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Scripts to delete outlook emails
Outlook.com has an overwhelming number emails and deleting them using rules is challenging. Notably, the online filter of Outlook.com can only loads a maximum of 1000 emails. Therefor I have to use scripts (like VBA scripts) to delete them. Below is the script that selects all the unread emails before a given date and deletes them.
Python packaging with Flit
This post provides a simple starter demonstration on how to use Flit for building and publishing Python package. However, for more complex builds, such as compiling C code, you still need the de facto standard setuptools.
bash-git-prompt tweaks
Some tweaks I made to bash-git-prompt. dynamic Python virtualenv path, new var GIT_MESSAGE, etc.
Rendering CSV as Markdown table in Mkdocs Material
Markdown table is not easy to write in IDE. So I want to write CSV and render it as Markdown table. Previously I used a pre-build script during CICD time to convert CSV to Markdown table, and referenced it as --8<-- "markdown_table_file_path.md". But it's not convenient to preview the result locally. So I want to find a way to render CSV as Markdown table in Mkdocs Material directly.
Migrating my blog from Jekyll Minimal Mistakes to Mkdocs Material
After using Jekyll Minimal Mistakes for years, I decided to migrate my blog to MkDocs Material, as it's written in Python and I'm more familiar with it.
Python local version identifiers
Python local version identifiers are used to distinguish between different builds of the same version of a package. They are used to indicate that a package has been modified in some way from the original source code, but should still be considered the same version.
Some nice cicd bash common scripts
During CICD, we often have a large log output, it might be nice to have some common scripts to help us to format the log output, so that we can easily find the information we need.
Recently, when working with Sonar, I found that they have some scripts for such output formatting.
Github actions: deploy static files to azure web app
Although Azure provides already a GitHub Actions for Azure Web App to deploy static files to Azure Web App, but we can also do it ourselves with a azure cli command.