Drafts Archive

2026 Prediction Results

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 31 Dec 2026 15:08:26 +0000

I'm tracking results of 2026-predictions

Agent, Prove Yourself

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:26:15 +0000

🌱 This post is still growing

Agents Are Here

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:11:37 +0000

🌱 This post is still growing

The Ai Wars Are So Much Worse Than The Framework Wars

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:36:43 +0000

I've been thinking about this for awhile, the AI wars are so much worse and burnout prone than the framework wars of the 2010's.

A Gaming Keyboard

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:33:27 +0000

Terraria * SilkSong

Ses_3444b09b1ffexter3elfg5qqtg

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:58:05 +0000

** ses***** 3/4/2026, 8:52:32 PM

2026-03-03 Notes

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:34:59 +0000

The big news today sweeping everywhere is the weekend bombing of Iran, Anthropic had an ultimatum to allow AI agents to autonomously pull the trigger on life...

Vaulted Secrets Without Git Churn

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:59:57 +0000

Ansible Vault keeps secrets out of sight, but the ciphertext changes on every encrypt. That turns Git diffs into noise and makes it hard to tell if anything...

You Can Just Build Things

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:10:51 +0000

I don't know if you know this, but the web is a beautiful platform that allows you the freedom to create things and put them out there. Its not tied to four...

Is Ai Faster Yet

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:37:36 +0000

Is AI making us more productive yet, more faster yet?

/style

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000

drafted by kimi

/interests

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000

drafted by kimi

How To Run 5 Agents In Parallel Feb 2026 Edition

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:28:02 +0000

Are developers really running 5 agents in parallel? How the Heck do they keep up with the changes? This seems Impossible.

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A running list of blog post ideas to strengthen underrepresented topics on the site.

Dabbling In Go With Agents

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:46:07 +0000

I've been dabbling with go this week using

My First Agentic Workflow

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:40:20 +0000

In early 2026 I'm trying to lean more in to agentic workflows. The tools are not only better than they were a year ago, but available to me now unlike they...

2026 Predictions

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:16:24 +0000

I'm late on this one so I've seen everyone else's. I'll try my best to make some bold predictions I've not seen elsewhere

Hollow Knight: Silksong

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Hollow Knight: Silksong - 34.62% complete with 18/52 achievements unlocked.

Context Is King

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:28:23 +0000

A new approach to agentic workflows.

I'm In On Agents

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:02:15 +0000

It's the start of 2026 and agents are getting a lot better than they were. I'm using opencode at home, free mode with Zen and big pickle. At work I have...

Characters

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:58:22 +0000

Session: Skate Sim

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Session: Skate Sim - 18.75% complete with 9/48 achievements unlocked.

Trailmakers

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Trailmakers - 31.82% complete with 7/22 achievements unlocked.

DAVE THE DIVER

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for DAVE THE DIVER - 72.09% complete with 31/43 achievements unlocked.

Terraria

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Terraria - 81.74% complete with 94/115 achievements unlocked.

Upload Labs

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Upload Labs - 17.14% complete with 6/35 achievements unlocked.

RBWP4

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for RBWP4 - 77.5% complete with 31/40 achievements unlocked.

Firewalker

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Firewalker - 52.78% complete with 19/36 achievements unlocked.

ASTRONEER

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for ASTRONEER - 35.71% complete with 20/56 achievements unlocked.

I Think I Built A Cms

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:27:11 +0000

https://www.sanity.io/blog/you-should-never-build-a-cms

Workspaces V1

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:17:29 +0000

I've been using the same workflow since 2020, my post tmux-nav-2021 is still very accurate to my workflow. It's been great, but is a starting to feel like it...

Golf With Friends

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Golf With Friends - 22.89% complete with 19/83 achievements unlocked.

My First 3d Printer

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:04:00 +0000

When we got our ender 3 my son was 11. We assembled the day it came in and started the test print that came on the card. We watched as it painstakingly took...

Slime Rancher 2

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Slime Rancher 2 - 18.52% complete with 5/27 achievements unlocked.

Party Animals

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Party Animals - 3.45% complete with 4/116 achievements unlocked.

Stumble Guys

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Stumble Guys - 41.67% complete with 15/36 achievements unlocked.

In-Space-Story

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 20:10:06 +0000

mining colony * An abandoned drilling station

Wobbly Life

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Wobbly Life - 72.06% complete with 49/68 achievements unlocked.

Bopl Battle

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Bopl Battle - 50.0% complete with 14/28 achievements unlocked.

Bloons TD 6

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Bloons TD 6 - 5.88% complete with 9/153 achievements unlocked.

Hollow Knight

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Hollow Knight - 55.56% complete with 35/63 achievements unlocked.

PEAK

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for PEAK - 3.7% complete with 2/54 achievements unlocked.

A More Human Internet

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:36:00 +0000

An idea for a post that may never happen

Factorio

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Factorio - 18.18% complete with 16/88 achievements unlocked.

ROUNDS

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for ROUNDS - 95.83% complete with 23/24 achievements unlocked.

Should I kubernetes My Homelab

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:28:16 +0000

Yes

Descenders

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Descenders - 73.81% complete with 31/42 achievements unlocked.

Among Us

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Among Us - 69.7% complete with 23/33 achievements unlocked.

gpg setup for kdewallet

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:52:43 +0000

I'm trying to setup gpg for kdewallet on archlinux with hyprland so that brave shuts up. I've tried this, but brave still complains about the wallet setup,...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Ultimate Chicken Horse - 58.06% complete with 18/31 achievements unlocked.

