Packet Coders Newsletter #027 - January 2023

Packet Coders Newsletter #027 - January 2023

In Case You Missed it

Our Top Recommended Network Automation Projects of 2022
As we near the end of 2022, we would like to share with you Packet Coders top projects and tools of the year. GitHub - cansarigol/pdbr: pdb + Rich librarypdb + Rich library. Contribute to cansarigol/pdbr development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHubcansarigolPDBR for adding a great visual upg…
TL;DR - How to Write Good Git Commit Messages
When it comes to version control and using Git, one thing I’ve always struggled with is knowing how to write good clean Git commit messages. For example, should I use title case or prefix the message with commit type (fix, feature etc.). The list goes on ... ! For those of you

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Opensource Projects & Releases

ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue
We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is train…
New AI chat project. If there is one thing to do this week. Go and check out this project. Helps with code issues, generating code etc etc. 
Ansible Ai
AI Pair for Ansible Content Development
Project to generate Ansible playbooks using AI.
GitHub - aristanetworks/j2lint: Jinja2 Linter CLI
Jinja2 Linter CLI. Contribute to aristanetworks/j2lint development by creating an account on GitHub.
A linter to validate the syntax of your Jinja templates.
GitHub - oleksis/awesome-textualize-projects: A curated list of awesome projects related to Textualize
A curated list of awesome projects related to Textualize - GitHub - oleksis/awesome-textualize-projects: A curated list of awesome projects related to Textualize
Textualize is a modern terminal UI. Check out this list of projects using Textualize.
Release v0.34.0 · srl-labs/containerlab
What’s Changed Fixed a typo in vr-n9kv.md by @991jo in #1113Adjust installer to Fedora CoreOS by @steiler in #1115Bump golang.org/x/text from 0.4.0 to 0.5.0 by @dependabot in #1117Bump golang.o...
New containerlab release that includes Cisco XRd support.
Release v3.4.0 - 2022-12-14 · netbox-community/netbox
WARNING: NetBox v3.4 requires PostgreSQL 11 or later.Breaking Changes Device and virtual machine names are no longer case-sensitive. Attempting to create e.g. “device1” and “DEVICE1″ within the s...
New release of NetBox. Includes global search, virtual device contexts and a TON more! Note: Link provides main 3.4.0 updates. Latest release is now at v3.4.2 here: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/releases/tag/v3.4.2 

Community Posts

Kubernetes Network Emulation on OpenShift
Network emulation is the process of imitating certain aspects of the behavior of network equipment without actually using any target real-world networking hardware.
Post around using the KNE project for emulating networks via OpenShift.
Merge vs Rebase [Intermediate Git Tutorial]
Watch this quick Git tutorial video to learn the differences between Merging and Rebasing, and how to do both in GitKraken. Subscribe to our channel for more...
Great short video around the differences of Git merging and rebasing.
Blog - Avoid These 6 Mistakes When Getting Started With Prometheus
PromLabs - Products and services around the Prometheus monitoring system to make Prometheus work for you
Post around common Prometheus mistakes. Prometheus being one of the main opensource TSDB's.

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