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The week ofOct 21 – Oct 27, 2024
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Aaron Francis (@aarondfrancis) on X 📣 We're excited to announce Mastering Postgres, a video course coming October 15th. @steve_tenuto and I started this business with dreams to improve the quality of database education. With the… X (formerly Twitter) · x.com Aaron Francis is a database master, pumped for thsi dude and all that he is able to accomplish.
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@willmcgugan) on X — New Version of #Textual released! 😎🤓🦾 The demo has been updated. It's not quite finished, expect an update next release, but it is a lot of fun. Press C at any point to see the code powering that page (makes a great learning tool). Video 👇 https://t.co/p2ScsuL7GZ" loading=“lazy”> Will McGugan ( @willmcgugan) on X New Version of #Textual released! 😎🤓🦾 The demo has been updated. It's not quite finished, expect an update next release, but it is a lot of fun. Press C at any point to see the code pow… X (formerly Twitter) · x.com This new demo of textual is wildly awesome, so many widgets and features being added into the main library. The themes and animations are on point and far surpass my expectations of a tui.
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X on X X on X X (formerly Twitter) · x.com Loving this 6 pink with blueforward multicolor combo the porta john has going right now. Also my son printed me a cute black pumpkin.
The week ofOct 14 – Oct 20, 2024
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The work on menu by nvzone. Menu plugin for neovim ( supports nested menus) made using volt
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Just starred windsurf.nvim by Exafunction. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer. A native neovim extension for Codeium
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I’m really excited about codeium.nvim, an amazing project by Exafunction. It’s worth exploring! A native neovim extension for Codeium
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Reddit reddit.com ploopy just dropped a trackpad that runs qmk. This sounds so cool. I’m excited to see some videos on it. It would be sick to get this incorporated into a porta john running zmk, one bluetooth device to run all the peripherals.
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Install a Zulip server — Zulip 12.3 documentation zulip.readthedocs.io Zulip was just featured on a changelog clip as a self-hosted chat offering. I’m interested to give this a go and see how it compares to matrix. glancing at it, it looks a lot like slack.
The week ofOct 7 – Oct 13, 2024
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I like facebookincubator’s project fastmod. A fast partial replacement for the codemod tool
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Pin versions of dependencies · Issue #2200 · Kozea/WeasyPrint Stack trace: pdf = HTML(file_obj=html, base_url='/').write_pdf() File "/service/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/weasyprint/__init__.py", line 252, in write_pdf self.render(font_config, counter_sty... GitHub · github.com weazyprint was throwing me some errors, turns out that it’s currently not compatible with the latest pydyf package. my error I fixed it by locking in pydyf at 0.8.0
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These are SICK, gonna be using this a lot. (Thanks @evantravers 🥰.) · jesseleite/dotfiles@4979400 My dotfiles 💾. Contribute to jesseleite/dotfiles development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHub · github.com helix inspired treesitter select outwards and select inwards.
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add helix · WaylonWalker/devtainer@71b9b29 🐳 (dotfiles) My personal development docker container base image - add helix · WaylonWalker/devtainer@71b9b29 GitHub · github.com Helix officially made it in my devtainer. I am installing the binary right out of the github release with wget and tar. I can’t use installer because their release format does not match what installer is looking for.: I also move the runtime over to /usr/local/share/helix/runtime.: I use /usr/local/bin rather than my home directory as it works better with distrobox.
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External Link github.com Here are some really great keybinds to make helix vim-like. It feels very antithetical to use this whole sale and forego the helix motion-verb language, but there are some nuggets like G in here that I find useful.
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Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix Support regex substitution, comparable to vim:s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc... GitHub · github.com helix multicursor has the ability to do what vims does by using to cycle through cursors, and to discard unwanted cursors.
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Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix Support regex substitution, comparable to vim:s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc... GitHub · github.com Here is a really good vim substitute with regex capture groups, saving this one for a rainy day.
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Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix Support regex substitution, comparable to vim:s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc... GitHub · github.com Interesting take on refactoring the whole codebase from your editor. In this thread the-mikedavis suggests multicursor as a replacement for substitute, and later in the thread takes the side that larger workspace wide edits are outside the scope of helix and he would reach for a refactoring tool like fastmod to do the job.
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Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix Support regex substitution, comparable to vim:s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc... GitHub · github.com I am a heavy user off substitutions in vim, helix does not substitutions built in, rather it leans on multicursor support. to replace every instance of hello with world in vim and in helix you would
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Background Image | Wallpaper · Issue #3059 · helix-editor/helix Describe your feature request Hey! It'd be cool to have the ability to set a background-image on supported terminals (like kitty). Like on IntelliJ: Here is an example of what it'd be on helix: GitHub · github.com How to make helix themes transparent. You can make any built-in theme transparent in helix with one line, a few extras and you can make all the pop ups, help menus and status line trransparant as well.
