Use an llm to automagically generate meaningful git commit messages
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harper.blog [1]
This is pretty sick, I wanted this early on when I was making lockhart. I wanted to do the git [2] hook thing but could not figure it out and did not know that prepare-commit-msg was a hook that I could use.
Git Hooked
Then I remembered! Git hooks! Lol. Why would I have that in my brain - who knows!
I asked claude again, and they whipped up a simple script that would act as a hook that triggers with the prepare-commit-msg event.
This is awesome, cuz if you want to add a git message, you can skip the hook. But if you are lazy, you exclude the message and it will call the LLM.
Simon Willisonās llm cli comes in clutch here, it has such a good intereface to allow a prompt to be piped in, but the system prompt be set by -s.
gpt = "!f() { git diff $1 | llm -s \"$(cat ~/.config/prompts/commit-system-prompt.txt)\" }; f"
I love hacking on projects, but often I am super bad at making commits that make sense.
I completely relate to this statement, and this is why I am trying it.
Note
This post is a thought [3]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
Refere...
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Publishing rhythm
Each time I go to set up npm I am frustrated by the errors saying that I donāt
have permission to npm i -g <package>, and itās frustrating. And I forget
what I need to do to tell npm to install packages in a directory I own, and my
shell to look there so that I can use the executables.
mkdir ~/.npm-global
export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=~/.npm-global
export PATH=$PATH:~/.npm-global/bin
For the fix to remain persistent you need to put these two lines in your shell
profile like ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc.
export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=~/.npm-global
export PATH=$PATH:~/.npm-global/bin
If you are designing a website in dark mode the scrollbars can be finicky to
match the theme. Here is a pretty sane default that looks nice without being
obnoxiously contrast to the rest of the site.
<style>
::-webkit-scrollbar {
height: 1rem;
width: 1rem;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
background-color: rgb(24 24 27);
}
body::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
background-color: rgb(39 39 42);
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
background-color: rgb(82 82 91);
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
background-color: rgb(113 113 122);
}
body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
background-color: rgb(82 82 91);
}
body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
background-color: rgb(113 113 122);
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-corner {
background-color: rgb(39 39 42);
}
</style>
Want a rounded scrollbar thumb? add these styles.
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
border-radius: 0.25rem;
border-radius: 9999px;
}
body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
border-radius: 0.25rem;
border-radius: 9999px;
}
This makes a very nice looking default darkmode scrollbar.
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stackoverflow.com [1]
Its sad that this is not the accepted answer.
mkdir ~/.npm-global
export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=~/.npm-global
export PATH=$PATH:~/.npm-global/bin
Note
This post is a thought [2]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16151018/how-to-fix-npm-throwing-error-without-sudo#answer-41395398
[2]: /thoughts/
Before deploying to cloudflare pages with wrangler you need a cloudflare api
token. You can get one at
dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens [1].
[2]
Install Wrangler # [3]
Next install wrangler using npm.
npm i -g wrangler
Create a Project # [4]
Before you deploy to cloudflare pages you need to create a project. You might
already have one, or you might want to create one in the webui, but you have
the option to create it at the command line with wrangler.
npx wrangler pages deploy markout --project-name reader-waylonwalker-com --branch markout
Deploy # [5]
Now you can deploy your static application using wrangler to cloudflare pages.
In this example I have my application built into the markout directory, and
since the production branch is named markout I need to pass that in here as
well.
wrangler pages deploy markout --project-name reader-waylonwalker-com --branch markout
References:
[1]: https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens
[2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/7b566e55-98ff-4d96-b0bc-3c4e5b619d68.png
[3]: #install-wrangler
[4]: #create-a-project
[5]: #deploy
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stackoverflow.com [1]
This is how you fix the stupid corner section of a double scroll bar being white on a dark theme site.
::-webkit-scrollbar-corner {
background: rgba(0,0,0,0);
}
The question included an example image where you can see white squares everywhere there are horizontal and vertical scroll bars.