Oxygen Not Included

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Oxygen Not Included - 12.0% complete with 6/50 achievements unlocked.

ANIMAL WELL

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for ANIMAL WELL - 80.0% complete with 16/20 achievements unlocked.

Stardew Valley

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Stardew Valley - 26.53% complete with 13/49 achievements unlocked.

Grounded

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Grounded - 8.89% complete with 4/45 achievements unlocked.

Lovika

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Lovika - 27.88% complete with 29/104 achievements unlocked.

Brotato

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Brotato - 11.36% complete with 20/176 achievements unlocked.

2025-nas

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:13:06 +0000

5 3.5" hot swap drive drive bays * 2 Seagate 4TB 3.5" drive (trust worthy drives) * ryzen 3300G * 500GB nvme ssd - I have this installed in a machine I would...

Raft

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Raft - 19.23% complete with 20/104 achievements unlocked.

Wizard with a Gun

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Wizard with a Gun - 60.87% complete with 28/46 achievements unlocked.

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ - 32.08% complete with 17/53 achievements unlocked.

PHX

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for PHX - 68.89% complete with 31/45 achievements unlocked.

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ - 5.13% complete with 2/39 achievements unlocked.

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions - 74.19% complete with 23/31 achievements unlocked.

Human: Fall Flat

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Human: Fall Flat - 48.98% complete with 72/147 achievements unlocked.

Weeknote 0

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Inspired by Simon Willison I'm starting a weeknotes retrospective post to recap the week. The theme this week has been learning and setting up obsidian to...

SteamWorld NewGame2017

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for SteamWorld NewGame2017 - 2.94% complete with 1/34 achievements unlocked.

Printing 42 keys at once

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 09:54:00 +0000

I'm working on creating some gcode to create a whole set of key caps in one print, it is getting tedious to print them one at a time, and my past experience...

The Farmer Was Replaced

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for The Farmer Was Replaced - 0.0% complete with 0/59 achievements unlocked.

Slime Rancher

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Slime Rancher - 57.89% complete with 33/57 achievements unlocked.

My Reader Project

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 10:24:28 +0000

In 2024 I built my own reader after years of being bitter about google killing reader more than a decade prior.

Witch Hunt

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Witch Hunt - 7.32% complete with 3/41 achievements unlocked.

I've added htmx to my blog

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 20:50:12 +0000

I've added htmx to my blog. It's extra bloatware that I long avoided, but it's so damn convenient.

latest

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 20:16:46 +0000

My latest blog post is . Click the link if you are not automatically redirected.

thinking about static sites in 2024

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 30 May 2024 12:57:24 +0000

actions build

Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 3

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 3 - 12.0% complete with 6/50 achievements unlocked.

tailwind and markdown

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 08:17:03 +0000

This post is a bit of an experiment to see what I can do. Lets start with a block of pink text. I build my blog with my own static site generator called markata

PowerWash Simulator

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for PowerWash Simulator - 5.0% complete with 5/100 achievements unlocked.

Portal 2

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Portal 2 - 45.1% complete with 23/51 achievements unlocked.

MXGP3 - The Official Motocross Videogame

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for MXGP3 - The Official Motocross Videogame - 2.78% complete with 1/36 achievements unlocked.

Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame - 40.0% complete with 20/50 achievements unlocked.

Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 5

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 5 - 66.0% complete with 33/50 achievements unlocked.

Escape Simulator

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Escape Simulator - 20.0% complete with 5/25 achievements unlocked.

Patagonia

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Patagonia - 2.7% complete with 1/37 achievements unlocked.

Hosted Platform Brainstorm

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:52:44 +0000

shots shots templates gradient backgrounds premium feature upload your own background ogs scrape og info, generate og image og’s build on shots, they are just hosted template endpoints that get a screenshots potentially auto approve og’s from rss drops drop a file to share limited size, limited upload MB’s / month archives deep permalink a website https://pypi.org/project/pywebcopy/ og-links ai-covers give me an url, and a selector, I will read your article and give you an ai...

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 11.76% complete with 4/34 achievements unlocked.

Core Keeper

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Core Keeper - 0.0% complete with 0/51 achievements unlocked.

Starbound - Unstable

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Starbound - Unstable - 9.8% complete with 5/51 achievements unlocked.

Colossal Order Game

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Colossal Order Game - 3.94% complete with 5/127 achievements unlocked.

Poly Bridge 2

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Poly Bridge 2 - 9.09% complete with 2/22 achievements unlocked.

Mimpi Dreams

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Mimpi Dreams - 17.54% complete with 10/57 achievements unlocked.

Pycon 2023

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 09:59:07 +0000

I don't want to be an expert python developer.

Craftopia

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Craftopia - 0.0% complete with 0/50 achievements unlocked.

Getting Started with Pydantic

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 30 May 2023 13:35:27 +0000

Pydantic is a Python library for serializing data into models that can be validated with a deep set of built in valitators or your own custom validators, and...

Knockout City™

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Knockout City™ - 2.0% complete with 1/50 achievements unlocked.

Badger

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Badger - 12.5% complete with 5/40 achievements unlocked.

Frozen Flame

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Frozen Flame - 6.25% complete with 2/32 achievements unlocked.

MultiVersus

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for MultiVersus - 53.57% complete with 15/28 achievements unlocked.

useful btrfs tools

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:31:39 +0000

Looking at disk usage on any of these must be done using a tool built for it if you want an accurate measurement. General purpose tools like du will be...

