Category: golang

rsync go, NASA SP287, git options, Undersea cable failures in Africa, Quotes, Log4j, done list, Dan Lynch, Systems-based Productivity, Run Africa

rsync go: Interesting talk about rsync, as it explains how it works and it is something I didnt know. But then, all other things/projects mentioned are cool and related. I need to try to install rsync go in my vm. ccc slides and repo

NASA to the moon: This is an engaging and provocative video regarding the Artemis III (project back to the moon II). He makes some hard questions to the people in charge (I have no clue about physics) and it seems he has a point. Not sure it this will get any effect but again, looks “smart”. When he mention the NASA SP287 (What made Apollo a success) document as the grial for going back to the moon, I wanted to get a copy (here) so I could read it one day.

Git options: Nice post about popular git config options. I am a very basic git user (and still sometimes I screw up) but the options to improve diff looks interesting so I will give it a go at work.

Undersea cable failures in Africa: It is clear that Africa relays heavily in submarine cables (it doesnt look like there are many cable systems intra continent). And the Red Sea is becoming a hot area due to different conflicts…

Quotes: I like the ones regarding simplicity:

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system. (John Gall)

In programming, simplicity and clarity are a crucial matter that decides between success and failure. (Edsger Dijktra)

Log4j: This is old news but when it came out I tried to run the PoC but I failed 🙁 This is just a reminder. It was annoying because I manged to install all tools but never managed to exploit it.

Done List: I feel totally identified. The to-do list is never done and you feel guilty. Done-list, much healthier.

Dan Lynch: He passed away, and as usual on my ignorance, it seems he is one of the unsung heroes of Internet, migrating ARPANET to TCP/IP.

Systems-Based Productivity: TEMPO refers to five dimensions of productivity: T (Time Management), E (Energy Management), M (Mindset), P (Proficiency) and O (Organization).

Run Africa: very jealous.

Life, Love, Sex, Negative Beliefs, startup regrets, nanog90, Groq LPU, LLM from scratch, ssh3, eBFP BGP, RPKI, TIANHE-3

I hit rock bottom this week. I hope I finally closed one door in my life so I give myself the chance to open others. Made the wrong decision? It is easy when you look back. Do I regret it? The most annoying thing is these are failures so you can’t go back and recover. But I was so bloody newbie!!!…. At least after 5 years…

“For every reason it’s not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.” Jack Canfield

Head down, crying, cursing, whatever, but forwards. As it has always been.

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Somehow managed to list to long videos, something I normally can’t manage (because lack of time, etc)

Negative Beliefs, avoid bitterness, aim for greatness (remarkable things), scape the darkness: Jordan B Peterson with Modern Wisdom: video, podcast.

Find and keep Love: video. 1st Get your shit together. Communication is critical. Be careful with your shopping list….

Good Sex: video. Communicate….

Orgasm: video. Haven’t seen it completely yet but very interesting. Use your tongue wisely.

— Other things:

Startup decisions and regrets: page. Interesting. I think most of things are very specific but still good to read.

Nanog90: agenda I didnt want the videos but I reviewed several pdfs and these ones look interesting:

Abstract Ponderings: A ten-year retrospective. Rob Shakir – Google: video

https://rob.sh/post/reimagining-network-devices/
https://rob.sh/post/coaching/
https://cdn.rob.sh/files/the-next-spring-forward_2018.pdf
https://research.google/research-areas/networking/

AI Data Center networks – Juniper – video

Using gNOI capabilities to simplify software upgrade use case: video – I had to idea about gNOI so looks interesting. It is crazy that still in XXI, automating a network device is so painful. Thanks to all vendors to make your life miserable.

Go lang for network engineers: video slides– I always thought that Golang had a massive potential for network automation but there was always lack of support and python is the king. So nice to see that Arista has things to offer.

PTP in Meta: video and blog.

There are more things, but havent had the chance to review them.

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It looks there is new chatbot that is not using the standard NVIDIA GPU. Groq uses LPU (Language Processing Unit). And they say it is better than a GPU. They have this paper but I can’t really see feature of that LPU.

Slurp’it: Show this blog, and the product looks interesting but although is free, it is not opensource and at the end of they you dont want a new vendor-lockin

Container lab in kubernetes: Clabernetes. I would like to play with this one day.

NetDev0x17: videos and sessions. link This is quite low details and most of the time beyond my knowledge. Again, something to take a look at some point.

