Today I Learned

- The Year of the Linux Desktop is a meme, every year is the year of the Linux desktop as it gains rounding errors of market share. Outside of Linux nerds, developers that use servers on the regular, cheap asses reviving old hardware that is dead in the eyes of other OS’s, the average user wont even notice a difference with the right distro. I ran bazzite with plasma for over a year, It would be super beginner friendly while allowing users customization on levels never seen on non-Linux machines. Other than adobe, roblox, and EA games with easy anti-cheat most users probably aren’t going to run in to any issues. They probably wont even notice at this point, which is where the meme comes in. Why would anyone switch if its not noticeably different for the average user, they wont, until what is working for them stops working for them. 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/

Looking for inspiration? unnamed_game_1_v2 [1] by Mordoria [2]. The Release of Mordoria References: [1]: https://github.com/Mordoria/unnamed_game_1_v2 [2]: https://github.com/Mordoria

Litewind Litewind is Tailwind without the build step litewindcss.com [1] This is a sick no-build version of tailwind. I have a couple of projects that the build step of tailwind is cumbersome on, mostly because they are for non-js devs. Some are for backend python devs, some are for folks that mostly want markdown with some styles. This is a perfect no-build tailwind alternative. 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://litewindcss.com/ [2]: /thoughts/

- anthony has some of the best python highlight videos each year. This might be a good sign, but each year there seems to be less and less that I am chomping at the bit to get to. I thought the remote debugger looked every interesting, his use case for babi seemed very interesting. I wonder what textual would look like built in a 3.14 world, would it still have built its own debugger/console? uv tool run --python=3.14 babi Without a process flag you need sudo permissions to attach a pdb debugger similar to gdb. ps -ef | grep babi uv tool run --python=3.14 python -m pdb -p8605 [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://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/b5e1a34d-c198-440a-ab30-4498bfa6962a.png [2]: /thoughts/

- This is a pretty sick result, good fingerboards are stupid expensive. This looks like a fun way to make some good ones on the cheap. 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/

PEP 735 – Dependency Groups in pyproject.toml | peps.python.org This PEP specifies a mechanism for storing package requirements in pyproject.toml files such that they are not included in any built distribution of the project. Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) · peps.python.org [1] PEP 735 describes dependency groups as sets of optional dependencies that are not shipped with the package but intended for development purposes. The PEP includes an example for groups that include test, docs, typing, and a combo typing-test. [dependency-groups] test = ["pytest", "coverage"] docs = ["sphinx", "sphinx-rtd-theme"] typing = ["mypy", "types-requests"] typing-test = [{include-group = "typing"}, {include-group = "test"}, "useful-types"] This is implemented in uv and can be used by several of their commands. uv sync --group test uv run --group test uv add --group test pytest uv remove --group test pytest uv export --group test uv tree --group test Dependency Groups are not Extras # [2] The docs describe extras as being intended to ship with the application and dependency groups intended for development. The spec allows both to exist with the same name, but care should be taken as too...

Running Software on Software You’ve Never Run Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web. blog.jim-nielsen.com [1] Running software applications in production today is crazy. One point release opens up for supply chain attacks. What’s crazier is not running your production applications without a lock file, potentially running dependencies you’ve never ran before for the first time in prod. 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://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/run-software-on-software-youve-never-run/ [2]: /thoughts/

Using Litestream to Restore My Database for Easy Development | Nic Payne Litestream see [[using-litestream-to-backup-quadtasks-sqlite-db]] for how I setup litestream replication for [[quadtask]] I have the entrypoint to my app contai pype.dev [1] I really like how well the local dev is setup to run off of production data here. I’ll use this as a reminder that I need to set up lite stream on a few of my projects that it’s missing from and include a nice sync prod data Posts tagged: justfile [2] recipe. Litestreams interface always throws me for a loop. It works fantastic, but the global config stored in /etc and some of the commands break my brain. It’s not you it’s me. Using real data when you can is goated. Fake data is so often a perfect example of what someone thinks the backend should look like and does not include things that users actually do, running pipelines for days, or setting titles to paragraphs worth of text. Obviously this is not possible everywhere and the more sensitive your data the harder that process becomes. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://pype.dev/u...

