> Just turned 28.
> ~32 years left to exit game.
> Glad blue is alive and still chonky.
> I could say the simulation is boring, but i will miss this stability in worse times.
> Boring is fine.
GitLab Code Quality in the Multiverse of Madness
> Me
> gitlab codequality widget in gitlab MR view
> Displays "Code Quality hasn't changed."
> Sus
> Starts debugging
> Checks if the codequality schema is valid
> Output schema valid
> Visible confusion
> Checks gitlab docs
> After 2 days of debugging i was able to fix it
Whats needed for gitlab to display codequality MR widget?
> Both base and target branch must have branch pipelines, not MR pipelines
> The codequality json file must have schema https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/testing/code_quality/#code-quality-report-format
> Both base and target branch must have codequality artifact
> For me all of the conditions were met.
What went wrong ?
Even though the schema is valid, gitlab doesn't specify this key info in their docs.
check_name: A unique name representing the check, or rule, associated with this violation.
> This parameter check_name should never have any spaces in it
> Having spaces in this field will silently fail the codequality report
> bYE.
We Won Big
>feel like i don't appreciate the things i have enough
>one of them is my pet, feathered friend blue
>he fell sick in dec 2024
>took him to a local vet
>prescribed antibiotics without any diagnosis
>symptoms worsened
>literally begged many vets online/offline to treat him
>met with silence, nobody cared
>one of them had the audacity to say i had to let him die and dispose it
>found fur and feather pet clinic online
>me and my nephew vetri took blue there
>thank you vetri — helped me put him in the cage, take him to salem, find the clinic, everything
>met dr. mohan raj there
>thank you doctor — competent, objective, accurate diagnosis
>liver function test done
>diagnosed blue with liver issue
>advised liver supplements
>during this, blue fell very sick again
>admitted in the same clinic for 5 days
>they took good care of him and made him recover
>started liver supplements
>2 doses per day
>i had to hold him with a towel
>give medicine through syringe without causing aspiration
>6 months passed
>this month symptoms disappeared
>feels like we won this battle
>blue is one of the reasons i want to stay in this world
>human relationships mean nothing to me
>stay strong lil bro blue
>love u for your existence, you have no idea how much you mean to me ;)
Expense tracker #62829 just dropped. Who asked?
>not trying to sound elitist but
>every time I doomscroll, there's a new expense tracker
>starter pack: add expense, select category, throw in fancy charts
>why tho?
>no one in their right mind logs expenses manually
>life is already boring.
>these apps aren't solutions, they're band-aids over existential dread
>every transaction already goes through the bank
>just give us one simple API to fetch them
>would instantly wipe out the TODO app epidemic
>went to check my bank transactions
>can't paste password
>"for security" lol okay
>I use a password manager
>had to open inspect element and inject it manually
>facepalm.png
>banks need to do better
>every time I doomscroll, there's a new expense tracker
>starter pack: add expense, select category, throw in fancy charts
>why tho?
>no one in their right mind logs expenses manually
>life is already boring.
>these apps aren't solutions, they're band-aids over existential dread
>every transaction already goes through the bank
>just give us one simple API to fetch them
>would instantly wipe out the TODO app epidemic
>went to check my bank transactions
>can't paste password
>"for security" lol okay
>I use a password manager
>had to open inspect element and inject it manually
>facepalm.png
>banks need to do better
SPF check for our simple SMTP receiver
Why?
> bored.
The issue:
> Alice connects to my server because she wants to send an email to bob@myserver.com
> She sets the FROM header to alice@gmail.com
> Says it's from Gmail
> I have no way to know if it actually came from Gmail
> Need a way to verify it
SPF:
> I ask Gmail for a list of IP addresses they send email from
> To get that info, I need to query the TXT record for the gmail.com domain
> I find "v=spf1 redirect=_spf.google.com"
> Another TXT record query for _spf.google.com
> I find "v=spf1 include:_netblocks.google.com include:_netblocks2.google.com include:_netblocks3.google.com ~all"
> Here we go again
> Query all three netblocks
> Finally get:
> "v=spf1 ip4:35.190.247.0/25 ip4:64.233.160.0/19 ip4:66.102.0.0/20 ip4:66.249.80.0/20 ip4:72.14.192.0/18 ip4:74.125.0.0/16 ip4:108.177.8.0/21 ip4:173.194.0.0/16 ip4:209.85.128.0/17 ip4:216.58.192.0/19 ip4:216.239.32.0/19 ~all"
> Once I get the IP ranges, I can finally compare the sender’s IP
> this is how the SPF works
> now i used pydig to recursively gather the ip ranges
> compared it with the client ip
> implemented spf validation
> find it here
> https://github.com/naveen17797/simple-smtp-receiver/releases/tag/implement-spf
> No more forged emails
> Bye
SMTP mail receiver from scratch -
Why?
> felt like i lost my curiosity
> less free time / number of pigeons to take care of
> wanted to build something new
Objective
> A program which can receive email
What i don't want
- validation code
- multiple threads
- authentication stuff
How does it work:
- client connects to server and sends a command
- each command gets acknowledged by server with a success code
- if something raises error, then the connection gets dropped.
Source:
https://github.com/naveen17797/simple-smtp-receiver/releases/tag/init (LLM Generated code)
Stuff i found interesting:
> The SMTP server uses . (dot) as a signal to stop receiving DATA part of the email
> So if i manage to put a dot in a newline on email body, this will probably strip the email up to that part.
> How does SMTP prevents that from happening?
> When you send a dot on new line in the email, SMTP client automatically adds a dot and server removes them upon receiving it.
Tough times
For almost three months, I have been fighting to save my pigeon, my feathered friend, Blue. I’ve been giving him medications twice a day, and I can’t even remember the last time I had a proper night’s sleep.
Then, last Thursday, another one of my feathered friends, Delta, fell ill. I took him to one of the best vets I could find (I’ll write another blog post later about how I discovered this great hospital). After examination, he was diagnosed with crop stasis caused by Candida albicans. He is now undergoing treatment.
My pet pigeon might leave me soon.
He is been sick since the start of this month, met multiple vets, given different medicines and shows no improvement. he is getting weak day by day, i am afraid some day he is going to leave me :(
I just can't accept i have no control over his fate, i am doing everything i possibly can to save him, i wish this month never started.
Got certified for gitlab ci/cd associate
> took the exam last week
> passed the exam
> got this badge
> A picture of homelander which is totally irrelvant to this post (!)
Note to future self : Amazon prime 8501 error
if you receive this error, sync the windows time server. 8501 indicates local time is wrong, this will cause the downloads to fail. Signing in and out doesnt work. Sync local time with windows time server.