Subnautica

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Subnautica - 5.88% complete with 1/17 achievements unlocked.

Poly Bridge

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Poly Bridge - 9.09% complete with 2/22 achievements unlocked.

devops philosophy

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:49:04 +0000

How to keep a secret - Kelsey Heightower Fundamentals - What does good devops look like - Docs are not optional - Dave Farley the foundations of Continuous...

Steep

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Steep - 0.0% complete with 0/41 achievements unlocked.

extending vim with shell commands

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:38:11 +0000

Vimconf 2022

formatme

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:39:23 +0000

from kedro.pipeline import node node( input="raw", output="int", func=my_func, tags=["one"], )

caching python virtual environments in GitHub Actions

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:32:49 +0000

Markata GitHub Pages

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 18:03:31 +0000

hugo puts it in the base url https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration/#baseurl * mkdocs uses a special cli build command...

running aws cli commands with localstack

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:28:33 +0000

Upon first running an cli command using localstack you might end up with the following error.

Using Django Rest Framework inside react

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 20:56:19 +0000

npx create-react-app todoreact import React,{useState,useEffect} from 'react'; import './App.css'; function App() { const [data,setData]=useState([]); const [newName,setNewName]=useState([]); const getData=()=>{ fetch('/api' ,{ headers : { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json' } } ) .then(function(response){ return response.json(); }) ...

django polls app

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:17:52 +0000

Python direct dependencies in pyproject.toml

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:43:06 +0000

Hatch allows you to specify direct references for dependencies in your file. This is useful when you want to depend on a package that is not available on...

Setting up snapper on Arch

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 11:00:46 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_97JOyC1o2o

Highlighting text ranges with Rich | python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 20:06:34 +0000

{% for year in markata.map(“date.year”, filter=‘published’)|unique %} {{ year }} # {% for post in markata.map(‘post’, filter=“published and date.year == “+year|string, sort=‘date’) %} [{{ post.title }} - {{ post.date.month }}/{{ post.date.day }}](/{{ post.slug }}) {% endfor %} {% endfor %}

Muck

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Muck - 2.04% complete with 1/49 achievements unlocked.

How to Disable Kedro Viz | or any kedro hook

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:01:03 +0000

Gpu Stats in my linux statusbar

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:25:56 +0000

sein

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for sein - 8.77% complete with 5/57 achievements unlocked.

Running My Blog on 3.11-dev

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:33:06 +0000

3.10.5: 109.441 3.11-dev: 108.856

arch Fonts

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 10:59:59 +0000

https://gist.github.com/YoEight/d19112db56cd8f93835bf2d009d617f7

Manage your displays with xrandr manager

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 08:43:17 +0000

xrandr is a great cli to manage your windows in a linux distro using x11, which is most of them. The issue is that I can never remember all the flags to the...

Get better at jq interactively | ijq

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:09:35 +0000

has some syntax that will sneak up on you with complexity. It looks so good, and so understandable, but everytime I go to use it myself, I don't get it. is...

gh repo create

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:53:32 +0000

I love getting faster in my workflow, something I have recently added in is creating GitHub repos with the cli. I often create little examples of projects,...

Python atexit

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 23:45:55 +0000

totally guessed at this post's date

Portal

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Portal - 26.67% complete with 4/15 achievements unlocked.

The one pip config you need to have

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:31:09 +0000

Whenever you are installing python packages, you should always use a virtual environment. pip makes this easy to follow by adding some configuration to pip.

pyenv no module named '_sqlite3'

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 31 May 2022 14:18:52 +0000

I've been trying to adopt pyenv for a few months, but have been completely blocked by this issue on one of the main machines I use. Whenever I start up...

git merge ours

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 24 May 2022 12:12:09 +0000

Sometimes you have a pretty old branch you are trying to merge into and you are absolutely sure what you have is what you want, and therefore you don't want...

vim plugged snapshot

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 13 May 2022 19:56:38 +0000

A few of my friends and I all just borked our neovim configs during a plug update, and because none of us were using it was painful to recover from.

qutebrowser clean up all status bars

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 11 May 2022 22:03:30 +0000

I really like the super clean look of no status menus, no url bar, no bookmarks bar, nothing. Don't get me wrong these things are useful, but honestly they...

convert your qutebrowser config to config.py

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 11 May 2022 07:16:34 +0000

When you first start qutebrowser It will create some config files in your home directory for you, but they will be empty.

Bash function to edit scripts faster

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 10 May 2022 14:57:35 +0000

I am often editing my own scripts as I develop them. I want to make a better workflow for working with scripts like this.

List all git commits with GitPython

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 09 May 2022 21:24:12 +0000

I am getting ready to do some timeseries analysis on a git repo with python, my first step is to figure out a way to list all of the git commits so that I...

GPG signing commits over ssh

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 08 May 2022 15:09:59 +0000

I was editing some blog posts over ssh, when I ran into this error. gpg was failing to sign my commits. I realized that this was because I could not answer...

Links

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 07 May 2022 01:10:50 +0000

twitter - twitch - github - dev.to - LinkedIn - YouTube

Review Pull Requests with git worktrees

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 04 May 2022 14:31:05 +0000

Sometimes you get a PR on a project, but cannot review it without wrecking your current working setup. This might be because it needs to be compiled, or a...

