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Storing dotfiles in GitHub Revisited

Using dotbot to bootstrap a dotfiles repository
By Matt Himrod
Posted on May 27, 2024

A while ago, I wrote about using a bare git repository to manage my dotfiles. That worked somewhat well, but it had some shortcomings. Honestly, it’s been a while since I switched from that particular setup, and I forget what my main motivating reasons were. I do vaguely recall running... [Read More]
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- howto
Python Context Managers
By Matt Himrod
Posted on April 18, 2024

One of my current projects involves some improvements to code that I wrote last year – specifically enhancing the “Patient Identity Fixer”, which is my pet project of sorts. I plan on adding support for a new API that was recently released, but an improvement that I was looking forward... [Read More]
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- python
- code
PowerShell for Data Transformation: StringData

PowerShell to the rescue!
By Matt Himrod
Posted on March 8, 2024

To borrow from a favorite web comic: whenever I learn a new skill, I concoct elaborate fantasy scenarios where it lets me save the day. Actually, it feels like I don’t need to concoct elaborate scenarios, the scenarios seem to find me after I’ve coincidentally learned an applicable skill. This... [Read More]
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- powershell
- code
PowerShell for Data Transformation: XML

PowerShell makes more quick data transformations easy
By Matt Himrod
Posted on March 7, 2024

This one bugged me for a few days. I don’t think this script is the best solution to the problem at hand, but it was still fun to figure out. We use an Interface Engine for a lot of our data feeds because they originate as HL7, and Interface Engines... [Read More]
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- powershell
- code
PowerShell for Data Transformation: JSON

PowerShell makes quick data transformations easy
By Matt Himrod
Posted on March 6, 2024

My team at work has a custom FHIR resource that we work with often called an Operation Outcome. We generate one of these for nearly every record we process, and we also generate versions of these with statistics after a batch is processed. The version of the resource for a... [Read More]
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- powershell
- code

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Storing dotfiles in GitHub Revisited

Using dotbot to bootstrap a dotfiles repository

Python Context Managers

PowerShell for Data Transformation: StringData

PowerShell to the rescue!

PowerShell for Data Transformation: XML

PowerShell makes more quick data transformations easy

PowerShell for Data Transformation: JSON

PowerShell makes quick data transformations easy