Uninstalling python from windows where no uninstaller can be found

1. Find out the exact version installed for the package you want to remove. In this case 3.12:

PS > py --list
 -V:3.13 *        Python 3.13 (64-bit)
 -V:3.12          Python 3.12 (64-bit)
PS > py -3.12 --version
Python 3.12.0

2. Find out where the executable is for that version, in this case it is in C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe:

PS > py -3.12 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)"
C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe

3. Delete the root folder containing the executable to remove that python version:

PS > Remove-Item -Path "C:\Program Files\Python312" -Recurse -Force

4. Remove registry entries for that installation (you should find 3.12 as an entry in our case in one or the two places below):

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\

and/or

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\

5. Confirm the only version installed is the one you expect. In our case we expect only 3.13:

PS > py --list
 -V:3.13 *        Python 3.13 (64-bit)

Find content of all relevant files in a project respecting .gitignore

fd -t f -0 | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c 'echo "File: {}"; cat {}'

Remove server header in IIS to stop disclosing running version(s)

Set attribute removeServerHeader="true" in web.config node configuration."system.webServer".security.requestFiltering.

When the clock on MAC OSX goes off

To sync your macOS clock and prevent it from drifting after sleep cycles, follow these steps:

- Run this command to sync time:

sudo sntp -sS time.apple.com

- Go to System Settings > Date & Time and turn off "Set time and date automatically."

- Remove the current time settings:

sudo rm /var/db/timed/com.apple.timed.plist

- Reboot the Mac.

- After reboot, turn on "Set time and date automatically" in System Settings > Date & Time. This should ensure your clock remains accurate.

Use specific keys for git commands

export GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i ~/.ssh/my.key"

Minimal kubernetes pods log shipping with fluent-bit

I just released how to ship kubernetes cluster pod logs to Amazon Simple Storage Service (AWS S3) using fluent-bit. Platform engineers should do their best to keep cloud independence. This setup will work for Azure AKS, Google GKE and Amazon EKS. The choice for S3 is just a pick and not a preference. Google Cloud Storage (GCS) or Azure Blob Storage (ABS) will do the job as well (just check fluent-bit docs and adapt the code below for your choice).

Print the content of all zipped files with names containing a regex