Archive: #ntfy

I'm often finding myself being afk for a few minutes, while some process is running. Got to stretch those legs, you know?

I've started using nfty to send me a notification on my phone as soon as a process has completed, so I can actually go ahead and step away without having to check in. And it really couldn't be easier.

First: set up your ntfy account and a topic.

Second: add something like the function below to your .{bash,zsh}rc. Or turn it into a script.

function ping_me () {
    local default="FYI: that thing you triggered just stopped."
    local message="${1:-$default}"
    # $ntfy_topic_url is something like 
    # https://ntfy.sh/yoursecretishtopicname
    curl -sf \
        -H "Title: laptop" \
        -d "${message}" \
        ${ntfy_topic_url} \
        > /dev/null || echo "Ping failed"
}

Third: use it!

Now running just docker-build docker-push && ping_me means Docker can have some fun while I go grab a coffee, check on the laundry, or walk around aimlessly trying to figure out what I was planning on doing.