Anwesha Das    Generally Linux commands print their version on stdout, for example git --version or python --version. But not ssh. ssh -V prints output to stderr. To test it you can do the following: git version on stdout git --version 2 error 1 output cat output git version

Anwesha Das    After 145 commits spread over multiple PRs, 450 conversations and feedback, and accountable communication via several different communication mediums spanning over 2 years, the Ansible Release Management is finally completely automated, using GitHub Actions. When I joined Red Hat in November 2022,...

Anwesha Das    name: Testing Gha on: workflow dispatch: inputs: GIT BRANCH: description: The git branch to be worked on required: true jobs: test-pr-creation: name: Creates test PR runs-on: ubuntu-latest permissions: pull-requests: write contents: write env: GIT BRANCH: inputs.GIT BRANCH steps: - uses: actions...

Anwesha Das    Each year, I try to experience a new PyCon. 2025, PyCon Lithuania was added to my PyCon calendar. Day before the conference What makes this PyCon, is that we were traveling there as a family and the conference days coincided with the Easter holidays. We utilized that to explore the

Anwesha Das    Since the very inception of my journey in Python and PyLadies, I have always thought of having a PyLadies Conference, a celebration of PyLadies. There were conversations here and there, but nothing was fruitful then. In 2023, Mariatta, Cheuk, Maria Jose, and many more PyLadies volunteers around the...

Anwesha Das    Over the years, when I am low, I always go to the 2014 Euro Python talk Farewell and Welcome Home: Python in Two Genders by Naomi. It has become the first step of my coping mechanism and the door to my safe house. Though 2024 marked

Anwesha Das    It is July, and it is time for Euro Python, and 2024 is my first Euro Python. Some busy days are on the way. Like every other conference, I have my diary, and the conference days are full of various activities. Day 0 of the main conference After a long

Anwesha Das    Ansible Playbooks is the known term, now there is a new term which is being floted in the project, which is Ansible Rulebooks. Today we are going to discuss about Ansible’s journey from Playbook to Rulebook rather Playbook with Rulebook. What is Event Driven Ansible? What is Event

Anwesha Das    Execution Environments serves us the benefits of containerization by solving the issues such as software dependencies, portability. Ansible Execution Environment are Ansible control nodes packaged as container images. There are two kinds of Ansible execution environments Base, includes the...

Anwesha Das    Transparency, collaboration, inclusivity, and openness lay the foundation of the Open Source community. As the project’s maintainers, few of our tasks make the entry bar of contribution low, collaboration easy, and the governance model fair. Ansible Community Engineering Team always thrives on...

Anwesha Das    I released the Ansible 8.3.0 on 15th August, 2023. This is the Ansible stable release. You can read the full Changelog here You can install it via pip. python3 -m pip install ansible 8.3.0 --user You can have a look at the announcement. Fun fact while

Anwesha Das    After coming from DevConf.cz, on 22nd of June I released Ansible Community Package 7.7.0 and 8.1.0. This is the last release of the Ansible 7 series and first minor release of the Ansible 8 series. Ansible Community Package 7.7.0 Ansible 7.7.0

Anwesha Das    The PyCon Italy, 2023 discussion started in PyCon Sweden 2022, when Valerio invited me for the keynote. From disbelief (since my talk at PyCon Sweden was not good) to believing, from searching for talk topics to preparation and multiple rounds of rehearsals and feedback sessions, I was finally...

Anwesha Das    Since I moved to Stockholm, I hated the weather more than the practice behavior of the Sun. But today, it did some good; it woke me up at 4:40 and felt like 7:00, so I started working. And what a productive day it was :). I have been doing

Anwesha Das    My friend Dr. Brett Canon, CPython Core Dev, once said, Came for the language and stayed for the community. It is a little different for me. I Came for the community and stayed for the love of it. I joined the open source community as a lawyer to