OSS Password Pusher: Dropping Official MySQL/MariaDB Support & Future Defaults
Open source Password Pusher has supported SQLite3, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases pretty much since the project was created. For some reason, MySQL has alwa...
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Password Pusher Themes!
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Zero Effort Fully Automatic Distributed Tracing For Python
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New Password Pusher Alfred Workflow
Password Pusher now has an official Alfred Workflow available on packal.org.
Deploy Password Pusher with a Single Click
Password Pusher now has the ability to be deployed to Heroku with a single click using Heroku’s new deploy button.
Log all messages from an IRC channel to a HipChat room
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