When there is a need to do manual, repetitive tasks, I start to figure out ways to automate things. A result of one such ideation is #githubaction https://github.com/lauravuo/fetch-contributors-action, which summarizes #GitHub organization contributors to markdown file.

:mastodance: I ported my Twitter #bot to Mastodon for reasons. The @londonmapbot account toots a random MapBox aerial image of #London on schedule using an #RStats {rtoot} script via a #GitHubAction.
📝 Post: https://www.rostrum.blog/2023/02/09/londonmapbotstodon/
:github: Source: https://github.com/matt-dray/londonmapbot
📒 Earlier posts: https://www.rostrum.blog/tags/londonmapbot/

Made a model the predicts if there will be a raftable release of water out of McPhee Dam on the Dolores River. We've gotten a ton of snow in the Dolores Drainage this year, but the reservoir may be too low for a raftable release. The prediction runs as a #rstats #githubaction and updates on Mondays and Thursdays weekly. https://www.schmidtynotes.com/blog/r/2023-02-02-dolores-flow-prediction-plots/

A nice thing I did was creating a #ContinuousDelivery pipeline using #GitHubAction. Why wouldn't I use #Netlify's built-in pipeline? Well, #Jekyll takes forever to build its #SASS plugin, so I created a #Docker image with all the gems pre-installed to save a few minutes on every builds.

I wrote about things that I learned using Mutation Testing as part of CI of a production project https://isabeliita90.hashnode.dev/mutation-testing-in-kotlin-2 #Kotlin #mutationtesting #githubaction

I wrote about things that I learned using Mutation Testing as part of CI of a production project https://isabeliita90.hashnode.dev/mutation-testing-in-kotlin-2 #Kotlin #mutationtesting #githubaction

How I got rid of #YAML in GitHub’s CI: https://www.javaadvent.com/2022/12/how-i-got-rid-of-yaml-in-githubs-ci.html

#GitHubAction #Kotlin

QT JavaAdvent: Sit back and read a story on how I set out to make the world just a bit more type-safe and YAML-free, and how github-workflows-kt and github-actions-typing were born.

Curious? Check out \@krzema12's article "How I got rid of #YAML in #GitHub's CI"

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he companion #GithubAction
Influx, helps you easily import CSV files to Mastodon. Import CSVs or zips filled with CSV files in a repo, on the web or on your local drive.

I import Mastodon addresses found in my follows and followers each night! https://github.com/marketplace/actions/mastodon-influx

What's with the hoops you have to jump through to register a #GithubAction on a ref branch other than main?

What's with the hoops you have to jump through to register a #GithubAction on a ref branch other than main?