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 [1]
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.
mkdir -p ~/.config/helix/themes
hx
:o ~/.config/helix/themes/dracula_transparant.toml
# ~/.config/helix/themes/dracula_transparant.toml
inherits = "dracula"
"ui.background" = { fg = "foreground" }
"ui.menu" = { fg = "white" }
"ui.popup" = { fg = "white" }
"ui.window" = { fg = "white" }
"ui.help" = { fg = "light-gray" }
"ui.statusline" = { fg = "gray" }
"ui.statusline.inactive" = { fg = "black" }
:config-edit
# ~/.config/helix/config.toml
theme="dracula_transparant"
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/3059
[2]: /thoughts/
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help on setting up ruff formatter + ruff + pyright please
help on setting up ruff formatter + ruff + pyright please
Reddit · reddit.com [1]
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 ~/.config/helix/languages.toml
a
[[language]]
name = "python"
auto-format = true
language-servers = [
{name = "pyright"},
{name = "ruff-lsp"},
]
[language-server.pyright]
command = "pyright-langserver"
args = ["--stdio"]
config = {}
[language-server.ruff-lsp]
command = "ruff-lsp"
args = []
config = {}
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/HelixEditor/comments/17gglgm/help_on_setting_up_ruff_formatter_ruff_pyright/
[2]: /thoughts/
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 [1]
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.
[[language]]
name = "python"
language-servers = ["pylsp"]
[language-server.pylsp.config.pylsp]
plugins.pyls_mypy.enabled = true
plugins.pyls_mypy.live_mode = true
plugins.flake8.maxLineLength = 88
plugins.pycodestyle.maxLineLength = 88
[language.formatter]
command = "black"
args = ["--line-length", "88", "--quiet", "-"]
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/discussions/6623
[2]: /thoughts/
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 [1]
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.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/4/sqlite-rsync/
[2]: /thoughts/
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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.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://x.com/XTicklemykeys/status/1840104423508312273
[2]: /thoughts/
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X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1]
Is Jesse going to get sniped by the helix community?
Note
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about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://x.com/jesseleite85/status/1841547565575086448
[2]: /thoughts/
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X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1]
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.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://x.com/XTicklemykeys/status/1841646323939864871
[2]: /thoughts/
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X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1]
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.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://x.com/XTicklemykeys/status/1841860763960377732
[2]: /thoughts/
The work on zmk-config-wyatt-3x5 [1] by wyattbubbylee [2].
wyatt-3x5
References:
[1]: https://github.com/wyattbubbylee/zmk-config-wyatt-3x5
[2]: https://github.com/wyattbubbylee
[1]
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.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /static/https://telcontar.net/KBK/Cherry/images/MX/Cherry_8_mm_mount.svgz
[2]: /thoughts/
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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.
[tumbleweed_distrobox]
image=registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/distrobox
pull=true
additional_packages="acpi bash-completion findutils iproute iputils sensors inotify-tools unzip"
additional_packages="net-tools nmap openssl procps psmisc rsync man tig tmux tree vim htop xclip yt-dlp"
additional_packages="git git-credential-libsecret"
additional_packages="patterns-devel-base-devel_basis"
additional_packages="ShellCheck ansible-lint clang clang-tools codespell ctags desktop-file-utils gcc golang jq python3"
additional_packages="python3-bashate python3-flake8 python3-mypy python3-pipx python3-pycodestyle python3-pyflakes python3-pylint python3-python-lsp-server python3-rstcheck python3-yapf python3-yamllint rustup shfmt"
additional_packages="kubernetes-client helm"
init_hooks=GOPATH="${HOME}/.local/share/system-go" GOBIN=/usr/local/bin go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest;
init_hooks=GOPATH="${HOME}/.local/share/system-go" GOBIN=/usr/local/bin go install g...
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 [1]
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!
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://github.com/urob/zmk-config?tab=readme-ov-file
[2]: /thoughts/
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 [1]
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).
init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/podman;
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://github.com/WaylonWalker/devtainer/commit/2e4c6da537f5672209d1b3922fad754190aef938#diff-38878343c551520f8af2a3986e5f6085b03df197a56a92abc42a44b200f0264aR19
[2]: /thoughts/
I’m really excited about manyfold [1], an amazing project by manyfold3d [2]. It’s worth exploring!
A self-hosted [3] digital asset manager for 3d print files.
