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openSUSE

openSUSE Board Election 2025 has been announced

The openSUSE Project is a worldwide community effort promoting the use of Linux everywhere. The openSUSE Board guides the project's direction and facilitates community collaboration. Two seats are now open as the 2025 Board Election begins — get involved by running or casting your vote in March.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
Google Cloud Platform

How to Bring Your Own IP to Google Cloud Platform?

Learn how to bring your AFRINIC-allocated IP addresses to Google Cloud Platform using BYOIP. This guide covers the process from ROA configuration to deploying addresses on Compute Engine, with practical insights for organizations in Mauritius and Africa using the South Africa (Johannesburg) region.

Ish Sookun

8 min read
Google Cloud Platform

Google Cloud Workload Identity Federation: A Guide to Keyless Authentication for Multi-Cloud Environments

Learn how to eliminate service account keys and implement keyless authentication for GitHub Actions using Google Cloud Workload Identity Federation with Cloud SQL.

Ish Sookun

27 min read
Laravel

How to change the default login redirect in Laravel 12 (The Simple Way)

Stop digging through middleware! Discover the simplest way to change the default /dashboard login redirect in Laravel 12.x by tweaking a single line in your config/fortify.php file.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
Angular

Angular Material 3: How to Generate and Apply a Custom Color Palette

Pre-built Angular Material 3 palettes not fitting your brand? Learn how to generate a custom color palette and correctly apply it to your Angular project.

Ish Sookun

2 min read
PMI Chapter of Mauritius

Re-skilling for the Future: My Experience at the PMI Mauritius Conference 2025

The Project Management Institute (PMI) Chapter of Mauritius is a community of professionals dedicated to advancing the practice, science, and profession of project management in Mauritius.

Ish Sookun

3 min read
Meetup

Programmers Day 2025

Programmers Day, also known as the Day of the Programmer and occasionally as Day 2^8, is an international professional day that is celebrated on the 256th day of each year. This is September 13 in common years and September 12 in leap years. <em>(Source: Wikipedia)</em>

Ish Sookun

3 min read
Kubernetes

Happy 10th Anniversary, Google Kubernetes Engine! 🎂

Kubernetes is an open-source system for deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications. It was originally developed by Google and released in 2014 to help simplify the process of running applications at a large scale.

Ish Sookun

2 min read
Automation

How to disable Python interpreter warnings in Ansible?

If you've spent any time working with Ansible, you've likely seen the infamous "discovered Python interpreter" warning. While it may seem harmless, understanding its cause and how to properly address it can help you run a less chatty Ansible.

Ish Sookun

2 min read