Detect leaked secrets in GitHub repo and remove them
I recently found out about gitleaks. It's an open source tool that detects leaked secrets. If you just want to try it locally, it's a simple command: gitleaks detect --verbose Sometimes you&...
GitHubA collection of 11 posts
GitHub posts for developers who want a clean, repeatable workflow for shipping code. Expect practical guides on repos, branching, issues and PRs, GitHub Actions, release automation, and conventions that keep teams consistent. Great if you are setting up CI/CD, standardizing commits, or turning manual release steps into a predictable pipeline.
Secure configuration in GitHub using SOPS
Usual problem with software development, since I started working, is handling configuration and keeping secrets. For managing secrets I have tried AWS secret manager and Google secret manager. I even tried keeping configuration in "plain...
Private Branch in a public GitHub repository
GitHub doesn't support private branches in public repositories. You can't even fork a public repository and make it private. My use case: I create tutorial content and I sometimes complement it with...
Running Local GitHub Actions with Nektos Act
If you're managing GitHub actions, you might want to try nektos act. It will make your development faster and you don't need to use up GitHub CI minutes. I cringe when I...
Expo Auto-Increment Build Numbers with release-please + GitHub Actions
Inconsistent versioning and forgetting to increment the expo app version? Not great after spending 20 minutes for an app build. When I see this: Version code X has already been used. Try another version code. Here&...
Deploy to Cloudflare pages from Github actions
Cloudflare offers free hosting for static pages with Cloudflare pages. I use it to host my Docusaurus documentation. I could have used GitHub pages, since my documentation is hosted on GitHub. I hadn’t considered it...