References:
[1]: https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold
[2]: https://github.com/manyfold3d
[3]: /self-host/
Taildrop · Tailscale Docs
Send files between your personal devices on a Tailscale network.
Tailscale · tailscale.com [1]
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.
sudo tailscale file get .
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://tailscale.com/kb/1106/taildrop?tab=linux
[2]: /thoughts/
I’m really excited about django-admin-tui [1], an amazing project by valberg [2]. It’s worth exploring!
Django Admin in the terminal!
References:
[1]: https://github.com/valberg/django-admin-tui
[2]: https://github.com/valberg
GitHub - triliu/Heawood42: Files for the Heawood42 ortholinear split keyboard
Files for the Heawood42 ortholinear split keyboard - triliu/Heawood42
GitHub · github.com [1]
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.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://github.com/triliu/Heawood42
[2]: /thoughts/
I came across Heawood42 [1] from triliu [2], and it’s packed with great features and ideas.
Files for the Heawood42 ortholinear split keyboard
References:
[1]: https://github.com/triliu/Heawood42
[2]: https://github.com/triliu
[1]
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.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /static/https://kbd.news/Leveret-v2-lever-keycaps-2380.html
[2]: /thoughts/
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
Warning
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
Alternatives to Using Pure Black (#000000) for Text and Backgrounds
In order to achieve maximum contrast in design, interface designers often use a combination of pure black and white colors, which helps…
Medium · uxplanet.org [1]
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.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://uxplanet.org/alternatives-to-using-pure-black-000000-for-text-and-backgrounds-54ef0e733cdb
[2]: /thoughts/
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This is a pretty incredible use of css grid to overlay items overtop of each other without needing to resort to position: absolute and the side effects that it brings.
.wrap {
display: grid;
& > * {
grid-row: 1;
grid-column: 1;
}
}
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://x.com/wesbos/status/1834242925401694490
[2]: /thoughts/
Buttery.so
Buttery smooth, minimal icons for interfaces.
buttery.so [1]
Some sick looking icons no attribution needed.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://www.buttery.so/icons
[2]: /thoughts/
I’m impressed by pifi-openwrt-raspberry-pi [1] from pifi-org [2].
Firmware Files for Raspberry Pi (PiFI)
References:
[1]: https://github.com/pifi-org/pifi-openwrt-raspberry-pi
[2]: https://github.com/pifi-org
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
External Link
printables.com [1]
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.
[2]
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.
[3]
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.
[4]
Note
This post is a thought [5]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://www.printables.com/model/580045/files
[2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/a10f10c7-973a-4dde-bd92-ef37b596fb85.png
[3]:...
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 [1]
uv now can install python for you. uv is inspired by rust’s cargo, an all in one fast package and installation manager. uv is so fast and becoming feature complete, it’s really changing the python packaging ecosystem.
uv python install
uv python install 3.12
uv python list
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/install-python/
[2]: /thoughts/
I recently discovered kickstart.css [1] by tjdevries [2], and it’s truly impressive.
Kickstart.nvim alternative written in pure CSS. Requires failwind.nvim
References:
[1]: https://github.com/tjdevries/kickstart.css
[2]: https://github.com/tjdevries
Switching configs in Neovim
How to maintain multiple Neovim configurations and switch between them
Michael Uloth · michaeluloth.com [1]
Switching between nvim configs can be really easy to do since they implemented the NVIM_APPNAME Environment Variable.
NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-lazyvim nvim
Now config will be loaded from ~/.config/nvim-lazyvim
Michael lays out some aliases in the full article.
alias v='nvim' # default Neovim config
alias vz='NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-lazyvim nvim' # LazyVim
alias vc='NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-nvchad nvim' # NvChad
alias vk='NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-kickstart nvim' # Kickstart
alias va='NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-astrovim nvim' # AstroVim
alias vl='NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-lunarvim nvim' # LunarVim
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://michaeluloth.com/neovim-switch-configs/
[2]: /thoughts/
infused-kim [1] has done a fantastic job with kb_zmk_ps2_mouse_trackpoint_driver [2]. Highly recommend taking a look.
A PS/2 mouse & trackpoint driver module for keyboards running the zmk firmware
References:
[1]: https://github.com/infused-kim
[2]: https://github.com/infused-kim/kb_zmk_ps2_mouse_trackpoint_driver
I recently discovered failwind.nvim [1] by tjdevries [2], and it’s truly impressive.
