The latest articles on DEV Community by 7ji9xmel (@7ji9xmel). https://dev.to/7ji9xmel https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1498926%2Fd4b1af1d-0b7b-4e02-aab1-30046113ab1d.png https://dev.to/7ji9xmel en 7ji9xmel Tue, 20 Aug 2024 06:36:43 +0000 https://dev.to/7ji9xmel/generating-secrets-for-applications-4iml https://dev.to/7ji9xmel/generating-secrets-for-applications-4iml <p><strong>Using Python and Terminal</strong>:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>python <span class="nt">-c</span> <span class="s1">'import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(16))'</span> </code></pre> </div> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>python <span class="nt">-c</span> <span class="s1">'import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(16))'</span> </code></pre> </div> <p>If for some of you on Windows does not work, replace single quotes <code>'</code> into double quotes <code>"</code>.</p> <p><strong>Using OpenSSL</strong>:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>openssl rand <span class="nt">-base64</span> 16 </code></pre> </div> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>openssl rand <span class="nt">-hex</span> 16 </code></pre> </div> <p>The number you choose is the length of the secret in bytes, a hex of 16 bytes will produce 32 character strings.</p> jwt secret hex base64 7ji9xmel Wed, 15 May 2024 15:49:08 +0000 https://dev.to/7ji9xmel/setting-christitustech-powershell-profile-for-terminal-and-vs-code-43on https://dev.to/7ji9xmel/setting-christitustech-powershell-profile-for-terminal-and-vs-code-43on <p>Execute the following command in an elevated PowerShell window to install the PowerShell profile:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight powershell"><code><span class="n">irm</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/powershell-profile/raw/main/setup.ps1"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">iex</span><span class="w"> </span></code></pre> </div> <h2> Terminal </h2> <ol> <li>Open the Terminal app and navigate to <code>Settings</code> </li> <li>Under the <strong>Profiles</strong> section click <code>PowerShell</code> </li> <li>Under <strong>Additional Settings</strong> click <code>Appearance</code> </li> <li>Change <code>Font face</code> to <em>"CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font"</em> </li> </ol> <h2> VS Code </h2> <ol> <li>Open VS Code and navigate to <code>File</code>-&gt;<code>Preferences</code>-&gt;<code>Settings</code> </li> <li>In the search bar write <em>"terminal font"</em> </li> <li>Write <em>"CaskaydiaCove NF"</em> in the text area under <code>Font Family</code> </li> </ol> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/cdn-cgi/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fzbsb46ziu3aei37b3eeh.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/cdn-cgi/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fzbsb46ziu3aei37b3eeh.png" alt="Image of the Font Family text area value after the operations in the VS Code section" width="581" height="106"></a></p> christitustech powershell ohmyposh nerdfonts