SaturdayMP Show #31: Human Resource Machine Fibonacci and Three Sort

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Chris C

In this episode I try Endede‘s solution to the Fibonacci Size Challenge in Human Resource Machine and, spoiler alert, it work! Thanks Endede!

You can stop watching the video after the Fibonacci section, unless you like watching me struggle, as I attempt the Size or Speed Challenge for the Three Sort problem and fail at both. Ping me if you have suggestions for solving the Three Sort challenges.

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SaturdayMP Show #30: Upgrading Website from Rails 6.1 to 7.0 Part 3 (Testing & Merging)

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Chris C

In this episode I do some more testing, fix issues found during the CI, and merge the branch to main which kicks off a production deployment of the SaturdayMP site.

Should have been a shorter video but I created a CI issue by changing they system tests from using “headless_chrome” to just “chrome”. If you know the reason for this issue let me know in the video comments or email me.

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SaturdayMP Show #29: Upgrading Website from Rails 6.1 to 7.0 Part 2: Upgrading Rails

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Chris C

In this episode I do the actual upgrade from Rails 6.1 to 7.0 for the SaturdayMP site. The upgrade actually goes pretty smooth aside from an issue setting up the system tests. Does not include removing Webpacker which I will be in a future video.

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SaturdayMP Show #28: Upgrading Website from Rails 6.1 to 7.0 Part 1 – Preparation

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Chris C

In this episode I start the process of upgrading the SaturdayMP website from Rails 6.1 to 7.0. This video covers getting website ready for the upgrade.

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SaturdayMP Show #27: Chromebook EOL and Human Resource Fibonacci Challenge Attempt 2

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Chris C

In this episode I answer my own question about how to determine the EOL for Chromebooks. I then try Endede ‘s solution for doing the the Human Resource Machine Fibonacci problem in 19 or less steps.

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Thanks to Endede for trying to help me solve the Fibonacci problem:

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SaturdayMP Show #26: Human Resource Machine

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Chris C

In this episode I play Human Resource Machine by Tomorrow Corporation, a game that simulates programming in assembly. Anyone have any suggestions for optimizing the number of steps in the Fibonacci Visitor (Year 22)?

Thanks to the person on the Dev Edmonton Slack you asked about the game. I didn’t review it but hopefully this video helps you decide if you should buy it or not.

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SaturdayMP Show #25: TPS Report Uploader CFT Walkthrough (Vulnerable Blazor Application)

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Chris C

Happy Holidays!

In this episode I do a walkthrough of the TPS Report Uploader capture the flag (CTF) I created. The walkthrough includes how to exploit the vulnerabilities and how to fix them in this .NET 8 Blazor application. You can try the CTF, or just follow along with the video, by downloading the TPS Report Uploader repo.

Tools used in this walkthrough:

Thanks to Edmonton .NET User Group (EDMUG) letting me to present this walkthrough for the first time.

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SaturdayMP Show #24: Can you use Docker Compose Watch without a Dockerfile?

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Chris C

In this episode I answer a viewer’s question if you can use Docker Compose Watch without a Dockerfile. Actually, it’s more me checking if they are correct. Spoiler alert, they are correct and you can’t use Docker Compose Watch without a Dockerfile. You will get an error message: “can’t watch service [service-name] without a build context”.

Previous video about Docker Compose Watch:

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Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Chris C

May your holidays be filled with more joy then discovering a legacy project with 90% test coverage, the happiness that rivals getting a project out the door on-time and under budget, and secure from sensitive information leaks from too much Christmas cheer.

Happy holidays from SaturdayMP and all the best in 2024!

P.S. – The SaturdayMP virtual office will be closed from Dec 21st to Jan 1st. I’ll still be checking and responding to message but much slower then normal.

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SaturdayMP Show #23: Adding Basic Auth to NGINX Passenger Docker (Part 3)

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Chris C

In this stunning conclusion to the 3 part series I finally get HTTP Basic Authentication working. Including merging my changes into the main branch in GitLab and making sure it works in staging and production in Render. The video is so long because I made dumb mistake 10 minutes in.

Spoiler: When using the Passenger Docker image it’s really important you don’t delete:

RUN rm -f /etc/service/nginx/down

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