TIL: Loading .env files with uv run Replacing python-dotenv with uv https://daniel.feldroy.com · daniel.feldroy.com [1] I smell a dependency to python-dotenv dying in my workflow. I originally read the title of the post and thought, “I know how to manage .env and almost skipped it”. I’m leaning more and more on uv run these days, so this should just [2] go in my [[ just file ]] to make it easy to run. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://daniel.feldroy.com/posts/til-2025-09-env-files-with-uv-run [2]: /just/ [3]: /thoughts/

Check out sidekick.nvim [1] by folke [2]. It’s a well-crafted project with great potential. Your Neovim AI sidekick References: [1]: https://github.com/folke/sidekick.nvim [2]: https://github.com/folke

I’m really excited about mdserve [1], an amazing project by jfernandez [2]. It’s worth exploring! Fast markdown preview server with live reload and theme support. References: [1]: https://github.com/jfernandez/mdserve [2]: https://github.com/jfernandez

A quote from Dan Abramov Conceptually, Mastodon is a bunch of copies of the same webapp emailing each other. There is no realtime global aggregation across the network so it can only offer a fragmented … Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net [1] Interesting catch from the HN discussion over his article [2] that came out yestereday. I scanned it yesterday and it has some really fascinating diagrams showing different phases of the web being open, to being siloed, to somewhere that we are trying to make it easy to publish, and retain ownership. I don’t know enough about bluesky, but the core is build on the AT protocol, you can self host [3] your own instance, you can build different front ends for it. So rather than having siloed instagram, FB, twitter, there are clones of those platforms that read the same data from everyones data, that they have the option of self hosting. I like this distinction between Mastadon here. Mastadon can also be self host, but its data aggregation is decentralized, so each instance is fragmented and cannot have a complete view of the data. The way that the ATproto does its aggregation is quite fascinating and feels right for an open social p...

- This is a super cool movement, I like the idea of giving access to composable components like we have in open source. You want to build a website you have a bunch of options from raw dogging assembly all the way up to predefined templates that just need your content. Idk if the analogy is perfect but there are aspects of it that work. I see where right now we are somewhere in raw dogging c or python. We have cheap nuts and bolts and some low level things, but once someone needs some coupler like this it’s dropping down to drawing it by hand. 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/

- Wow, I’ve never seen or thought of multi setup parts this is very thought provoking, not sure how useful it is as we have good adhesives and stuff for printed parts. I definitely want to try this though 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/

- I can’t believe this thing is so devicive. I kinda can’t belive that I sit on the same side as Mathes and his always against the grain, non corporate influenced response. So many others have praised Haiden for bringing back the real gladiator bloodsport that SX is, is it that though?? It’s a race to the finish. different than a lot of other racing its very unpredictable takeout moves happen, occasionally as an accident, often taking both riders down at the same time. Also different than MANY sports we have a huge industry of weekend warriors, Some of which make it into the night show of the biggest race on TV. You see we only bring 20 riders from each class, the top half to top quarter are “Factory” riders, the rest are privateers, sometimes these privateers are completely their on their own. There is also something called a last chance qualifier. This is your last chance to get into the night show, often fought by these privateers out of box vans with their brother as a mechanic. Often that last spot is filled by sketchy on edge riding and takeout moves from a rider that looks like he is barely making it, but would run circles around anyone at your local race. We celebrat...

I’m impressed by fastapi-radar [1] from doganarif [2]. A powerful debugging dashboard for FastAPI [3] applications. Monitor HTTP requests, SQL queries, and exceptions in real-time with a beautiful React UI. One-line integration, zero configuration needed. References: [1]: https://github.com/doganarif/fastapi-radar [2]: https://github.com/doganarif [3]: /fastapi/

- Epic that this Joslin came back 7 years later to complete this. I thought el Toro was dead, aparantly not. Dude got robbed by a broke ass truck, this must have been eating his soul for the last 7 years. 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/

Big W: A Family Tradition A quick look into where we came from and what inspires us to do what it takes to build a solid reputation. Big W Engineering Solutions · bigwengineering.com [1] I first met Adam in college, he seemed like quite a character on the outside, but was always quite smart and often leaned towards realistic solutions to problems rather than over complicating things. He was part of the SAE Formula car, well known for taking a simple problem and trying to turn it into a real formula one carbon fiber solution. I remember a period where he was a fan of old world blacksmithing as they would say at the time. He even got a few very simple and light parts on the car that were easy to make unlike the carbon fiber alternatives. By the time I was there he was more of a leader and did not do a lot of design on any whole system, but would take out class projects for a component or help with some hard problems. This company feels like it is a great extension of who he was a that time, with about 15 years of professional experience tacked on. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: htt...

If you’re into interesting projects, don’t miss out on gittype [1], created by unhappychoice [2]. A CLI code-typing game that turns your source code into typing challenges References: [1]: https://github.com/unhappychoice/gittype [2]: https://github.com/unhappychoice

External Link X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1] I’ve never tried generated columns, but it is something that I’m interested in. It is nice to have things computed and in the database if you ever need to query on them. My brain is now churning with possibilities and quesions, does this work with Alembic? How does this compare to views? [2] Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://x.com/MeetGor21/status/1967818642768470447 [2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/2b763b3d-1709-47e6-a13d-bfec7baef47d.png [3]: /thoughts/