LLM from scratch: repo. Looks very interesting. But the book it is going to take a long time to hit the market.

ssh3: repo. Interesting experiment.

eBFP and BGP: blog. Really interesting. Another thing that always wanted to play with.

Orange RPKI: old news but still interesting to see how much damaged can cause RPKI in the wrong hands…

China TIANHE-3 Supercomputer: Very interesting. Link.

python-golang-p1

This week I had to update several spreadsheets…. again donkey job, again try to work smarter. So there was a pattern, and I knew I could copy/paste to the spreadsheet all changes (192 changes per file…). So decided to create a python script to generate the output I needed. It was just new hostnames for devices. So it wasnt really difficult. Although I had to search for basic stuff like how to make a for loop in python. That’s what happens when yo dont use thing often.

Anyway, I managed to get my basic python script. And I could copy paste the output to the spreadsheet just fine.

$ cat rename.py 
for x in range(137,141):
    print("router-p1-r" + str(x) + "01")
    print("router-p1-r" + str(x) + "02")
    print("router-p1-r" + str(x) + "03")
    print()
$ 
$ python rename.py 
router-p1-r13701
router-p1-r13702
router-p1-r13703

router-p1-r13801
router-p1-r13802
router-p1-r13803

router-p1-r13901
router-p1-r13902
router-p1-r13903

router-p1-r14001
router-p1-r14002
router-p1-r14003

But now, I have been trying to learn golang (even though I dont master python neither bash….) and I thought this was a basic stuff to try in golang too. So again, I had to search for basic stuff. How to create a range: link. How to concatenate a string and a integer: link.

So managed to get this and looks like it does the same job:

$ cat rename.go 
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	for i := 137; i <= 141; i++ {
		fmt.Println(fmt.Sprint("router-p1-r", i, "01"))
		fmt.Println(fmt.Sprint("router-p1-r", i, "02"))
		fmt.Println(fmt.Sprint("router-p1-r", i, "03"))
		fmt.Println()
	}
}
$ 
$ go run rename.go 
router-p1-r13701
router-p1-r13702
router-p1-r13703

router-p1-r13801
router-p1-r13802
router-p1-r13803

router-p1-r13901
router-p1-r13902
router-p1-r13903

router-p1-r14001
router-p1-r14002
router-p1-r14003

router-p1-r14101
router-p1-r14102
router-p1-r14103

So got the same result in both languages. Keep going!

Vim + Golang

I am trying to learn a bit of golang (although sometimes I think I should try to master python and bash first..) with this udemy course.

The same way I have pyenv/virtualenv to create python environments, I want to do the same for golang. So for that we have goenv:

Based on goenv install instructions and ex-collegue snipset, this is my goenv snipset in .bashrc:

########################
# Go configuration
########################
#
# git clone -b v0.0.4 https://github.com/wfarr/goenv.git $HOME/.goenv
if [ ! -d "$HOME/.goenv" ]; then
    git clone https://github.com/syndbg/goenv.git $HOME/.goenv
fi

if [ -d "$HOME/.goenv"   ]
then
    export GOENV_ROOT="$HOME/.goenv"
    export PATH="$GOENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
    if  type "goenv" &> /dev/null; then
        eval "$(goenv init -)"
        # Add the version to my prompt
        __goversion (){
            if  type "goenv" &> /dev/null; then
                goenv_go_version=$(goenv version | sed -e 's/ .*//')
                printf $goenv_go_version
            fi
        }
        #PS1_GO="go:\$(__goversion) "
        export PS1="go:\$(__goversion)|$PS1"
        export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH"
        export PATH="$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"
    fi
fi

################## End GoLang #####################

From time to time, remember to go to ~.goenv and do a “git pull” to get the latest versions of golang.

Ok, once we can install any golang version, I was thinking about the equivalent to python virtualenv, but it seems it is not really needed in golang. At the moment, I am super beginner so no rush about this.

And finally, as I try to use VIM for everything so I can keep learning, I want to use similar python plugins for golang. So I searched and this one looks quite good: vim-go

So I updated vundle config in .vimrc:

Plugin 'fatih/vim-go', { 'do': ':GoUpdateBinaries' }

Then install the new new plugin once in VIM.

:PluginInstall

or >

:PluginUpdate

There is a good tutorial you can follow to learn the new commands.

I am happy enough with “GoRun”, “GoFmt”, “GoImports”, “GoTest”

Keep practising, Keep learning.