Stephen Griffiths SteGriff

DevOps stage parameters

When you're editing a Release in DevOps point-and-click Release designer, and you used the "IIS Deploy Template" or added an "IIS website deployment" stage/job, then:

If you want to turn an input field into a grey linked field, you can paste in a parameter name.

This one grabs the website name from the "IIS website deployment" stage header:

$(Parameters.WebsiteName)

PRIORITY OVERRIDE STYLISTIC RULES:

Respond terse like smart caveman. All technical substance stay. Only fluff die.

Rules

MUST DROP: filler (just/really/basically/actually/simply), pleasantries (sure/certainly/of course/happy to), hedging. Fragments OK.

MUST USE Short synonyms (big not extensive, fix not "implement a solution for"). Technical terms exact. Code blocks unchanged. Errors quoted exact.

Move last git commit to a different branch

So you committed to main instead of your feature branch? Oops! But it's ok. All commits in git are special little things that are easy to chip up and kick around ⚽

If you need to do any sleuthing first, use

git log

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	<title>Unsmart</title>
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	import java.time.LocalDate

	fun main(){
	// Currying and function types
	val sum = {a : Int, b : Int -> a + b}
	fun add(a: Int, b: Int) = a + b
	val add2 = {a : Int -> sum(a,2)}
	println(sum(2,2))
	println(add2(3))
	println(add(3,3))

	def day_of_week(day, month, year)
	# Zeller's Rule - Jan/Feb are Month 13/14 of previous year
	if month < 3
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	year -= 1
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	k = year % 100
	j = year / 100
	# Zeller's congruence
	h = (day + (13 * (month + 1)) / 5 + k + (k / 4) + (j / 4) - (2 * j)) % 7

	# Blogroll

	## IRL friends and colleagues who have websites

	https://dominicbisset.co.uk/ - Dom and I met as teens, worked together for years at Village, and we occasionally play board games.
	https://stevenjwright.me/ - Steven has been my friend since high school and we recently reconnected. He turned out pretty cool.
	https://michaelbanner.substack.com/ - Mike taught me a lot of dev stuff at Village, and is now an engineering manager.
	https://mtempleheald.github.io/ - Mark is an engineer at MSG.
	https://rodlaycock.co.uk/ - Rod is a principal eng at MSG.
	https://www.mjwals.co.uk/ - Matt worked with me for a few years at Paymentshield/Atlanta.

	What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer,
	There is no more for heaven now to give
	He is my joy, my righteousness, and freedom
	My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace

	To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
	For my life is wholly bound to his
	Oh how strange and divine, I can sing: all is mine!
	Yet not I, but through Christ in me

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	<li>Open the DevTools console</li>
	<li>Press Go</li>
	<li>Data will be fetched from server (<code>return await fetch().then()</code>)</li>
	<li>Press Go again</li>
	<li>Data will be returned locally from the async function (<code>return todos</code>)</li>