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Using Code as a Source of Truth

Today I want to talk about something that I have been enjoying and adopting more and more over the last 6 months, which is using the code as a form

Free Post Blog Ansible Nornir

Ansible vs Nornir

A common question that arises in the area of network automation is: What’s the difference between Ansible and Nornir? I mean, they are both frameworks that can manage and

Free Post Blog Python

Improve Your Python Code With This Quick Else-if Tip

Today I want to share with you a small tip that I regularly use to prevent having to write multiple else-if statements within my code. You may now be asking,

Free Post Blog Pytest

How to Speed Up Pytest

I have to admit, after adding the final test for checking the Nornir course code repo, it felt good. 56 tests in total. Job done! Well, kind of. After performing

Free Post Blog Nornir

Nornir 101

Learn the basics of Nornir and why it is a great alternative to Ansible for network automation.

Free Post Blog Suzieq

Top 3 Features in SuzieQ 0.16.0

For those of you who are new to SuzieQ, its an: open-source platform that polls your network stores the data in a DB, allowing you to query and analyse your

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What's the Difference? Pytest vs pyATS

The other day I was asked, what is the difference between Pytest and pyATS? With the huge amount of tools and frameworks available to us now for network automation, I

Free Post Blog Python

Python's super() Useful Feature

After presenting the latest Packet Coders tech session in our membership last night, around Python OOP (recording here) there was one feature that I wanted to share with you, that

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Batfish Behaviour TL;DR - Impact Analysis and Named References

Today I want to share with you some behaviour that I learnt the other day that you might find helpful when working with Batfish. This behaviour is based upon the

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