Python Archives - Makson Lee

How to Bulk Delete ThingsBoard Devices by Prefix Using Python

Makson Lee / April 30, 2026

In this post, I will show how to safely bulk delete ThingsBoard devices by name prefix using Python. This is […]

Makson Lee / September 12, 2025

TL;DR: This guide shows a small Python script that discovers your public IPv4, updates an A record in the OPNsense

Makson Lee / September 12, 2025

The OPNsense firewall exposes a REST API for automation and integration. This post shows how to use the API from

Makson Lee / September 2, 2025

Goal: keep a hostname (e.g., home.maksonlee.com) always pointing to your current WAN IP by calling Cloudflare’s API on a schedule.

Makson Lee / August 14, 2025

Symptom Ubuntu 24.04 ships Python 3.12, but cqlsh 6.2.0 (Cassandra 5.0.x) only supports up to Python 3.11. This post shows

Makson Lee / August 14, 2025

Need Python 3.11 on Ubuntu 24.04 (which ships 3.12)? Use pyenv to install 3.11 side-by-side without touching /usr/bin/python3. At a

Makson Lee / July 15, 2025

If you’re running the open-source version of Kiwi TCMS, you might have noticed that advanced authentication options like OAuth2 and

Makson Lee / July 15, 2025

Running the Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) is essential for validating Android devices, but parsing 100,000+ test results manually? That’s

Makson Lee / June 30, 2025

In my previous post, I explained how to mirror AOSP Android 15 into gerrit.maksonlee.com with complete commit history and tags.

Makson Lee / June 14, 2025

In most organizations, your HR system is the source of truth for employee identity data. Meanwhile, OpenLDAP is often used