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Tai Kedzierski

GNU/Linux and Open Source enthusiast; organiser of the Edinburgh Language Exchange and The Edinburgh Open Tech Scene; Computer Smacker General; ramen guzzler, quiche murderer. A friendly cat.

Edinburgh, Scotland Joined on Mar 20, 2017 https://fosstodon.org/web/@taikedz

Education

BSc Comp Sci, St Andrews, Scotland

Work

DevOops Engineer

cbz-downloader

Fetch comics and compile them to CBZ

Python • 5 stars

shellpipe

Python • 4 stars

bash-builder

This project has been moved to https://gitlab.com/taikedz/bash-builder

Shell • 3 stars

Homebrew servers - writing one, just you wait.

TBS strategy and card games - designing one, just you wait.

Ramen making - still simmering the broth, please just wait.

Skills: git, ubuntu, linux, python, docker, open source, writing, cooking, singing

Languages: python, bash, lua, groovy, French, Spanish, foul.

Writing a modestly "event"-driven, extensible file de-duplicator https://github.com/taikedz/dedupe

Wrangling an on-request data-transforming web server: https://gitlab.com/taikedz/muta-webserver

I like talking about Linux, Open Source, clean python programming, clean shell scripting, video game design musings, and the best noodle soup recipes.

19 posts published

70 comments written

12 tags followed

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Oct 11 '21

Burnout? Take a moment to shut out expectations

#depression #mentalhealth #workplace #burnout

4 min read

Apr 2 '21

I've parked my side projects - hobbies to enable my career growth

#burnout #career #devjourney #newbie

6 min read

Oct 10 '19

Team mental health: Be helpful by habit

#mentalhealth #workplace #depression #burnout

3 min read

May 12

Groovy Gotchas - Loops, Closures, Scope, and Jenkins DSLs

#groovy #jenkins #closures #jenkinsfile

6 min read

Do you need singletons in Python ?

Ah... an item that needs a shared resource receives the refer...

May 23

Do you need singletons in Python ?

OK - so the way I am understanding it is something like as fo...

May 18

Do you need singletons in Python ?

Could you elaborate a bit please? "separating construction fr...

May 17

Argument parsing and subparsers in Python

Also, I tried the use-case of multiple-commands and, of cours...

May 9

Argument parsing and subparsers in Python

Ah yes, when there are multiple other parts of the command, t...

May 9

Preventing burnout 😴

Over the years, and through a bit of trial and error, I found...

May 5

HELP!!!! Python Error

dev.to doesn't function well as a help forum - you would be b...

May 5

Those of you who've worked as a contractor and as a full-time employee, which did you prefer?

I did the contractor route once (UK). I came out concluding ...

May 5

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May 10

Do you need singletons in Python ?

#discuss #python #singleton #oop

3 min read

May 5

Argument parsing and subparsers in Python

#python #cheatsheet #quickreference

3 min read

Jan 12

Jenkins Pipelines - surely this is a bug??

3 min read

Jan 10

Python Decorator Quick-Reference

#python #decorator #quickreference #cheatsheet

2 min read

Jun 16 '21

Creating a self-sequential pipeline in Jenkins

#groovy #jenkins #ci #devops

6 min read

Apr 1 '21

Improve your Linux PC speed with this one command

#aprilfools #linux #hoax #dontdoit

1 min read

Dec 22 '20

Is Jenkins Pipelining Really This Messed Up??

#jenkins #iac #devops #groovy

5 min read

Dec 9 '20

Distro differences 🤔

#linux #distro #kernel #operatingsystem

8 min read

Dec 9 '20

ShellPipe.py | A Hacky Remedy to Overkill Shell Scripting

#python #bash #linux #automation

6 min read

Sep 7 '20

Your bash scripts are rubbish, use another language

#bash #linux #python #reaction

5 min read

Jul 17 '20

A slightly less naive binary diff

#binary #diff #linux #python

3 min read

Oct 22 '19

Back from OggCamp

#opensource #conference #barcamp #oggcamp

3 min read

Oct 8 '19

Open source meetups - specifically

#opensource #gnu

2 min read

Oct 7 '19

We did a Guided Conversation session on open source and funding

#opensource #funding #crowdfunding

11 min read

Oct 4 '19

Introducing Git and Github PRs to beginners

#git #github #hacktoberfest

2 min read

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