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Whether it’s a framed image that was taken at a slight angle, or a product photo that just doesn’t quite match the rest in the grid, I’ve frequently had the need to adjust the perspective of an image in my ...
How to use Obsidian to write Astro markdown content in a simple and intuitive way using GitHub submodules.
Bluesky has been on a roller coaster of growth for over a year. From the early days of figuring out a new distributed social protocol—AT protocol—to actually building it and inviting 30 million of their closest friends. Not only has ...
And your people will find you.
Being “in tech” in 2025 is depressing, and if I’m going to stick around, I need to remember why I’m here.
After putting in the work, you owe it to yourself.
Welcome to my blog! An overview of what I write about, and my best & most popular posts.
Is HTML a programming language? In this short post, I explore why HTML is powerful, fundamental, and essential—but not a programming language.
Today we find out how building a product at Big Tech can be very different than a startup. Lauren Long has done both. Building parts of Firebase and eventually taking the things she learned to build Ampersand. We discuss what ...
This episode is a replay of a 2021 interview I did with Michael Foord.We lost Michael in January, and I'd like to revisit this interview as a tribute. Michael Foord was a pivotal figure in the Python community and the ...
On rediscovering the importance of getting dressed daily after finding the perfect pair of jeans.
Send what you like to receive, make it easy for yourself, and do it for the love.
Struggling with severe hand pain, I learned to code by voice.
pytest-mock is currently the #3 pytest plugin. pytest-mock is a wrapper around unittest.mock.In this episode:Why the pytest-mock plugin is awesomeWhat is mocking, patching, and monkey patchingWhat, if any, is the difference between mock, fake, spy, stub. Why we might need ...
Fork it! We’ll do it live! Well, sort of...In case you missed it last week, we’re running back our FAFO Livestream with Crystal Preston-Watson from this past Friday. Instead of prying into specifics about Crystal’s career, we’re chatting about recent ...
Sometimes, debugging state-of-the-art AI applications in an on-premise Kubernetes cluster requires capturing network packets and performing complex statistical traffic exploration and analysis. Traffic is easily captured with
We talk with Matvey Kukuy and Tal Borenstein, co-founders of Keep, a startup focused on helping companies manage and make sense of their alert systems. The discussion comes three years after Matvey's previous appearance - https://shipit.show/36 - where he talked ...
If you're not distressingly embedded in the torrent of AI news on Twixxer like I reluctantly am, you might not know what DeepSeek is yet. Bless you.
I used to use yt5s all the time to rip and remix videos:
If technology serves everybody, then everyone deserves access to a seat at the table. No one better embodies this sentiment than Crystal Preston-Watson. She’s a Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst with Salesforce, and she brings an unrivaled passion for making tech ...
It is impossible to highlight and copy code blocks when you are unable to use your hands.
pytest-cov is a pytest plugin that helps produce coverage reports using Coverage.py.In this episode, we'll discuss:what Coverage.py iswhy you should measure code coverage on both your source and test codewhat pytest-cov isextra features pytest-cov gives you over and above coverage.pyand ...
What is the real, long-term cost of adopting a JavaScript framework?
When I was about to go on paternity leave, the Gleam programming language reached 1.0. It's such a small language that I was able to learn it over the span of two days. I tried to use it to convert ...
Icon by iconixar Since I signed up for Bluesky last year, I’ve been wanting to make something using the AT Protocol that the platform is built on top of. I finally had a chance to do it over the holiday ...
I just got a Home Assistant Voice recently. I was so excited to try it out as a programmable Alexa.
Notion vs Obsidian comparison, which one should you use?