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Reddit reddit.com This post shows how to set up multiple LSP’s in helix, the example uses pyright and ruff-lsp for python. Add this to your a
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configuring pylsp · helix-editor helix · Discussion #6623 Hi, I'm trying to make some modifications to the default pylsp settings as I do not strictly follow PEP in my personal projects. I googled some examples but I cannot get them to work, so I am wonde... GitHub · github.com How to set your python formatter to black with helix. The following snippet lays out how to set the helix editor to auto-format on save with the black formatter.
The week ofSep 30 – Oct 6, 2024
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The work on zmk-config-wyatt-3x5 by wyattbubbylee. wyatt-3x5
Photo journal · Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2024
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Database Remote-Copy Tool For SQLite (draft) Neat new SQLite utilities often show up in branches of the SQLite repository. Here's a new one from last month: sqlite3-rsync, providing tools for efficiently creating and updating copies of … Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net Simon shared a really cool new utility tool for sqlite ispired by rsync. It checks hashes of each sqlite page and syncs pages. So if nothing in the database has changed it will only require 0.5% the bandwidth as a copy would.
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ticklemykeys (@XTicklemykeys) on X working on a new model. seams less visible hotswap more room for build X (formerly Twitter) · x.com porta-john design update, working on moving the seams to line up with an edge to eliminate long noticable seams. These seams are required because I don’t have a printer big enough to print this in one shot. hotswaps are going in. I’m getting really excited for hotswaps as they will make keebs more repairable, and users can self change out the switches if they want. I can also pre-build them ready to go, and drop in switches at the time of order. I did learn today that these are hyper specific to gateron, damn all these switch manufacturers and their special pinouts. Last thing I gotta make more room for wiring the microcontroller and running wires out to the rows and columns, my first prototype build took waay to long to build.
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Dr. Elvim Ransom 👽 (@jesseleite85) on X Help, I'm being Helix pilled by my own friends! X (formerly Twitter) · x.com Is Jesse going to get sniped by the helix community?
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ticklemykeys (@XTicklemykeys) on X New cap of my own design X (formerly Twitter) · x.com This low profile design almost made it to 9. I think blending together the custom brim to make them all one piece really made the final difference here. The custom brim is two layers thick, only touching on the top layer making it very easy to peel off, but gives better adhesion to the bed, and does not loose one like this print did.
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ticklemykeys (@XTicklemykeys) on X Full size MX caps, printing flawlessly with minimal cleanup required. X (formerly Twitter) · x.com really excited for how these caps of my own design are working out. Having the extra control is the first time I’ve been able to print more than one at a time without some hacky gcode. I’ve got a set of nine here that I have printed 4 times without a single failure.
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Cherry 8 mm keycap mount telcontar.net MX keycap stem dimensions. I used these to create my new caps and all these dimensions worked great. The one dimension I had issues with was the outer diameter off the cap stem, not shown here. 5.3mm ended up being a good outer diameter for me. I print them at an angle and the bottom of the stem can get a bit of sag, pressing out on the outer wall of the switch and can actually stick the key.
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External Link github.com This page is gold. It lays out all of the distrobox assemble api with some good examples of how to get access to things like podman and kind from inside of containers. Especially this example.
The week ofSep 23 – Sep 29, 2024
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I’m really excited about manyfold, an amazing project by manyfold3d. It’s worth exploring! A self-hosted digital asset manager for 3d print files.
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I’m really excited about django-admin-tui, an amazing project by valberg. It’s worth exploring! Django Admin in the terminal!
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GitHub - urob/zmk-config: Personal ZMK firmware configuration for various boards (34-keys, Glove80, Planck) Personal ZMK firmware configuration for various boards (34-keys, Glove80, Planck) - urob/zmk-config GitHub · github.com This is a very well thought out zmk config featuring many macros, numword, and timeless homerow mods. The build system to build locally looks on point, I really need to give that a try!
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add init hooks and exported bins · WaylonWalker/devtainer@2e4c6da 🐳 (dotfiles) My personal development docker container base image - add init hooks and exported bins · WaylonWalker/devtainer@2e4c6da GitHub · github.com Today I learned that you can use init_hooks to access host machine commands from inside a distrobox container. This is super handy for things that you cannot get to from inside the container and need ran outside (docker, podman, flatpak, xdg-open).
