Automation

If you’re working on a macOS and trying to set up GPG keys for your GitHub repositories, you might encounter an error that looks like this: error: gpg failed to sign the data: [GNUPG:] KEY_CONSIDERED 8EBBC19D30CD94DAC81EFEDC2A703231B997AC90 2 [GNUPG:] BEGIN_SIGNING H8 [GNUPG:] PINENTRY_LAUNCHED 55465 curses 1.3.2 - xterm-256color - - 501/20 0 gpg: signing failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device [GNUPG:] FAILURE sign 83918950 gpg: signing failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device This is a surprisingly common issue, and it often points to a problem with the pinentry UI - the program that prompts you for your GPG passphrase. ...

Introduction Self-hosting a CI/CD system is still a common requirement when you want more control over your build environment, runners, and infrastructure. In this post, I’ll walk through how I set up DroneCI to work with GitHub repositories, using Docker Compose. Rather than covering every click in detail, the focus is on the key steps that actually matter during setup and the small but critical details that are easy to miss. ...