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Diff`ing the Network (difflib) - Part 1

A look at the different tools that we can use to perform a differential comparison—ranging from difflib for text block comparison to the more advanced diffsync.

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Reduce ACL Clutter with Batfish

In my previous life as a firewall admin, I found that there were two key things to maintaining a healthy firewall ACL. First, ensure it passes the necessary traffic! Secondly,

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The Key to Automation Success

When I first started in network automation, I took to Vim, vigorously writing out code. Was it clean code, easy to support and extend? Hell no! I have to admit

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Quickly Spot Container Vulnerabilities with Docker Scan

Previously I shared how you can scan your Python code for security issues. However, with the increased use of containers in network automation, I wanted to also share with you

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Centralized Route Analysis with Batfish

I'm sure, by now that it's no surprise that I`m a huge fan of Batfish! More details on why here. Today I wanted to share with you one of

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Simplify Parsing with Cisco's Genie Dq

I want to share a recent addition to my network automation toolbox - Dq (Dictionary query). Dq is a Cisco Genie library that provides various helper functions to ease the

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Forgotten to Commit? Here's a Small Trick!

After a coffee-fuelled coding session the other day, I suddenly released that I had forgotten to commit. Therefore I had multiple changes in a single file that I needed to

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The King of the Network Automation Toolbox

When it comes to network automation we are spoilt with the plethora of tools available to us. One tool that deserves its space within any network automation toolbox is Netmiko.

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VScode’s Latest Extension - Git Graph

Git Graph is an extension recently released for Microsofts Visual Studio Code, and I have to say, it's pretty cool! For those of you who are new to VSCode, it

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