[2]
Note
This post is a thought [3]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35968553/webkit-scrollbar-css-always-a-white-box-in-corner
[2]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/P6b7f.png
[3]: /thoughts/
For my reader app I am using cronjobs to schedule my a new build and upload to
cloudflare pages every hour. In this example I have built a docker image
docker.io/waylonwalker/reader-waylonwalker-com and pushed it to dockerhub.
It uses a CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN secret to access cloudflare, and the
entrypoint itself does the build and upload.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
creationTimestamp: null
name: reader
namespace: reader
---
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
name: reader-cronjob
namespace: reader
spec:
schedule: "0 * * * *"
successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 6
failedJobsHistoryLimit: 6
jobTemplate:
spec:
template:
spec:
containers:
- name: reader-container
image: docker.io/waylonwalker/reader-waylonwalker-com:latest
env:
- name: CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: cloudflare-secret
key: cloudflare-secret
restartPolicy: OnFailure
-
This is an interesting problem. I want to make a solution for this on htmx [1]-patterns. I would make user specific routes with an hx-get rather than serving the whole page, serve a partial with hx-oobs to fill in user specific data with a no cache on the cdn level.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /htmx/
[2]: /thoughts/
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So cool to see ROX build this over the course of a day.
Note
This post is a thought [1]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /thoughts/
Looking for inspiration? DigitalHarbor [1] by DigitalHarbor7 [2].
No description available.
References:
[1]: https://github.com/DigitalHarbor7/DigitalHarbor
[2]: https://github.com/DigitalHarbor7
Iām really excited about fastapi-observability [1], an amazing project by blueswen [2]. Itās worth exploring!
Observe FastAPI [3] app with three pillars of observability: Traces (Tempo), Metrics (Prometheus), Logs (Loki) on Grafana through OpenTelemetry and OpenMetrics.
References:
[1]: https://github.com/blueswen/fastapi-observability
[2]: https://github.com/blueswen
[3]: /fastapi/
I am working on a page for
htmx-patterns [1] and I ran into a
situation with lots of duplication. Especially when i am using tailwind I run
into situations where the duplication can get tedious to maintiain. The
solution I found is macros.
Now I can use the same code for all of my links, and call the macro to use it.
{% macro link(id, text, boosted=false) -%}
<a
class="
{% if id is none %}
pointer-events-none bg-terminal-950 text-terminal-900 ring-terminal-900
{% else %}
bg-terminal-950 hover:bg-terminal-900 hover:text-terminal-400 text-terminal-500 shadow-lg shadow-terminal-300/20 hover:shadow-terminal-300/30 ring-terminal-300
{% endif %}
cursor-pointer block text-center font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded w-full ring-1
"
{% if id is not none %}
href="{{ url_for('boosted', id=id) }}"
{% endif %}
{% if boosted %}
hx-boost="true"
{% endif %}>
{{ text }}
</a>
{%- endmacro %}
<h2 class='text-3xl font-light mt-0 max-w-xl text-center prose-xl mt-8 text-terminal-500'>
Boosted Links
</h2>
<div class='flex flex-row gap-4'>
{{ link(prev_id, 'Previous', boosted=True) }}
{{ link(next_id, 'Next', boosted=True) }}
</div>
<h2 class='text-3xl font-light mt-0 max-w-xl text-center...
If youāre into interesting projects, donāt miss out on taipy [1], created by Avaiga [2].
Turns Data and AI algorithms into production-ready web applications in no time.
References:
[1]: https://github.com/Avaiga/taipy
[2]: https://github.com/Avaiga
jinja has a loop variable that is very handy to use with htmx [1]. Whether you
want to implement a click to load more or an infinite scroll this loop variable
is very handy.
{% for person in persons %}
<li
{% if loop.last %}
hx-get="{{ url_for('infinite', page=next_page) }}"
hx-trigger="intersect once"
hx-target="#persons"
hx-swap='beforeend'
hx-indicator="#persons-loading"
{% endif %}
{{ person.name.upper() }} -
{{ person.phone_number }}
</li>
{% endfor %}
Now for every chunk of contacts that we load we will trigger the infinite
scroll by loading more once the last one has intersected the screen.
