How Tos

Upgrading Portainer Community Edition on Docker

Feb 19, 2023

I run a docker instance under Ubuntu server on my local network. This is how I upgrade portainer to the latest version. …more

Setting up Keras Tensorflow2 on M1 Mac

Oct 21, 2022

I am currently reading Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras to get started with Machine Learning/Deep Learning. Here is how I setup a local Keras/Tensorflow 2.0 environment on my M1 Max MacBook Pro running macOS 12.6. …more

Setting Visual Studio Code as default text editor on macOS

Mar 23, 2021

Visual Studio Code is quite capable has become my editor of choice on macOS. Here is how to set it as the default text editor instead of Text Edit. …more

macOS and Active Directory Passwords

Jan 02, 2021

Macs connected to Active Directory routinely need to update passwords. When working remote, Active Directory password change is not exactly easy. Here are the steps I follow to update my Active Directory password and keep my local mac password in sync. …more

Cross Compiling on macOS via Docker

Dec 23, 2020

I needed to compile an arm64 binary to run on the UniFi Dream Machine Pro. This is how I used docker to setup cross compilation tools and compile the binary on macOS. …more

Domain Specific DNS Servers on macOS

May 22, 2020

My work has multiple domains (corp.network and lab.network) that the nameservers resolve. When in the office the resolution works perfectly. However while conncting over VPN via Tunnelblick the resolution to lab.network was failing. …more

Using Tunnelblick to Connect to WatchGuard VPN

Apr 26, 2020

I needed to connect to a corporate VPN that used WatchGuard. The IT provided Mobile VPN with SSL Client software did not work reliably on macOS Catalina. It sometimes show connected but unable to access remote vpn resources. …more

Building this website using open-source tools and hosting it for free

Apr 18, 2020

For a while, I have been considering building a website to document things I learn. This year I decided to stop procsanating and get started with it. Introducing patelhiren.com in all its glory. 🎉 …more

Boot Camp on External Drive

Apr 06, 2020

I had a spare SSD and a USB enclosure for it. Installing windows on an external drive is unsupported by Microsoft and the setup will abort stating Windows cannot be installed on an external drive. Here is how I managed to install Windows 10 Pro on the external SSD and boot from it on my iMac. …more