Euan Fisher

> I've been practicing more GitLab troubleshooting, now with my "chaos" script that randomly 'breaks' GitLab. Before using the script I've been testing load, database and disk corruption, and trying unsuccessfully to break Gitaly - it keeps outsmarting me! The last "man-made scenario" I did on focused of CI/CD Pipeline and Runner issues, and the chaos script currently has me diving back into the DB / Rails console. Write-ups for each are on my GitLab breaksim repo, or there is a brief overview with the button above.

> I've finished my re-utlising the Pi 3 as a 2.4ghz 'hotspot' for my Dad to use. He bought an IoT device which, like many, only supports 2.4, any annoyingly the wifi extenders he needs to use for the device will only broadcast on 5ghz. The wifi extender kit he bought was recommended by the company he bought an IoT device from - d'oh!. I used hostadp and dnsmasq alongside an Alfa AWUS036NHA wifi adapter to broadcast the access point - one of the best "budget" adapters I've worked with. The Pi is then plugged directly in to the "5ghz only" extender, which sits down by his front gate, via an ethernet cable, which "talks" to the extender AP in the house. In testing I found it worked incredibly well..in fact it's wifi signal is more stable than my TalkTalk router. It's been a lot of fun, and by trying to use --help flags and 'man' rather than just follow an online guide, I learnt quite a few new aspects about networking, and the many issues it can have.

> Continuing my study for the CCNA and Network+