Part 2: Automating BookStack Content with Secure API Calls Building on Part 1 where we discussed secure API access via Cloudflare Zero Trust and generic automation scripts, this part dives into technical automation for BookStack. The goal: programmatically create books and assign them to shelves while keeping operations idempotent — running the script multiple times … Read more
Secure API Automation with Cloudflare Cloudflare Zero Trust lets automation scripts access internal APIs securely, without VPNs or exposing origin servers. Safe and Identity-Aware All traffic passes through Cloudflare, enforcing identity-based access and hiding the application’s IP. Scripts use a Client ID/Secret to authenticate, while the application enforces API-level permissions with a separate token. Idempotent … Read more
With standard API and AI integrations n8n is an open-source, low-code platform that lets you visually build powerful automations by connecting different applications and services. Beyond Integrations: Connect to Anything While n8n comes with over 400 pre-built integrations for tools like GitHub, GitLab, and Slack, its real power comes from the generic HTTP Request node. … Read more
Claude Code from Anthropic is a new command-line tool designed to streamline DevOps workflows. It integrates Claude AI directly into your terminal, enabling faster coding and automated operations through natural language commands. Be aware: $$ – API key needed via paid subscription What Claude Code Does for DevOps This agentic coding tool accelerates development by … Read more
Factory is an innovative agentic AI platform that introduces Droids—autonomous software agents designed to execute development tasks with speed and precision. These Droids can handle everything from creating pull requests and updating documentation to managing tickets and reviewing code—essentially serving as AI engineers that work alongside your human team. Key Features Impact & Benefits Factory … Read more
A curated update on what’s new in the world of Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native platforms.Click ▼ on the headlines below to see more details ! ▼ Ingress-NGINX Vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-1097, 1098, 24514, 1974) Wiz.io disclosed four critical RCE vulnerabilities in the Kubernetes Ingress-NGINX controller, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute code in the controller pod. Over … Read more
Perplexity Labs is an advanced platform developed by Perplexity.ai, designed to empower users to transform their ideas into interactive applications, dashboards, and reports using AI-driven tools.It serves as a creative and analytical workspace where users can leverage large language models (LLMs) to build and share projects across various domains such as education, finance, research, and … Read more
Short weekly tech update video (6:06 minutes).This week:CI/CD pipelines streamline the process of pushing code to production. Lot of the recent breaches have included attackers directly attacking either the CI/CD software providers (CircleCI or Teamcity breach) and/or have breached the CI/CDs of organisations to either push in a backdoor(Solarwinds, Codecov) or exfiltrate sensitive information.
Short weekly tech update video (31:05 minutes).This week:langchain_huggingface, a partner package in LangChain jointly maintained by Hugging Face and LangChain. This new Python package is designed to bring the power of the latest development of Hugging Face into LangChain and keep it up to date. langchain-huggingface integrates seamlessly with LangChain, providing an efficient and effective … Read more
Short weekly tech update video (14:12 minutes).This week:Shows a break down the fundamentals of AKS cluster configuration but and guides through the deployment of a real-world application on a newly created AKS cluster. It demonstrates the step-by-step process of creating an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using the intuitive Azure Portal.Follow Kubernetes in action, pulling … Read more