- Jun 24, 2020 — [Using Bash Parameter Expansion for Conditionals in GitHub Actions](/2020/06/24/using-bash-parameter-expansion-for-conditionals-in-github-actions.html)

I am late to using GitHub Actions for CI, and immediately ran into an issue trying to figure out how to conditionally install a different version of Bundler for a certain versio...

- Mar 25, 2016 — [A Directory Structure for OSS and Work Github Clones](/2016/03/25/a-directory-structure-for-oss-and-work-github-clones.html)

I have thousands of Github clones on my computer. You might also know that I have a massive OCD for organizing things. I organize my personal documents by year, going back to 19...

- Sep 6, 2011 — [Jenkins: Running RoR Builds w/ Bash & RVM](/2011/09/06/jenkins-running-ror-builds-w-bash-rvm.html)

I went through a few iterations of running builds via shell commands in Jenkins. Once I added a remote node things didn’t work quite the same as on master. I learned that Jenkin...

- Jan 30, 2010 — [VMWareTasks: collecting Guest OS environment variables](/2010/01/30/vmwaretasks-collecting-guest-os-environment-variables.html)

All VMWare VixCOM users eventually go through a moment of being puzzled with the behavior of VixCOM ReadVariable function used with VIX\_GUEST\_ENVIRONMENT\_VARIABLE (read this thr...

- Jan 30, 2010 — [VMWareTasks: reading RunProgramInGuest command output](/2010/01/30/vmwaretasks-reading-runprograminguest-command-output.html)

This is a pretty common question on the VixCOM forum: How do I run a command in the virtual machine and collect its output?