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I decided to give Windows another chance recently for a work project (rolling out Windows 11 actually) and wanted to get some sort of development environment setup on my computer. Specifically, the ability to continue to run bash scripts where I’m most comfortable. Unfortunately, at one point I got an error while trying to run git clone ssh:... - the error was ping: google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution. After some googling, I saw some people talking about changing the /etc/wsl. [Read More]

I recently updated from the “Microsoft Remote Desktop 10” application on Mac OS to the “Windows App” and was excited to see I did not have to migrate any servers I had stored. However, I did see some odd behaviors when attempting to access stored credentials. I had been dealing with the annoying error for some time and finally decided to do something about it. It ended up boiling down to being a Keychain Access (here is a link to Mac OS 14 as that is what I’m running at the time of writing this article) permission issue. [Read More]

I have not touched Microsoft Graph in quite some time, and a recent project has forced me to re-familiarize myself with accessing it. It seems like things are always changing — whether it’s Microsoft changing Azure to Entra or npm packages being deprecated. I need to re-learn this stuff if I’m not keeping up with the ecosystems. I found myself looking for the best way to authenticate in order to use Microsoft Graph, and it seems that the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) is the way to go. [Read More]

I recently discovered that RDP’ing into a Windows machine is not as easy as it used to be. Last time I did this, I was primarily working on Windows 7 devices. Goodness how things have changed with Windows 10 AND joining them to Entra ID. Here is what I ended up getting to work. Assumptions The following steps assume you have already logged into this machine with a user and that user is now the device “owner”. [Read More]

I had a recent encounter with AWS S3 objects that initially really confused me, but after I worked through it, I have a much better understanding of what S3 is all about. Amazon S3 vs. Traditional File Systems Unlike traditional file systems with a clear hierarchical structure, S3 operates on a flatter architecture. Instead of organizing files within folders, S3 objects reside directly in your S3 bucket. The folder-like structure you observe in the console serves as a visual aid for quick comprehension, but it doesn’t represent the true nature of S3’s underlying organization. [Read More]