched how the (old) default partitioning algorithm of Kafka works and wrote that down.

June 19, 2023 · 2 min · 349 words · Chris Pratl

KSQL - Repartitioning a stream

I did some prototyping with KSQL and found the concept of repartitioning a stream quite interesting. I would like to write down what happens.

June 12, 2023 · 3 min · 539 words · Chris Pratl

The Mounty Hall Problem - Theoretical explanation and practical usage

The Mounty Hall Problem is well-known and there are loads of discussions about it. I would like to write down my approach to theoretically and also practically compute a solution.

June 5, 2023 · 7 min · 1293 words · Chris Pratl

My fist experiences with Kafka Mirror Maker 2

I have used Kafka Mirror Maker 2 for the first time today and would like to discuss some experiences I made.

May 22, 2023 · 5 min · 978 words · Chris Pratl

Deploy a Python FastAPI app on Azure App Services

I want to deploy a FastAPI app via Azure App Services.

April 19, 2023 · 2 min · 244 words · Chris Pratl

Xubuntu - Using Gigolo to connect to a WebDAV (Nextcloud) instance

I wanted to mount my Nextcloud folders to my local device using WebDAV.

April 7, 2023 · 1 min · 84 words · Chris Pratl

Python's walrus operator in list comprehension

I found a first use case where I actually need Python’s walrus operator!

April 5, 2023 · 2 min · 292 words · Chris Pratl

Timezones are important!

I failed with time zones.

April 3, 2023 · 1 min · 116 words · Chris Pratl

On the naming of this blog

Why my blog is called what it is called. Thanks ChatGPT!

March 30, 2023 · 3 min · 574 words · Chris Pratl

Typing - Quick history and learning tools

I learned typing on a very different keyboard layout. Here, I want to share my journey and some resources on how I studied.

March 28, 2023 · 4 min · 726 words · Chris Pratl