Using Git from Python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 20:23:23 +0000

is a python api for your git repos, it can be quite handy when you need to work with git from python.

pipx on windows

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 14:03:38 +0000

Python, click install

Python sys.excepthook

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 14:21:54 +0000

Sometimes you just want python to do something else when you hit an exception, maybe that's fire a text, slack message, email, or system notification like I...

A TTY Can Save Your Bacon

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:46:25 +0000

I recently was unable to boot into my home Linux Desktop, it got stuck at diskcheck . I found that I was able to get in to a tty through a hotkey.

pygame events are queued | Don't make this mistake

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:14:20 +0000

pygame events are stored in a queue, by default the most suggested way shown in all tutorials "" the queue, which removes all the messages.

Display Sprites in Pygame | Load and Blit

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:07:15 +0000

One of the most essential concepts of pygame to start making a game you will need to understand is loading images and blitting them to the screen.

Mixing Colors at the Command Line

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:20:37 +0000

From the same Author that brought us command line essentials like and written in rust comes pastel an incredible command-line tool to generate, analyze,...

Dunk is my new diff pager

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:47:00 +0000

Dunk is a beautiful git diff tool built on top of rich.

Pygame Boilerplate Apr 2022

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 16:32:40 +0000

I'm poking a bit into gamedev. Partly to better understand, partly because it's stretching different parts of my brain/skillset than writing data pipelines...

Unzip minecraft mods to their directory from the command line

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 16:20:34 +0000

This morning I was trying to install a modpack on my minecraft server after getting a zip file, and its quite painful when I unzip everything in the current...

Did my site build just go down?

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:25:49 +0000

My personal Site build went down last week, and I was unable to publish a new article. This is the process I went through to get it back up and running quickly.

Don't inherit from python BaseException, Here's why.

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 01:21:30 +0000

I ran into a PR this week where the author was inheriting what BaseException rather than exception. I made this example to illustrate the unintended side...

How I make cache-keys from python objects

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:11:09 +0000

When I need a consistent key for a pythohn object I often reach for It works for me and the use cases I have.

How I setup a sqlite cache in python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:47:36 +0000

When I need to cache some data between runs or share a cache accross multiple processes my go to library in python is . It's built on sqlite with just enough...

Cache a python function with lru_cache

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 01:21:30 +0000

The easiest way to speed up any code is to run less code. A common technique to reduce the amount of repative work is to implement a cache such that the next...

Set User Agent on pandas read_csv

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:21:30 +0000

I keep a small cars.csv on my website for quickly trying out different pandas operations. It's very handy to keep around to help what a method you are...

Get Webpage with python requests

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:10:35 +0000

Python's requests library is one of the gold standard apis, designed by Kenneth Reitz. It was designed with the user perspective in mind first and...

Ease into htmx with htmx-get

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:49:23 +0000

I recently attended python web conf 2022 and after seeing some incredible presentations on it I am excited to give htmx a try.

Style Lookatme Slides a bit more Personal

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I recently gave a talk at python web conf 2022, and one of the things I did when I should have been working on my presentation was workig on how my...

How I load Markdown in Python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 03:18:48 +0000

I use a package eyeseast/python-frontmatter to load files with frontmatter in them. Its a handy package that allows you to load files with structured...

Python's Dict Union Operator | Pep 584

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 02:39:53 +0000

Today I was watching the python web conf 2022 and saw @davidbujic use the new Dict Union Operator Live on stage during his Functional Programming talk. This...

How I Present Markdown Slides from the Terminal

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:13:39 +0000

I love the freedom of writing in markdown. It allows me to write content from the comfort of my editor with very little focus on page style. It turns out...

How I read Files in Python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 17:19:00 +0000

When I need to read contents from a plain text file in python I find the easiest way is to just use .

Automatically Generate a list of Markdown Links in Vim

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:11:27 +0000

Let's make a vim command to automatically collect all the links in these posts at the end of each article. Regex confuses the heck out of me... I don't have...

Create a Swapfile on Your Linux Machine

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:29:49 +0000

If you ever end up on a linux machine that just does not have enough ram to suffice what you are doing and you just need to get the job done you can give it...

How I glob for Files in Python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:01:53 +0000

A very common task for any script is to look for files on the system. My go to method when globbing for files in python is to use pathlib.

Set Your Git Pager Config

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:03:18 +0000

Setting up your git pager to your liking can help you navigate diffs and logs much more efficiently. You can set it to whatever pager you like so that your...

Configure Git to Autocorrect Your Fat Fingers

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:43:25 +0000

If you have ever mistyped a git command very close to an existing one you have likely seen this message.

Install yq | A light weight yaml parser cli

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:30:12 +0000

is a command line utility for parsing and querying yaml, like does for json.

pytest-mock Basics

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:19:02 +0000

Last Thursday I learned about at a local python meetup. The presenter showed how he uses for his work, and it was kinda eye opening. I knew what mocking was,...

Python Walrus Inside List Comprehension

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 15:01:59 +0000

Python 3.8 came out two and a half years ago and I have yet to really lean in on the walrus operator. Partly because it always seemed like something kinda...

Make Kedro Runs Beautiful

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:14:51 +0000

Kedro rich is a very new and unstable (it's good, just not ready) plugin for kedro to make the command line prettier.

Git Worktrees are not so Scary

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:19:34 +0000

So worktrees, I always thought they were a big scary things. Turns out they are much simpler than I thought.

Configure Git to Always Push to the Current Branch

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:45:18 +0000

Has no upstream branch errors in git can be such a damn productivity killer. You gotta stop your flow and swap over the branch, there is a config so that you...

