MatMoore

Job Barometer

I want my job to give me:

• Autonomy to decide what I work on and how I go about it ✅
• Small feedback cycles and ability to experiment (e.g. being able to release frequently) ❌
• Novelty (not doing the same thing over and over) ✅
• Purpose (I can agree with the team's goals) ✅
• People to collaborate with, learn from, and teach ✅

I want to avoid:

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from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse, tostring
from glob import glob

child_perspectives = {}
all_viewpoints = []


for filename in glob('pui/webroot/WEB-INF/config/view/*.xml'):
    with open(filename) as f:
        doc = parse(f)

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Problem

I want to build a container inside my circleci build and mount files from the outer build environment.

Running this docker command works outside of circleci, but not on circleci (when using the docker exectutor with setup_remote_docker).

circleci@07b4d1bb33c0:/tmp/workspace$ docker run -p 7001:7001 -p 9002:9002 -v $(pwd):/u01/oracle/properties store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.3
Domain Home is:  /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain
awk: warning: command line argument `/u01/oracle/properties/domain.properties' is a directory: skipped
The domain username is blank. The Admin username must be set in the properties file.

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Adopt a modern build tool

Context

• The existing build scripts used ant
• We had multiple build artefacts, ant scripts and property files
• A lot of configuration was targeted at a specific environment and OS (windows)
• Dependencies were bundled with the project

Problem

• The build scripts were difficult to understand
• Ant is not a technology we use for other projects so developers are unfamiliar with it

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Tools for detecting and removing sensitive information from code repositories

Git history

Truffle hog detects high entropy

• Home office tool uses gitrob (regex based) https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/repo-security-scanner/blob/master/rules/gitrob.json
• MOJ tool https://github.com/ministryofjustice/repo-audit
• https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets
• https://github.com/auth0/repo-supervisor
• https://github.com/ukgovdatascience/dotfiles/blob/master/git_template/hooks/

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

current_statement_lines = []
primary_keys = []
other_constraints = []

current_statement = :unknown
lines = File.readlines(ARGV.first)
lines.each do |line|
	current_statement_lines << line.gsub("\r", '')

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People that can not distinguish colours can understand all information

avoid instruction that rely on colour don't communicate through colour alone People that have low vision are able to see content

default text size is not too small default colour contrast is good the appearance of online content can be overridden (with browser and operating system settings) - and guidance is provided on how to do this is easy to find This also helps people experiencing a situational impairment such as bright sunlight

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'faraday'
require 'json'

response = Faraday.get 'https://www.gov.uk/api/content'
homepage = JSON.parse(response.body)

level_one = homepage['links']['level_one_taxons'].map do |item|
  item["api_path"]
end

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# Full code here:
# https://github.com/googleads/google-api-ads-ruby/blob/master/adwords_api/examples/solutions/conflicting_keywords/conflicting_keywords.rb

def compare_keywords(negatives, positive)
  negatives.each do |negative|
    match_type = negative.match_type.downcase
    negative_text = negative.text.downcase
    positive_text = positive.text.downcase
    match = false
    # If the negative keyword is more strict than the positive one, it cannot