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GitLab Web interface, showing the pipeline editor screen.

Avoiding Duplication in GitLab yaml.

As your CI/CD pipeline grows, you will notice some duplication. Here are some simple solutions to manage that.

How to , Legacy Code , Software Engineering

Two Simple Fixes For Build Time and IDE Responsiveness in Large LabVIEW Projects

Here are 2 simple tricks to improve build time and IDE responsiveness in LabVIEW.

terminal window showing a colorful prompt reflecting the status of a git repository.

AI , How to , SCC

Revisiting bashrc

I decided to try to have ChatGPT help me optimize my .bashrc file. The results were very mixed.

A LabVIEW Diagram showing a a few class methods and then a while loop with a stop button in an event structure.

How to , Linux

IG HTTP Library

If you ever wanted something like a LabVIEW Webservice on Linux Desktop (spoiler the native web services don't work on Linux Desktop) then here is a solution.

Two right click menus. One an LV Class with Property Definition Folder Highlighted. Another an Interface without that option.

How to , OOP

Property Nodes for Interfaces

If you've wanted a LabVIEW Interface to contain data, well here's something that kind of approximates that.

GitLab screenshot showing a nightly bulid schedule.

Continuous Integration , How to , DevOps

Scheduled Pipelines in GitLab

If you have long-running jobs, rather than running them on every push, it may make sense to run them on a schedule.

a CI pipeline diagram from Gitlab showing a pipeline one project triggering a pipeline in another downstream project

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Cascading Pipelines and Triggers

Triggering a CI/CD pipeline in another repository is actually easier than you think.

The LabVIEW Getting Started Screen for LabVIEW 2025Q1. Prominent buttons for Create Project and Open Existing.

Continuous Integration , How to , Software Engineering , Software tools , Docker

LabVIEW in Docker on Linux

LabVIEW in Docker on Linux is here now. NI made an announcement at NI Connect, but you don't have to wait for 25Q3!

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New and Improved LV Compare Script

Setting Up LVCompare just got even better. Now you get the TestStand sequence compare tool as well.

SCC , Security , Open Source , How to

Signing Git Commits

I always knew you could sign Git commits but never had a need. It's easier than you think.

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Copying and Renaming Classes

LabVIEW can exhibit some unexpected behavior regarding the class Localization string when copying and renaming classes.

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Pushing All Branches - More Git Trickery

Here's a little problem I ran into using Git and how I got around it.

How to , Software tools , Open Source

FileWatcher

Want to get notified via LabVIEW Events when a file changes on disk? Now you can!

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Bash style Tab Completion in PowerShell

Here's how to get Bash style tab completion in PowerShell.

How to , Software tools , Open Source

Enable LabVIEW Dialogs

Have you ever had issues with Windows file dialogs not appearing when they should in LabVIEW? If so, check out this tool.

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Tip For Testing and Debugging Tools Menu Tools

Did you know that you can simply drop a Windows shortcut to a VI into "<LabVIEW>/project" and it will show up in the Tools menu in the IDE?

SCC , Software tools , How to , Continuous Integration , DevOps

Git Tip: Find All Changed Files

One way to speed VI Analyzer or Blue is to only run it on changed files. Here is a way to do that.

Software tools , Unit Testing , How to

Approvals New Features - Date Scrubber and Custom DiffTool

Have you tried out Approval Testing yet? if no, why not? It's a great way to tame Legacy Code.

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Approval Testing For LabVIEW 2.0 Released

If you haven't tried approval testing yet, you definitely should. It makes unit testing a lot easier, particularly for legacy code or for verifying complicated objects.

A block diagram showing a setup for using GitLab CI to spawn KVM VMs on demand.

Continuous Integration , How to

More on GitLab Custom Executors

If you are trouble visualizing how GitLab Custom Executors Work, here is a diagram that might help.

Continuous Integration , How to

Spawning VMs like Docker Containers

I've figured out how to use the KVM Executor for GitLab to spawn VMs similar to Docker Containers. It works quite well as an alternative.

How to , DevOps

Compressing KVM Disks for Win10 VMs

If you are using VMs at all, it makes sense to compress them to save disk space. Here's how to do it for KVM with Win10 guests.

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SSH Server on Windows 10

Did you know you can run SSH server on a Windows machine and SSH into it?

How to , Software tools

Publishing AntiDoc Documentation using GitLab Pages

I just discovered GitLab Pages recently. It has been around for a while, so this may not be news to anyone, but I'm sure it's news to at least one of my readers and I've found a somewhat novel use case for it, so I decided to do a blog post about it.

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Git SubModules and GitLab CI

I generally prefer using VIPM to share code, but sometimes submodules are useful. However, using them with GitLab CI can be tricky.