Setup SSH from chromebook to home desktop

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:20:52 +0000

I write many of these posts from a 10 year old desktop that sits in my office these days. It does a very fine job running all of the things I need it to for...

Mermaid Highlight

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:22:04 +0000

Mermaid gives us a way to style nodes through the use of css, but rather than using normal css selectors we need to use . This also applies to subgraphs, and...

Open Files with Nvim Remote

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 16:22:49 +0000

I recently found a really great plugin by mhinz to open files in neovim from a different tmux split, without touching neovim at all.

Grouping Mermaid nodes in Subgraphs

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 16:23:42 +0000

Mermaid provides some really great ways to group or fence in parts of your graphs through the use of subgraphs.

Dedupe your shell paths

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:08:49 +0000

If you have ever ran and see duplicate entries it's likely that you have duplicate entries in your $PATH. You can clean this up with a one liner at the end...

Simple Plain Text Diagrams in HTML

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:40:01 +0000

Since GitHub started supporting mermaid in their markdown I wanted to take another look at how to implement it on my site, I think it has some very nice...

Bash mktemp

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:52:08 +0000

There is GNU coreutils command called that is super handy in shell scripts to make temporary landing spots for files so that they never clash with another...

Recover a lost git branch with checkout

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:34:01 +0000

Once you give a branch the big D () its gone, its lost from your history. It's completely removed from your log. There will be no reference to these commits,...

git find deleted files

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:45:19 +0000

It's nearly impossible to completely loose a file if it is commited to git. It's likely harder to fully remove the file than it is to recover it, but how do...

git diff-filter

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 16:34:31 +0000

Git commands such as , , all take a flag called . This can filter for only certain types of diffs, such as added (A), modified (M), or deleted (D).

Textual Popup Hack

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 15:41:12 +0000

As I am toying around with textual, I am wanting some popup user input to take over. Textual is still pretty new and likely to change quite significantly, so...

Install obs flatpak

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 02:33:16 +0000

Big announcement recently that obs studio now builds out to a flatpak, hopefully making it easier for all of us to install, especially us near normies that...

GitHub Markdown now Supports Mermaid Diagrams

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:22:31 +0000

Mermaid diagrams provide a way to display graphs defined as plain text. Some markdown renderers support this as a plugin. GitHub now supports it.

Git rebase to the beginning of time

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:57:37 +0000

Git has a built in way to rebase all the way back to the beginning of time. There is no need to scroll through the log to find the first hash, or find the...

Glances can watch docker processes

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:38:42 +0000

Glances is a system monitor with a ton of features, including docker processes.

Revive files from the dead with git

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:44:02 +0000

Git reflog can perform some serious magic in reviving your hard work from the dead if you happen to loose it.

Glances webui with pipx

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:25:49 +0000

Glances has a pretty incredible webui to view system processes and information like htop, or task manager for windows.

Git reflog is an alias for git log -g

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:02:52 +0000

Right inside the git docs, is states that the command runs by default which is an alias for

Run glances without install with pipx

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:17:26 +0000

Glances is a fully featured system monitoring tool written in python. Out of the box it's quite similar to htop, but has quite a few more features, and can...

Nested requirements.txt in python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:53:20 +0000

python requirements text files can in fact depend on each other due to the fact that you can pass pip install arguments right into your file. The trick is to...

Modded Minecraft in Docker

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:44:38 +0000

In my adventure to put more homelab in docker, I moved our modded minecraft setup to docker.

View AWS event bridge rules with visidata

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 03:04:26 +0000

Reading eventbridge rules from the command line can be a total drag, pipe it into visidata to make it a breeze.

Vim remaps use cmd in place of :

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:53:17 +0000

Anyone just starting out their vim customization journey is bound to run into this error.

Hydroneer

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for Hydroneer - 0.0% complete with 0/78 achievements unlocked.

A better copy-mode bind for Tmux

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 17:05:23 +0000

The default keybinding for copy-mode is one that is just so awkward for me to hit that I end up not using it at all. I was on a call with my buddy Nic this...

Python string of letters is a string of letters, but not with special

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 16:05:55 +0000

In python, a string is a string until you add special characters.

Bluetooth at the command line on Ubuntu

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 22:01:41 +0000

One thing about moving to a tiling window manager like awesome wm or i3 is that they are so lightweight they are all missing things like bluetooth gui's out...

Read stderr from python subprocess.Popen

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 03:57:32 +0000

I often run shell commands from python with Popen, but not often enough do I set up error handline for these subprocesses. It's not too hard, but it can be a...

Simple Samba Share Setup

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:41:20 +0000

Samba is an implementation of the smb protocol that allows me to setup network shares on my linux machine that I can open on a variety of devices.

ag silver searcher look ahead and look behind

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:54:08 +0000

A super useful tool when doing PR's or checking your own work during a big refactor is the silver searcher. Its a super fast command line based searching...

Running a Minecraft Server in Docker

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 02:35:21 +0000

I've ran a Minecraft server at home since December 2017 for me and my son to play on. We start a brand new one somewhere between every day and every week....

Installing Rust and Cargo on Ubuntu 21.10 using Ansible

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:34:02 +0000

Installing rust in your own ansible playbook will make sure that you can get consistent installs accross all the machines you may use, or replicate your...

Using a Python Markdown ast to Find All Paragraphs

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:18:28 +0000

In looking for a way to automatically generate descriptions for pages I stumbled into a markdown ast in python. It allows me to go over the markdown page and...

