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Notes in automation
4 articles
Unattended Upgrades You Can Actually Check
Enable automatic security updates with unattended-upgrades on Debian and Ubuntu, see exactly what it will install, pick a reboot policy, and confirm it really ran.
systemd Timers Without the Guesswork
Create a small systemd timer, inspect its next run, and make missed jobs predictable after downtime.
When Cron Does Not Share Your Shell
Fix a script that works in your terminal but fails under cron by giving the job explicit paths, a small environment, and a log.
A Small GitHub Actions Workflow That Runs Your Tests
A compact GitHub Actions workflow that tests a Node project on pushes and pull requests, with npm caching, a concurrency group, read-only permissions, SHA-pinned actions, and a short routine for reading failed runs.