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Taildrop · Tailscale Docs Send files between your personal devices on a Tailscale network. Tailscale · tailscale.com Tailscale comes with a feature called taildrop that lets you easily share files between machines on your tailnet. If you have tailscale on ios/android it shows up as a share target when you try to share something, and you can pick the machine to share with. What was not obvious to me was how to receive the file on linux. The linux tailscale service does not automatically receive the file, which can be kinda nice that you can put it where you want, but was not obvious to me at first. Use this command to receive files.
The week ofSep 16 – Sep 22, 2024
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I came across Heawood42 from triliu, and it’s packed with great features and ideas. Files for the Heawood42 ortholinear split keyboard
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GitHub - triliu/Heawood42: Files for the Heawood42 ortholinear split keyboard Files for the Heawood42 ortholinear split keyboard - triliu/Heawood42 GitHub · github.com The Heawood42 is an interesting diodeless keyboard that is not direct wired. According to the repo this is the only keyboard to be diodeless and not direct wired. It does this through the use of a graph.
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Leveret v2 & lever keycaps Leveret is a wireless split keyboard by dohn-joh, featuring thumb clusters with custom lever keycaps. kbd.news · kbd.news This is a wild key cap that uses a lever to convert horizontal key presses to vertically press the switch down. The leveret v2 uses two of these on thumbs, one to press outward, and what appears to be one straight forward which feels like it would have to be a wrist motion, but who am I to judge without having it in person.
The week ofSep 9 – Sep 15, 2024
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After first setting up a new k3s instance your kubeconfig file will be located in /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml.
You cans use it from here by setting $KUBECONFIG to that file.
export KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
Or you can copy it to ~/.kube/config
cp /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml ~/.kube/config
If you have installed k3s on a remote server and need the config on your local machine then you will need to modify the server address to reflect the remote server.
scp user@<server-ip>:/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml ~/.kube/config
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only do this if you don’t already have a ~/.kube/config file, otherwise copy it to a new file and set your $KUBECONFIG env variable to use it.
Now you will need to open that file and change the server address, making sure to keep the port number.
apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
certificate-authority-data: ****
server: https://<server-ip>:6443
name: default
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External Link uxplanet.org A nice set of blacks to use in web design. Subtle variants off of black or white like this can really make your design look nice and modern.
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Wes Bos (@wesbos) on X Are you using position: absolute; to overlap elements? It's almost always better to Use CSS Grid instead! X (formerly Twitter) · x.com This is a pretty incredible use of css grid to overlay items overtop of each other without needing to resort to and the side effects that it brings.
The week ofSep 2 – Sep 8, 2024
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Today I gave n8n a try using podman, their docs gave me docker commands, but it ran fine on my machine using podman.
podman volume create n8n_data
podman run -it --rm --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n
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I’m impressed by pifi-openwrt-raspberry-pi from pifi-org. Firmware Files for Raspberry Pi (PiFI)
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Buttery.so Buttery smooth, minimal icons for interfaces. buttery.so Some sick looking icons no attribution needed.
The week ofAug 26 – Sep 1, 2024
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External Link printables.com Someone has created a knock off of the ltt screwdriver and made it printable, and it works really well. I have one printed with 6 different bitholders. I popped some labels on them in bambu studio as I printed to mark them for metric/inch and so on. I’ve had mine for about a year now, and I use it quite often. I used to be a dedicated screwdriver kind of guy, but as life has changed I’m not working out of a shop with tools at reach as much, I’m grabbing a couple of items and heading to a job in the house or a neighbors house. It’s not 30s to grab just the right dedicated screwdriver anymore. Also having some setup with hex and torx is a game changer. It’s also super handy that you can just pop the bits right into a drill or impact. Highly recommended print. Sorry for not buying the real deal Linux, I got kids to feed here. I owe you a t-shirt order or something.
The week ofAug 19 – Aug 25, 2024
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I recently discovered kickstart.css by tjdevries, and it’s truly impressive. Kickstart.nvim alternative written in pure CSS. Requires failwind.nvim
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Installing and managing Python | uv A guide to using uv to install Python, including requesting specific versions, automatic installation, viewing installed versions, and more. docs.astral.sh now can install python for you. is inspired by rust’s cargo, an all in one fast package and installation manager. is so fast and becoming feature complete, it’s really changing the python packaging ecosystem.
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Switching configs in Neovim How to maintain multiple Neovim configurations and switch between them Michael Uloth · michaeluloth.com Switching between nvim configs can be really easy to do since they implemented the Environment Variable. Now config will be loaded from Michael lays out some aliases in the full article.
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