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Passing GitHub Actions workflow step output to JavaScript

February 21, 2025 - When you want your JavaScript code to access all of the data from a previous GitHub Actions workflow step.

Publishing to JSR using release-please

March 19, 2024 - With a little work, you can use release-please and GitHub Actions to publish to JSR.

How to setup a known_hosts file for a Jenkins pipeline job

November 15, 2023 - The builtin Git Host Key Verification for Jenkins doesn't work in pipeline jobs. Here's what to do instead.

Mimicking dirname and filename in ESM modules in Node.js

January 18, 2023 - One of the things that I miss most about using ESM is the lack of __dirname and __filename. Here's how to recreate those variables.

How to add npm packages for client-side use in Eleventy

February 17, 2022 - It's not immediately obvious how to use npm packages in an Eleventy website front end. Here's how to do it.

Creating a new user with an SSH key on Linux

March 1, 2021 - The various steps to successfully setup a new user with the best security.

How to setup and deploy a web application on Dokku

February 25, 2021 - The path to set up a web application on Dokku is straightforward if you know the correct steps.

How to regain Jenkins web access after being locked out

February 18, 2021 - Jenkins authentication doesn't always perfectly, here's how to get back in when you've been locked out.

Create TypeScript declarations from JavaScript and JSDoc

October 15, 2020 - Even if you don't write your code in TypeScript you can still generate .d.ts files to provide more information to developer tools.