#Python

One of the things I missed moving from WordPress to Hugo: scheduled posts. WP just… does that. Set a future date, and forget about it.

And static site generators don’t… The site only rebuilds when you git push, and that’s it. 😢

Why schedule posts, you ask? Because at times I write 3-4 posts in a day, and I don’t want to spam. ¯\(ツ)/¯ I have a rule that there should only be a single published post a day, and if I know I’m out of topics (especially for FlatTurtle) I tend to add a week or 2 between posts to spread it out evenly.

Very simple Python script that tracks one or multiple hosts/domains for IP changes, and prints it in a Matrix room.

# docker logs ipchanged
29-09-2023 - 11:26:35 - Logged in as @turtlebot:matrix.org
29-09-2023 - 11:26:35 - IP address for be.yeri.be is 94.105.123.126
29-09-2023 - 11:26:35 - IP address for sg.yeri.be is 58.96.238.208
29-09-2023 - 11:26:35 - IP address for industry.yeri.be is 78.23.172.72
29-09-2023 - 11:29:36 - IP address for be.yeri.be is 94.105.123.126
29-09-2023 - 11:29:36 - IP address for sg.yeri.be is 58.96.238.208
29-09-2023 - 11:29:36 - IP address for industry.yeri.be is 78.23.172.72

Includes a Docker container to keep it running.

This is quick and dirty (and with the help of ChatGPT).

FlatTurtle has a new site, and there's been some fine-tuning here and there that led to a few typos creeping in. I wanted a quick tool to plug in a page, and that would highlight possible mistakes.

I've been a personal (paying) user of LanguageTool for a few years now (European, and less spammy and dodgy than Grammarly)

Content Update

The provided scripts have been updated on 16 Jul 2023. Specifically the SmartStrip part was not working as intended.

I've been a big fan of Betteruptime. I've started using it to monitor all my assets online (websites, DNS, ping, successful script runs) as well as my servers (using heartbeats).

I have a few Raspberry Pi's, and once in a while they hang (not sure why, maybe USB-to-SSD issues or something). Nothing too critical, but annoying.