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samisalkosuo / postgres_to_wxdata_1min_v2.py

Created November 17, 2025 11:22

Sample Spark-application running on IBM watsonx.data and decorated with IBM Databand SDK.

	# %% [markdown]
	# Drone Ops raw data from PostgreSQL to watsonx.data
	#
	# Uses Databand. Code uses Databand Python SDK to decorate with Databand tracking.
	#
	# See https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/dobd?topic=python-tracking-functions.
	#
	# See also Databand docs https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/dobd?topic=integrations-code-based-workflows.

	# %%

samisalkosuo / send_msgs_to_astradb.py

Created November 6, 2025 12:04

Sample app to send messages to DataStax Astra DB

	import os, time, threading, random, sys
	from datetime import datetime
	from astrapy import DataAPIClient

	TOKEN = os.getenv("ASTRA_TOKEN")
	ENDPOINT = os.getenv("ASTRA_API_ENDPOINT") # e.g. https://<id>-<region>.apps.astra.datastax.com
	KEYSPACE = os.getenv("ASTRA_KEYSPACE", "default_keyspace")
	COLL_NAME = os.getenv("ASTRA_COLLECTION", "test_messages")
	MPS = int(os.getenv("MESSAGES_PER_SECOND", "1"))

samisalkosuo / generate_username.py

Last active January 5, 2017 09:57

Simple function to generate random usernames.

	import sys

	def generate_username(formatStr,capitalize=True):
	"""Generate random user name. formatStr is like CVC-CVC which generates username with consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant.abs

	C=consonant
	V=vowel
	N=number
	+=space
	"""

samisalkosuo / create_ios__icons.sh

Created December 14, 2015 05:28

Create iOS icons from source image.

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	#uses clpargs
	#https://github.com/samisalkosuo/clpargs
	source $GITDIR/clpargs/clpargs.bash

	clpargs_program_description "Create iOS app icons from original 1024x1024 icon."
	#iOS icon sizes
	#https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/IconMatrix.html

samisalkosuo / lsp.bash

Last active November 26, 2015 13:04

LS files in dir with full path. http://rnd-dev.com/ls-files-with-full-path/

samisalkosuo / maze.py

Last active November 17, 2017 03:52

Some mazes classes translated from Ruby from book: Mazes for Programmers (https://pragprog.com/book/jbmaze/mazes-for-programmers). Used in MazinGame: https://github.com/samisalkosuo/mazingame

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	#Some mazes classes translated from Ruby
	#from book "Mazes for Programmers" by Jamis Buck.
	#https://pragprog.com/book/jbmaze/mazes-for-programmers
	#
	#Includes modifications.
	#
	#Execute this and you see mazes.

samisalkosuo / deploy_i2iap.sh

Created June 24, 2015 07:24

Script to deploy i2 IAP v3.0.11 in IBM PureApplication environment. Check this too: http://sami.salkosuo.net/silent-service-i2-iap/.

	echo Deploying i2 IAP 3.0.11 example deployment

	function changeString {
	if [[ $# -ne 3 ]]; then
	echo "$FUNCNAME ERROR: Wrong number of arguments. Requires FILE FROMSTRING TOSTRING."
	return 1
	fi

	SED_FILE=$1
	FROMSTRING=$2

samisalkosuo / rapod.py

Created February 10, 2015 15:30

Random Astronomy Picture of the Day from http://apod.nasa.gov/.

	#!/usr/bin/python

	#retrieve random Astronomy Picture of the Day
	#from http://apod.nasa.gov/

	import sys
	import datetime
	import urllib
	import urllib2
	import random

samisalkosuo / calc.sh

Created January 21, 2015 08:43

Calculator script. From here: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9891?page=0,0

samisalkosuo / getpragpub.sh

Created January 20, 2015 10:35

Shell script to get all PragPub magazines.

	#!/bin/sh


	echo "Retrieving all 49 issues of PragPub as epub..."
	echo "Downloading files to $DIR..."

	DIR=pragpub
	mkdir $DIR

	function getPragPub {

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