As outlined in Part 1 of this post, I’ll now provide key tips for efficiently customizing the Stratacom Barcode Scanning app. This will involve creating objects and setting up object pickers, thus allowing barcode scans to dynamically connect with and retrieve data from your CMDB. By the end of this post, you’ll have a clear…
Read MoreAs presented in my previous blog post, we identified an opportunity to enhance a project of one of our customers by integrating Stratacom’s Barcode Scanning Solution. This tool is designed to seamlessly integrate with Jira, enabling rapid and precise barcode scanning directly into workflows. By implementing this solution, we’ll enhance operational efficiency, improve data accuracy,…
Read MoreOriginally developed as a proof of concept, SATAYO was designed to gather and analyze OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) data on a single machine. Initially, the platform functioned as a single-threaded script, and scaling was only considered later. As SATAYO’s capabilities evolved to meet the needs of more clients and monitor a greater number of domains,…
Read MoreHello budget videographers and user guide writers! Have you ever looked on with envy at some of those fancy animations in online videos and wondered “How can I do that?” Well, I can’t solve all your problems, but I can give you some examples, pointers and resources to get you started. For your videos you…
Read MoreWhen we talk about APIs, we developers are generally biased, and focus on how they’re implemented technically – how they work, how they integrate into larger systems – and we settle for that. But there’s a valuable part of API development that often gets overlooked: creating their descriptions. This practice tends to be undervalued, so…
Read MoreSecuring your codebase is a fundamental step in guaranteeing the integrity of your software: if the access to your git commits is compromised, so is your whole supply chain. That’s the reason why almost every git hosting service has implemented a strong authentication system to protect their users from unauthorized access. The question naturally arises…
Read MoreHello everyone, I’m back to discuss Ansible and Ansible Execution Environments. In my previous blog, we talked about why and how execution environments are critical for a successful Ansible implementation. I hope my guide was easy to follow, but as you may have noticed, the process requires a significant amount of manual effort to keep…
Read MoreWith the rise of continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) in modern software development, automating tasks like publishing npm packages has become crucial for efficiency. GitHub packages Registry (npm.pkg.github.com) allows developers to host and manage npm packages directly within GitHub, offering a seamless experience for both private and public repositories. By leveraging GitHub Actions, developers can…
Read MoreRight now, at Würth Phoenix, we are investing in automating most of our operations using Ansible. You’re probably already familiar with what Ansible does, but to summarize, Ansible is an open-source, command-line IT automation application written in Python. I’ve talked about it here: One challenge we faced while developing our automation scripts was that we…
Read MoreConfession time. I can easily spend between 1 and 2 weeks creating a 5 minute long video. 3 weeks if I’m being a perfectionist. Of course, those videos are awesome, and are highly tailored to a specific audience. They say what I want to say. In this blog I’m always looking into efficiency and productivity…
Read MoreAs the NetEye R&D team, we sometimes need to develop features in NetEye that require a lot of work to finish implementing. To handle the development of these features, we’re always trying to divide the work into smaller, more manageable pieces so that we can see any progress and avoid the typical pitfalls of the…
Read MoreWhy Claiming Your Domain in Atlassian is a Game-Changer In today’s interconnected business world, security and efficiency are paramount. Atlassian, with its suite of powerful collaboration and project management tools, offers a robust platform to streamline workflows. To truly maximize the potential of Atlassian, claiming your domain and centralizing user management is a critical step….
Read MoreIn the near future NetEye will likely introduce the use of NetworkManager instead of the network scripts used so far for the configuration of network connectivity. In this blog I’d like to describe some simple steps to perform a migration to NetworkManager in case it becomes necessary to go through with the transition. Let’s look…
Read MoreHave you ever finished filming your video segments, inserted them into your video project, and thought “Now I just need a few hours to add the graphics, and I’ll be done!”… but you actually wind up finishing 3 days later? Then it’s time we talked about cutting that time down. There are several aspects to…
Read MoreBetween the 4th and 7th of June this year, Bolzano had the opportunity to host XP 2024, the 25th edition of the premier international conference on Agile software development. The scenario was NOI Techpark and, as Würth Phoenix, we were there and had the chance to participate in the conference with two talks about SecDevOps…
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