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Recent blog posts

Configure Amazon Cognito with Grafana In my foray into becoming more active on StackOverflow I came across a question from 7 years ago asking how to use Grafana with Amazon Cognito. I'm sure they either figured something out or no longer need an answer but I gave a stab at answering it anyways. This post will be a step-by-step guide on setting up authentication for self- hosted Grafana through Amazon Cognito using the generic OAuth m Read more.
Finding duplicate objects in an S3 bucket I've been spending more time browsing StackOverflow recently and came across a question asking if it was possible to find duplicate objects within an S3 bucket. One way would be to hash the object prior to upload and store the value in a local or remote data store. If that's not possible or too much overhead, I figured I could use S3 Metadata and Athena to solve this, services I've covered on this Read more.
Goodbye ICE 3M! In 1994, Deutsche Bahn (DB) placed an order for 13 ICE 3M trains. These were the international variants of the 50 ICE 3 trains that would enter service in 1998. The "M" in 3M stands for _mehrsystemfähig_ , as the trainsets would be able to operate under different power supplies, initially for Germany and the Netherlands and later in Switzerland, Belgium, and France. To supplement DB's order, the D Read more.
Querying an object's access tier Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering moves your data to the most cost-effective S3 storage tier based on the object's access pattern for the price of $0.0025 per 1,000 objects it monitors. Since the movement is done by the service you don't know, or need to know, the access tier the object is currently in as all objects can be retrieved asychronously. If you opt-in for asynchronous archive tiers, you can Read more.

Recent toots

Commuting in strike affected areas of the Netherlands by rail bike doesn't seem like a bad idea. Read more.
@murb @0xabad1dea I've seen the tap marked on OSM in person, maybe 4 months ago. So it's probably still there. Read more.

Recent beer check-ins

Pesky P. is drinking a Wispe Tripel by Wispe Brouwerij at Untappd at Home View check-in.
Pesky P. is drinking a Cerveza Fresca by Brouwers at Untappd at Home View check-in.
Pesky P. is drinking a Wispe Blond by Wispe Brouwerij at Untappd at Home View check-in.
Pesky P. is drinking a Stella Artois by Stella Artois at Stadhuis Leuven View check-in.

Recent Anilist activity

Pesky watched episode 1 - 2 of [Oshi no Ko] 2nd Season. View activity.
Pesky plans to watch [Oshi no Ko] 2nd Season View activity.
Pesky completed [Oshi no Ko] View activity.
Pesky watched episode 8 - 10 of [Oshi no Ko]. View activity.