github-nuke-cache
Bulk delete GitHub Actions caches based on a prefix
The GitHub runners were upgraded and a compiled dependency in our cache no longer worked. I needed to clear out all caches with a specific prefix across all branches.
Michael Heap
United Kingdom
Michael runs Developer Relations at Kong, focusing on developer experience, education and our open source community. Day to day, this involves everything from OpenAPI to Kubernetes, and everything in between. Prior to Kong, Michael was a director of developer experience at Vonage, and spent a decade as a software engineer working with distributed systems and infrastructure automation. This means that he can't go more than a few days without writing any code, which usually comes in the form of Github Actions
Community Contributions
GitHub Block: OpenAPI renderer
Sample blocks to render OpenAPI descriptions using the new GitHub Next blocks system
GitHub Block: Declarative Config
Proof of concept GitHub Block to render Kong declarative configurations, including interactive config management and committing back to the repo through Blocks
GitHub Action: Required Labels
GitHub Action that fails the build if a PR does not have any/all of the user-defined labels applied to a PR
Rebuilt in 2022 to use `@actions/core` directly
Using GITHUB_TOKEN as a default input value
If you need to authenticate against the GitHub API in your GitHub Action, you might prompt the user to provide their GITHUB_TOKEN secret through an input. This isn't necessarily needed thanks to the github.token context and default input values.
This post shows how to read the `github.token` by default
Mock process.env using mocked-env
How to mock the `GITHUB_` environment variables when writing unit tests for GitHub Actions
Running gickup on a QNAP NAS
Learn how to back up your GitHub repositories every night using `gickup` on a QNAP NAS
A Manager's Guide to Building OKRs
Blog post for YouGotThis, a free core skills event for those entering the industry.
OKRs are one of those things that seem to be everywhere, but each team tends to do them slightly differently. Sometimes they’re strictly enforced, sometimes they’re a checkbox exercise that never gets looked at again.
In this post, we’re going to take a look at what OKRs mean for you as a manager, and how you can help your reports build OKRs that benefit both the business, and them as an individual.