KEKW
References:
[1]: https://github.com/tjdevries/failwind.nvim
[2]: https://github.com/tjdevries
New-caps-for-porta-john
Today I dropped some new caps in the porta-john. I need to do a bunch of
posts on zmk and my journey building the porta-john, I’ve been rocking it for
at least two weeks now pretty solid and I am absolutely loving it. More on
that later.
KLP-Lame-Keycaps # [1]
The model of the caps are
KLP-Lame [2] by
braindefender [3] , they are super rounded and
smooth. They look really good on camera and feel good to the finders.
[4]
I printed these at home on my ender3 s1 pro with a black and purple silk
filliment. I printed all 42 at once using a Printing 42 keys at once [5] technique.
They do have just a bit of a rough texture that you can feel on your figertips.
I printed these on super quality .12mm layer height, while my last set was
printed on draft quality .32mm layer height. They look crazy different in
print quality with the lines of the new caps barely showing, the feel isn’t
nearly as drastic.
The Result # [6]
Check out the final shots as I set up the porta-john with these swee...
[1]
This is the coolest scrappy build, no printer or modeling required, no fancy tools, just straight chisel and claw hammer in soft pine. Im here for it, create the thing that you want to create.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /static/https://halfwit.github.io/2017/05/08/keyboardblog.html
[2]: /thoughts/
Vim has a handy feature to format text with gq. You can use it in visual
mode, give it a motion, or if you give it gqq it will format the current line.
I use this quite often while writing in markdown, I do not use softwraps in vim,
so gqq quickly formats my current line into a paragraph. Once I have done
this for a single line one time I typically switch to the motion for around
paragraph gqap to format the whole paragraph and not just the current line.
before formatting # [1]
[2]
after formattting # [3]
[4]
References:
[1]: #before-formatting
[2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/01c19159-c0b5-4920-b73c-774284b09940.webp
[3]: #after-formattting
[4]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/e068e445-43e0-4e27-ac30-ac11e9cb9088.webp
A slug is the part of the url that comes after the domain. Commonly matches the file name of a markdown file many blogging systems. These are typically human readable, unique identifiers for pages within the site.
Wikilinks are a core concept within obsidian to link to documents by Slug [1] wrapped in double square brackets. These are commonly used within wiki site generators.
[[slug]]
Obsidian gives you a keybinding alt+enter to go to that file, but if it does not exist it will create the file for you in the root of the project. It’s a nice way to quickly make new documents.
References:
[1]: /slug/
blogging in 2024
Over the past years couple of years blog traffic has been tanking, for some
time I thought it might have just been me, but then i heard it from Dave Rupert
on Shop Talk show, and it made sense. LLMs and AI is slowly killing the
internet as we know it.
My metrics # [1]
I dug into my emails from the google search console team and found two results
nearly one year apart. Impressions are only 60% of its value a year ago while
clicks are only 35% of where they were a year ago. I’m getting less
impressions and even less clicks.
[2]
May 2023
[3]
June 2024
Suspicions # [4]
What I think is happening is a large portion of users are getting their answers
from ChatGPT, Copilot, and llms like this. A lot of my posts have been filling
gaps in the internet, notes for myself when I struggle to integrate x in y
because there was a gap of how to do so in the docs and stack overflow. Some
small fraction of users have moved on to duck duck go and other non global
warming search engines with AI ...
Hotkey to open link under at the text cursor position while typing in edit mode
I find myself not wanting to leave the keyboard for navigation and think a keyboard-only shortcut that could open a link at the text cursor position is at would be really handy for this case.
Obsidian Forum · forum.obsidian.md [1]
Obsidian has a go to definition like feature, the keybind is alt+enter, I would have never guessed this one.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/hotkey-to-open-link-under-at-the-text-cursor-position-while-typing-in-edit-mode/8144
[2]: /thoughts/
It was not obvious to me, but if you have a wikilink such as Trying Obsidian [1], you can jump to the file in obsidian, just like you can with lsp go to definition, the keybinding is alt + enter.
References:
[1]: /trying-obsidian/
The work on KLP-Lame-Keycaps [1] by braindefender [2].