Neovim Config for Git

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:23:57 +0000

Creating a minimal config specifically for git commits has made running much more pleasant. It starts up Much faster, and has all of the parts of my config...

python dict get

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 03:00:36 +0000

For an embarassingly long time, til today, I have been wrapping my dict gets with key errors in python. I'm sure I've read it in code a bunch of times, but...

Nix Versions By Commit Count

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:12:35 +0000

I was listening to shipit37 with Vincent Ambo talking about building fully declaritive systems with nix. Vincent is building out Nixery and strongly believes...

Find all Headings with BeautifulSoup

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:17:18 +0000

BeautifulSoup is a DOM like library for python. It's quite useful to manipulate html. Here is an example to find_all html headings. I stole the regex from...

Lambda Function as a Kedro Node

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:52:36 +0000

I keep my nodes short and sweet. They do one thing and do it well. I turn almost every DataFrame transformation into its own node. It makes it must easier to...

How to Properly Simulate Stow

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 20:28:17 +0000

stow -R --simulate -vvv git

A Good Use for global .gitignore

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 02:11:51 +0000

I've never found a great use for a global file. Mostly I fear that by adding a lot of the common things like files it will be missing from the project and...

Squoosh cli

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:54:50 +0000

Today I discovered a sweet new cli for compressing images. squoosh cli is a wasm powered cli that supports a bunch of formats that I would want to convert my...

Add New Dependencies to Your Kedro Project

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:30:48 +0000

As you work on your kedro projects you are bound to need to add more dependencies to the project eventually. Kedro uses a fantastic command under the hood to...

Practice making pipelines with kedro

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:07:37 +0000

I am a huge believer in practicing your craft. Professional athletes spend most of their time honing their skills and making themsleves better. In...

Tmux and Vim Clipboard for Ubuntu

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 02:50:56 +0000

One of the first things I noticed broken in my terminal based workflow moving from Windows wsl to ubuntu was that my clipboard was all messed up and not...

nix rescues modded minecraft night

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:07:39 +0000

With the latest version of minecraft it requires a very new, possibly the latest, version of java. Lately we have been getting into modded minecraft and I...

Tmux hotkey for copier templates

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 02:22:53 +0000

I have added a hotkey to my copier template setup to quickly access all my templates at any time from tmux. At any point I can hit , thats holding control...

Markata Filters as Telescope Pickers in Neovim

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 04:52:20 +0000

I often pop into my blog from neovim with the intent to look at just a single series of posts, , , or just see todays posts. Markata has a great way of...

Copier Tasks | Python templating post run task

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 04:49:12 +0000

Copier allows you to run post render tasks, just like cookiecutter. These are defined as a list of in your . They are simply shell commands to run.

Gradual Typing in Python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:27:32 +0000

I've referenced a video from Anthony Sotile in passing conversation several times. Walking through his gradual typing process has really helped me understand...

Python Reverse Sluggify

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:24:43 +0000

In order to make an auto title plugin for markata I needed to come up with a way to reverse the slug of a post to create a title for one that does not...

fuzzy wallpaper with fzf

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:17:26 +0000

I really appreciate that in linux anything can be scripted, including setting the wallpaper. So everytime I disconnect a monitor I can just rerun my script...

Get Python docstring with ast

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:13:32 +0000

Getting docstrings from python's ast is far simpler and more reliable than any method of regex or brute force searching. It's also much less intimidating...

Python Respect the .gitignore

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:16:33 +0000

Many tools such as ripgrep respect the file in the directory it's searching in. This helps make it incredibly faster and generally more intuitive for the...

Rename Python Variables with nvim

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 15:27:22 +0000

I don't use refactoring tools as much as I probably should. mostly because I work with small functions with unique names, but I recently had a case where a...

Python Find Available Port

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 23:47:27 +0000

When running a python process that requires a port it's handy if there is an option for it to just run on the next avaialble port. To do this we can use the...

Implement --pdb in a python cli

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:09:20 +0000

Adding a flag to your applications can make them much easier for those using it to debug your application, especially if your applicatoin is a cli...

Converting markdown to pdf with pandoc on linux

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 03:25:36 +0000

Converting markdown posts to pdf on ubuntu takes a few packages from the standard repos. I had to go through a few stack overflow posts, and nothing seemed...

Python Enum

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:03:34 +0000

Python comes with an enum module for creating enums. You can make your own enum by inheriting importing and inheriting from Enum.

Installing Pipx on Ubuntu

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:14:05 +0000

I recently paired up with another dev running windows with Ubuntu running in wsl, and we had a bit of a stuggle to get our project off the ground because...

2 minutes to stow

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:33:58 +0000

Stow is an incredible way to manage your dotfiles. It works by managing symlinks between your dotfiles directory and the rest of the system. You can then...

Using Copier Answers to rerun templates quickly

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 01:16:52 +0000

The copier answers file is a key component to making your templates re-runnable. Let's look at the example for my setup.py.

Making a Textual Widget from a Rich Renderable

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 03:25:36 +0000

Once you have made your sick looking cli apps with rich, eventually you are going to want to add some keybindings to them. Currently Textual, also written by...

pipx examples

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 03:04:57 +0000

count lines of code # pipx run pygount markata pipx run pygount markata --format=summary pipx run pygount markata --suffix=cfg,py,yml

Remove Vim Tab Characters

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 01:49:31 +0000

I've been stuck many times looking at a vim buffer with little question marks at the beginning of each line and trying to get rid of them. for so long I...

