As both a nerd and a professional nerd I write a lot of software. Philosophically I like the idea of open-sourcing the lot, but that’s not really practical. Firstly, a lot of the code I write is with my work hat on, and a lot of that has to remain confidential. Secondly, a lot of the code I write would be of no use to anyone else, so it’s not worth the effort needed to open source it. Regardless, some of the code I write for work has been released to the community, and I’ve also released some of my own personal code to the world as well.<\/p>\n
\nRecent Software Releases<\/h2>\n
- MacOS Quick Actions for Text<\/a> (March 6, 2020)<\/span><\/li>
- bartificer.linkToolkit.js Version 1.0 Released<\/a> (May 12, 2017)<\/span><\/li>
- backup.pl Version 0.2 Released<\/a> (May 4, 2017)<\/span><\/li>
Crypt::HSXKPasswd<\/code> andhsxkpasswd<\/code> now on CPAN<\/a> (August 11, 2015)<\/span><\/li>- Announcing
Crypt::HSXKPasswd<\/code> Beta 4<\/a> (July 19, 2015)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/blockquote>\nWith my Personal Hat On …<\/h2>\n
Note: <\/strong> I’m in the process of migrating my open source software to my GitHub profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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xkpasswd.pm<\/code> – a Perl Module for Generating Secure Memorable Passwords<\/h3>\nThis project has it’s own page at www.bartb.ie\/xkpasswd<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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bartificer.ip.js<\/code> – a collection of JavaScript classes representing IP addresses, Netmasks, and IP Subnets<\/h3>\nYou can download the code and read the documentation on the GitHub page for the library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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backup.pl<\/code> – a simple Backup Script Written in Perl<\/h3>\nYou can download the code and read the documentation on the GitHub page for the script<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With my Work Hat on …<\/h2>\n
Some, but not all, of the open source code I release for work can be found on my work GITHub profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Nagios<\/h3>\n
One of my responsibilities in work is to manage our monitoring system, and as part of that I write a lot of custom Nagios plugins. The majority are not suitable for release, but two have been open sourced:<\/p>\n
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- Check Rsyslog DB<\/a> – a plugin to check that rsyslog<\/a> is successfully logging to a Database. The plugin sends a log message via syslog, waits a few seconds, then attempts to retrieve the entry from the DB.<\/li>\n
- Check Apache Server Status<\/a> – a plugin to monitor an Apache web server using mod_status<\/a>. Quite a few other similar plugins exist, but my plugin is a little different in that it uses percentages rather than numbers of slots to set thresholds, and it also monitors for slowloris-style (D)DOS attacks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Moodle<\/h3>\n
Moodle is an open source CMS\/LMS\/VLE (depending on your persuasion and\/or configuration). I spend a lot of time working with Moodle, and have been able to contribute some code back to the community:<\/p>\n
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- I wrote the local_syslog<\/a> Moodle 2.x plugin, which duplicates Moodle logs to syslog.<\/li>\n
- I’ve contributed code to Moosh<\/a> (the Moodle Shell), a fantastically useful piece of software by Tomasz Muras.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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