When you try plotting on a graph Splunk metric split by a dimension with the same name (as the metric itself) will show NULL instead of the dimension.
Plotting Splunk with the same metric and dimension names shows NULL
How to use an SSH key stored in Azure Key Vault while building Azure Linux VMs using Terraform
So I want to use the same SSH Public key to be able to authenticate across multiple Linux VMs that I’m building in Azure in Terraform. While I did find a lot of examples (including among Terraform example repo) of how to do it if you have the key stored on your local machine I couldn’t find (or didn’t search long enough) how to use an SSH key stored in Azure Key Vault while building Azure Linux VMs using Terraform.
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How to customise Breville Barista PRO Expresso Shot Size
If you ever wished to customise Breville Barista Pro expresso shot size, but didn’t know how, you’ve come to the right place.
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Choosing a Cloud Provider for a Bootstrapped StartUp
There are many different options for Funded start-ps to get free credits from various cloud providers, but choosing a cloud provider for a Bootstrapped startup is a bit harder.
Some might have already a preference towards one cloud provider over another (based on their experience or other factors), but here I’m trying to compare them from a pure “free cloud provider credits for a bootstrapped startup” perspective,
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Create a Random Bit Set with Jinja
Once in a while, when working with Jinja templating engine, you might need to create a random Bit Set with Jinja. Some might also call it a Binary Flag Set.
Basically, this will be a binary number (for example 10110) where each digit (bit) represents whether something is on/enabled/present or off.
In some systems, this binary number is actually stored as a base 10 integer. So 10110 will be stored as 22.
Create Random GUID with Jinja
Once in a while, when working with Jinja templating engine, you might need to create a random GUID with Jinja.
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Get Google One for FREE on Android and iPhone
Are you running out of Google Drive storage but don’t want to actually pay for Google One, here is how to get Google One for free.
Technically it still costs money, but there is a way to actually let Google pay you to pay the monthly fees for Google One.
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Top 5 books mentioned on The Minimalists podcast
Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus discuss living a meaningful life with less. With more than 100 million downloads, The Minimalists Podcast is one of the most popular podcasts in the world.
Here are the Top 5 books mentioned on The Minimalists podcast (excluding the books authored by Joshua and Ryan themselves).
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Format Scrapy Export
Here is how you can format Scrapy export of your items
For all of these options make sure that your spider actually yields some results in your parse method.