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Show-In-Context: PaperTrail new feature

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Recently PaperTrail added awesome new feature :  "Show in Context". When you get email notification about the exception that happened last night, you click and get to the exception. Hovering above the line gives the extra plus sign to get the new menu "Show in context". A huge addition to PaperTrail usability. https://papertrailapp.com/

SSL intermediate certificates validation

Recently I had to update SSL certificates on my web-app. Having downloaded the new certificate, the folder included a bunch of *.crt files. Mistakenly I installed   www_example_com.crt certificate. Later, using this tool https://www.geocerts.com/ssl_checker I found out there was a problem with my certificate installation. Browsers dealt well with it well and even didn't notify user about it, but other applications, such as SAP refused to accept the certificate. It turns out that I need to install all intermediate certificates, (e.i. the bunch of *.crt files I mentioned above) so that that certificate chain is complete. The solution of making a bundle came form here: cat www_example_com.crt COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt > ssl-bundle.crt I used this service and loved what it provides: https://cheapsslsecurity.com