Tmux Pop size

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:37:26 +0000

tmux popups can be sized how you like based on the % width of the terminal on creation by using the flags (h, w, x, y) for height, width, and position.

Copier Templates

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 01:54:07 +0000

%%include til/copier_endops

Changing copier template strings (_endops)

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 10:55:12 +0000

I was completely stuck for awhile. copier was not replacing my template variables. I found out that adding all these fixed it. Now It will support all of...

copier template variables

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 12:37:32 +0000

I've been looking for a templating tool for awhile that works well with single files. My go to templating tool does not work for single files, it needs to...

Running Kedro on Ubuntu 21.10 Impish Indri

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:24:48 +0000

I just installed a brand new Ubuntu 21.10 Impish Indri, and wanted a kedro project to play with so I did what any good kedroid would do, I went to my command...

A Minimal Pluggy Example

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 20:35:27 +0000

Pluggy makes it so easy to allow users to modify the behavior of a framework without thier specific feature needing to be implemented in the framework itself.

List all the files containing a phrase

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 20:24:48 +0000

One of the most useful skills you can acquire to make you faster at almost any job that uses a computer is getting good at finding text in your current...

My first impressions with pyenv

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:26:01 +0000

pyenv provides an easy way to install almost any version of python from a large list of distributions. I have simply been using the version of python from...

Installing Homebrew on Linux

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:24:48 +0000

Installing brew on linux proved quite easy and got pyenv running for me within 4 commands.

Serve html from your command line

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:24:48 +0000

When I first moved to vim from and ide like vscode or sublime text one of my very first issues was trying to preview my website at . There had always just...

Opening files in vim from output of command

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 20:24:48 +0000

Many command line tools can output a list of files, this is quite powerful. I often want to search for something, then open it from a fuzzy picker. This can...

Finding hidden (dotfiles) using Telescope in neovim

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:24:48 +0000

Finding hidden files using Telescope as you fuzzy file finder is not too hard, its a single flag passed in. Then it will use whichever file finder it can...

Installing system nerd-fonts with ansible

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 20:24:48 +0000

Lately I've been on a journey to really clean up my dotfiles, and I was completely missing fonts. I noticed jumping into a new vm I had a bunch of broken...

Installing packages with ansible only if they do not exist

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:24:48 +0000

Part of my neovim setup requires having the python formatter installed and callable. I install it with so that I don't have to manage a virtual environment...

Adding rich methods to python classes

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 19:34:18 +0000

Adding a method that returns a rich renderable to any python class makes it display this output if printed with rich. This also includes being nested inside...

fugitive verbose commit

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:34:18 +0000

Fugitive comes with a pretty sick way to commit files and see the diff at the same time with verbose commit. Opening the fugitive menu with brings up your...

Kedro Course

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 11:34:47 +0000

find all nodes with raw in the name - use parameters - make and use a logger - use find-kedro in spaceflights - slide in a new node - vizualize your pipeline...

Uses

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 10:38:00 +0000

This is a listing of all the things that I use on a daily basis to build data pipelines, lead my team, and build this website.

Update Alternatives in Linux

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 10:38:00 +0000

update-alternatives --query python update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for python sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/python python `which python3.8` 2 # update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/python3.8 to provide /usr/local/bin/python (python) in auto mode sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/python python `which python2.7` 5 # update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/python2.7 to provide /usr/local/bin/python (python) in auto mode update-alternatives --query...

Using Nix to manage my Python Interpreter

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I recently started playing with nix.

How I deploy my blog in 2022

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Content at the speed of thought.

How I deploy my blog in 2021

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Content at the speed of thought.

Kedro-Broken-Urls

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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Notes for second vim-fundamentals course meetup

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:40:45 +0000

newline another

Kedro Pipeline Create

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 22:40:45 +0000

Kedro pipeline create is a command that makes creating new pipelines much easier. There is much less boilerplate that you need to write yourself.

notify-send

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 10:33:17 +0000

xinput float $(xinput list --id-only "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard") | notify-send "laptop keeb floated" -i ~/Pictures/8bitcc.png

RC Plane 3

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Steam achievements and progress for RC Plane 3 - 4.44% complete with 2/45 achievements unlocked.

Copy and Paste on Linux

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 20:50:45 +0000

These are the notes that I used as I set up my first ever ubuntu desktop.

How I configure git

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 20:50:45 +0000

Git can be a bit tricky to get configured correctly. I often stumble into config issues weeks after setting up a new machine that I did not even notice....

My experience with a new 3dkeeb corne

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:27:19 +0000

What did I sign myself up for? If the lower typing speed with alpha characters was not enough throw in special characters and keybings I setup long ago and...

Manage many git repos with ease

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 09:41:22 +0000

mu-repo

Maintianing multiple git repos with mu-repo

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:44:17 +0000

bash

Upcoming Stream

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 20:27:53 +0000

!!! Caution I'm no longer streaming As much as I would really love to make streaming work, its really hard for my family situation to make large blocks of...

Awesome People

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 10:57:59 +0000

These are awesome people that inspire me every day.

