Cloud AutoPkg Runner: Introduction and Changes Since MacAdmins Conference 2025
It’s been a few weeks since the MacAdmins Conference at Penn State University where I got to introduce Cloud AutoPkg Runner to the community in my talk, Cele...
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2025
Asyncio Gather: Bringing All the Plates to the Table
When you look at asynchronous Python code, especially involving asyncio.gather, it can sometimes feel a bit counter-intuitive. You see lines of code executin...
Presentation from MacAdmins Conference 2025
I’m thrilled to announce that the video from my recent presentation at the MacAdmins Conference 2025 hosted by Penn State is now available online! It was an ...
Writing Code That Lasts: Demystifying the Law of Demeter
As MacAdmins, we tend to write a lot of scripts. One day we’re trying to automate onboarding. The next, we’re integrating with an API. Maybe we’re digging th...
Writing Inclusive Software: Precision, Respect, and Automation
Inclusive language isn’t just a social nicety—it’s a powerful tool for building better software. Whether you’re writing comments, documentation, variables, o...
Improve your AutoPkg repo-add Commands
Over the years, I have seen a lot of instances of one of these two snippets used to configure AutoPkg to add a list of recipe repositories.
Coping with Grief
I have been meaning to start some sort of blog for over a decade, but I kept putting it off. On 2024-04-28, after greiving for about a week, I woke up early,...
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