References:
[1]: /htmx/
Out of the box FastAPI [1].">Starlette does not support url_for with query params. When
trying to use url_for with query params it throws the following error.
starlette.routing.NoMatchFound: No route exists for name "infinite" and params "page"
In my searching for this I found starlette issue #560 [2] quite helpful, but not complete, as it did not work for me.
import jinja2
if hasattr(jinja2, "pass_context"):
pass_context = jinja2.pass_context
else:
pass_context = jinja2.contextfunction
@pass_context
def url_for_query(context: dict, name: str, **params: dict) -> str:
request = context["request"]
url = str(request.url_for(name))
if params == {}:
return url
from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlencode, urlparse, urlunparse
# Parse the URL
parsed_url = urlparse(url)
# Parse the query parameters
query_params = parse_qs(parsed_url.query)
# Update the query parameters with the new ones
query_params.update(params)
# Rebuild the query string
updated_query_string = urlencode(query_params, doseq=True)
# Rebuild the URL with the updated query string
updated_url = urlunparse(
(
parsed_url.scheme,
parsed_url.netloc,
parsed_url.path,
parsed_url.params,
updated_...
Kind (Kubernetes in Docker) is a tool that makes it easy to create and tear
down local clusters quickly. I like to use it to test out new workflows.
Argocd is a continuous delivery tool that makes it easy to setup gitops
workflows in kubernetes.
Here is how you can setup a new kind cluster and install argocd into it using
helm, the kubernetes package manager.
kind create cluster --name argocd
# your first time through you need to add the argocd repo
helm repo add argo https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm
helm repo update
# install argocd into the cluster
helm install argo argo/argo-cd --namespace argocd --create-namespace
# deploy the app of apps
kubectl apply -f apps/apps.yaml
If you want to add repos and apps to your cluster you can use the argo cli to
do that, but first you will need forward the argocd port and login.
# Wait until Argo CD API server is available
echo "Waiting for Argo CD API server to be available..."
while ! kubectl wait --for=condition=available --timeout=60s deployment/argo-argocd-server -n argocd; do
echo "Waiting for Argo CD API server to be ready..."
sleep 10
done
kubectl port-forward svc/argo-argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443 &
argocd_admin_pa...
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dotesports.com [1]
Damn this button had me stuck for way too long. It definitely looks like a button once I see it, but I donāt recall coming into contact with many buttons in the game, I tried to set it ablaze, pull it, fly it, nothing.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://dotesports.com/hp/news/hogwarts-legacy-argyllshire-map-what-does-the-button-do
[2]: /thoughts/
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help.socialbee.com [1]
YouTube makes finding rss feeds way too hard. Hats off to them for still supporting it, allowing you to find content outside the algorithm, and consuming content you asked for. But i had no idea you had to search the source code to get it.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://help.socialbee.com/article/129-how-can-i-add-my-youtube-videos-via-rss
[2]: /thoughts/
External Link
stackoverflow.com [1]
Another interesting option for slow count queries in sqlite.
If you havenāt DELETEd any records, doing:
SELECT MAX(ROWID) FROM "table" LIMIT 1;
Note
This post is a thought [2]. Itās a short note that I make
about someone elseās content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8988915/sqlite-count-slow-on-big-tables
[2]: /thoughts/
Optimizing SQLite for servers
SQLite is often misconceived as a "toy database", only good for mobile applications and embedded systems because it's default configuration is optimized for embedded use cases, so most ...
Sylvain Kerkour Ā· kerkour.com [1]
Very interesting article by Sylvain, suggested by Simon Willison.
Definitely some things that I want to come back and try later on.
Here is the TLDR of the whole post
PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;
PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;
PRAGMA synchronous = NORMAL;
PRAGMA cache_size = 1000000000;
PRAGMA foreign_keys = true;
PRAGMA temp_store = memory;
This is interesting, and something I need to consider. I definitely have an application with slow count queries. I am not sure how to make it better as its not a full count(*) so a count table doesnāt work, nor does counting by index.
I might need to have a table of cached results, and if a write matches the counter increase it, or update all counters on write.
COUNT queries are slow
SQLite doesnāt keep statistics about its indexes, unlike PostgreSQL, so COUNT queries are slow, even when using a WHERE clause on an indexed field: SQLite has to scan for all the matching records.
One solution...