Sculpted and curved keycaps for Kailh Choc and MX switches
References:
[1]: https://github.com/braindefender/KLP-Lame-Keycaps
[2]: https://github.com/braindefender
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Very inspiring video Jason, these people faced adversity and crushed it. The market is so hard right now, its not easy to get a job, move around, and recover from a layoff. Everyone in this video just showed that you can make it in this industry right now, you just have to be willing to work harder than the rest. The bar is raising, a lot of great people are already putting in hard work to make it.
Community is Key, Theo mentioned that a lot of the companies he works with don’t even post openings, they go to their community first and are often filling spots through lower risk community hires.
Note
This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /thoughts/
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This is such a cool 3d printed cornhole game.
Note
This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /thoughts/
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Thor always comes in hard with fire takes in his shorts. Especially if you are early in our career take this in. If you dont yet have kids, but plan to, double take this in.
Note
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about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /thoughts/
I’ve long used copier to create all of my posts for my blog, and it works
really well for my workflow. I think of a title, call a template, and give it
a title. out of the box obsidian did not seem to work this way. It seems like
it wants me to right click a file tree and make a new file using the tree, this
is not my jam.
Here is what I came up with to replace my til template.
---
date: <% tp.file.creation_date() %>
templateKey: til
title: <%*
const originalFileName = await tp.system.prompt("Enter file name");
const toTitleCase = str => str.replace(
/\w\S*/g,
txt => txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase()
);
const title = toTitleCase(originalFileName);
tR += title + '\n'; // Add the title to the template result
-%>
published: true
tags:
-
---
<%*
const fileName = originalFileName.toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, '-');
const newFilePath = `pages/til/${fileName}`;
await tp.file.move(newFilePath);
-%>
<% tp.file.cursor() %>
- tR is a return value, and it gets placed directly into the place it is in the file
- to.file.cursor() creates a tab-index point so I can tab into the content
Trying Obsidian
I am giving obsidian a try, this is a test post to learn the flow. Something
that has been really hard for me for a long time is images, I don’t include a
lot of images just because it takes so much longer just to get the post out. I
store them in a separate repo, I need to resize and compress them for the web
so they aren’t so big.
Images are easy # [1]
This is my current wallpaper.
[2]
I took he screenshot and just pasted it in.
I have more about my process in this post about Obsidian Image Converter [3].
It’s still just markdown # [4]
I don’t know why it took me so long to understand this but obsidian is just
markdown files. I pretty much just plugged in my existing blog and it picked
up all the tags and was ready to run. I now get some nice visualizations to
help me identify posts that were not ever tagged or maybe left unfinished.
It leans hard on wikilinks # [5]
I just finished moving my backend over to md-it-python, which comes with some
good wiliklink support. I eve...
I’m giving obsidian a go as an editor for my blog and one of the main things I
want to fix in my workflow is the ability to quickly drop in images. on first
look through the community plugins I found Image Converter. I set it up to
convert to webp and drop them in a git [1] submodule. I may make it something
other than a git repo in the future, but I’ve learned that adding images to my
blog repo quickly makes it heavy and hard to clone on other machines.
[2]
Once the images are there they are pushed and deployed as their own site to
cloudflare pages. I made a quick edit to my sick wikilink hover [3] plugin for
my blog. if it sees a wikilink ending in webp, convert the domain over to
obsidian-assets.waylonwalker.com, and clean up the remaining "! " that the
python md-it library leaves behind.
Note
after first try I needed to increase the width from 600 to 1400, the image in this post was unreadable.
This is part of me getting set up and Trying Obsidian [4]
References:
[1]: /glossary/git/
[2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/626d85b1-5588-45c4-a4f4-c372dc7c8ff3.webp
[3]: /sick-wikilink-hover/
[4]: /trying-obsidian/
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Docker no Docker, what!!!
So fly.io uses Dockerfiles to deploy your app, but no docker. They use containerd to download your docker images into firecracker microvms to run your app. Firecracker is the same tech that runs aws lambda functions.
Fascinating short post on the beans under the hood at fly.io and how they scale your app globally.
Note
This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /thoughts/
Ultimate Modular Macro Keyboard "Kibly"
Ultimate Modular Macro Keyboard "Kibly"
Reddit · reddit.com [1]
This is a pretty sick design, touch screen macropad, trackball, ring, and knobs for days. I just want to play with it and see what I can make it do.
As I’m typing I think I just realized that its modular, each rectangle is it’s own section!
Note
This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1dyf0d8/ultimate_modular_macro_keyboard_kibly/
[2]: /thoughts/