Modal jumping

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 21:30:35 +0000

nnoremap <leader>e :execute getline(".")<cr>j nnoremap <c-j> g, nnoremap <c-k> g; nnoremap <c-j> <c-]> nnoremap <c-k> g; nnoremap <c-j> :cnext<cr> nnoremap <c-k> :cprev<cr> nnoremap <c-j> :lnext<cr> nnoremap <c-k> :lprev<cr> nnoremap <c-j> :tnext<cr> nnoremap <c-k> :tprevious<cr> nnoremap <c-j> :trewind<cr> nnoremap <c-k> :tprevious<cr>

Comprehensive guide to creating kedro nodes

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 21:30:35 +0000

The Kedro node is an essential part of the pipeline. It defines what catalog entries get passed in, what function gets ran, and the catalog entry to save the...

Rockstar74 Interview Review

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:24:04 +0000

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1042380964

Creating pypi-list with kedro

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 23 May 2021 22:02:16 +0000

I had an idea come to me via twitter. Short one word name packages are becoming hard to find on pypi. Short one word readable package names that are not a...

Build A Portfolio

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 21 May 2021 11:26:18 +0000

https://twitter.com/oliverjumpertz/status/1395689074594287625

vows

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 20 May 2021 10:07:29 +0000

I can still rememember the day that we we realized our new baby girl had gone days without a bowel movement. Holding her while she looked as if she was about...

python lsp setup

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 17 May 2021 16:13:42 +0000

Setting up python with the native nvim>0.5 lsp was mr

How to use git cherry pick

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 13 May 2021 08:51:45 +0000

~/git via 🐍 v3.8.5 ❯ mkdir git-cherry-pick-learn ~/git via 🐍 v3.8.5 ❯ cd git-cherry-pick-learn ~/git/git-cherry-pick-learn ❯ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /home/walkews/git/git-cherry-pick-learn/.git/ git-cherry-pick-learn on  main ❯ touch readme.md git-cherry-pick-learn on  main [?] ❯ git status On branch main No commits yet Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) readme.md nothing added to commit but...

Vim Fugitive

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 08 May 2021 22:51:53 +0000

How to compare two files in vim

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 06 May 2021 09:43:17 +0000

:vert diffsplit filetwo.py :diffthis :diffoff :Gdiff main

Custom Kedro Logger

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 02 May 2021 09:45:22 +0000

DRAFT -

📝 Docker Deep Dive - Notes

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:41:29 +0000

https://www.hanselminutes.com/784/doing-open-source-with-brian-douglas Play With Docker # A handy way to try weird things in docker is using play-with-docker. You get a four hour session for free, after four hours everything will be deleted, but you can start a new session. Installing Docker on Linux # Installing on Ubuntu. wget -qO- https://get.docker.com/ | sh Running Docker commands without sudo # In order to run docker commands without using sudo you need to add docker to your group. sudo...

Mentorship Vs Sponsorship

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

https://www.hanselminutes.com/784/doing-open-source-with-brian-douglas

Zev Averbach Interview

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:40:42 +0000

Zev Averbach, _

Career Day Wapello 2021

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:16:15 +0000

fix crlf for entire git repo

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Final Result # git checkout main git reset --hard git rm -rf --cached . echo "* text=auto" > .gitattributes git add .

Automatic Conda Environments

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I have automated my process to create virtual environments in my python projects, here is how I did it.

How I Review Pipeline Code

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I have started doing more regular PR's on my teams Kedro pipelines. I generally take a two phase approach to the review in order to give the reviewee both...

Sample

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

There is a glossary item in vibe coding here and clippy no simpy.

🐍 Pluggable Architecture with Python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

pytest has open sourced their amazing plugin framework , it allows library authors to give their users a way to modify the libaries behavior without needing...

Create Og Image Covers Using Python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

There are so many tutorials out there for creating OG images with or , but I have yet to see many using python.

⚙ How Python Tools Are Configured

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

There are various ways to configure python tools, config files, code, or environment variables. Let's look at a few projects that allow users to configure...

Kedro Dependency Management

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

https://kedro.readthedocs.io/en/stable/04_project_dependencies.html?highlight=install

Blog Data With Python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Generating an api for a blog is much simpler than one might expect with python.

Todo

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Overrated underrated command line applications

Ipython Ninjitsu

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

??sourcecode * %debug * %history * %reset * !shell commands

Scripting Tmux Layouts

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This is how I script a tmux layout

Compare Directories In Bash

hello@waylonwalker.com — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Today I needed to check for articles that used the same slug from two directories, bash made it super simple.

Testing Data Pipelines

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 06:00:00 +0000

Thinking through testing best practices for Data Pipelines

Kedro Factory

hello@waylonwalker.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 06:00:00 +0000

Kedro Plugin Idea for creating Dags quickly

rebrand

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 06:00:00 +0000

A few notes for my next refactoring of waylonwalker.com

Avoid Nesting Loops in Python

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 05:00:00 +0000

Nesting loops inside of each other in python makes for much harder code to understand, it takes more brain power to understand, and is thus more error prone...

List the latest files to change in a git repo

hello@waylonwalker.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 05:00:00 +0000

while read file; do echo $(git log --pretty=format:%ad -n 1 --date=raw -- $file) $file; done < <(git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD | grep static/stories) | sort -r | head -n 3 | cut -d " " -f 3

Kedro Basics

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000

In my upcoming free kedro course, you can learn how to start building pipelines in 5 days.

025.md

hello@waylonwalker.com — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 02:16:24 +0000

setup

026.md

hello@waylonwalker.com — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 05:00:00 +0000

setup

Upcoming Posts

hello@waylonwalker.com — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 05:00:00 +0000

Upcoming posts to the blog. Have an idea edit this post , submit a PR and we will talk.

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