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External Link X (formerly Twitter) Ā· x.com [1] switching cloud providers, theres no easy way. K8s was supposed to get us there, haha, the deep integrations with each vendor just keep locking us in Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://x.com/changelog/status/1860697708463378497 [2]: /thoughts/
Just starred nvtop [1] by Syllo [2]. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer. GPU & Accelerator process monitoring for AMD, Apple, Huawei, Intel, NVIDIA and Qualcomm References: [1]: https://github.com/Syllo/nvtop [2]: https://github.com/Syllo
- This is a really amazing documentary of argocd. I got into k8s pretty late in the game. Which is pretty typical for me. As I went to use k8s for the first time i was using workflows, then cd. both of these tools had a level of polish that made them seem like they had been there forever and not quite as young as they actually are. I thought it was interesting how they focused on how the name must be two syllables or less, start with a or b, logo needs to be cutesy funny and recognizable seemed interesting, but puts them at the top of lists and makes them look like they’ve been there forever. 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’m impressed by kubectl-debug-ide [1] from devfile [2]. A kubectl plugin to debug Pods from an IDE rather than the CLI References: [1]: https://github.com/devfile/kubectl-debug-ide [2]: https://github.com/devfile
External Link containers.github.io [1] bootc is the underlying technology that enables OS’s like bazzite, and Aurora from the uBlue ecosystem. 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://containers.github.io/bootc/ [2]: /thoughts/
[1] A new completion plugin that I might give a try. Readme makes it sound like its built on some fast teck that allows them to handle a lot of items and run more frequently. The videos look like they don’t have some of the same issues cmp does for me. Maybe its my configuration, but I’m pretty sure it does not update when you backspace and things like that. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /static/https://github.com/Saghen/blink.cmp [2]: /thoughts/
External Link X (formerly Twitter) Ā· x.com [1] These css anchors are crazy that you can do this with html [2] and not a bunch of js, probably requiring a library or framework. [3] Note This post is a thought [4]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://x.com/wesbos/status/1856724739336859713 [2]: /html/ [3]: https://x.com/i/status/1856724739336859713 [4]: /thoughts/
I’ve been playing with 3d printing some items through the slant3d api. I’ve been pricing out different prints by running a slice request through their api. make a project # [1] I’ve been using uv for project management. It’s been working well for quick projects like this while making it reproducible, I’m still all in on hatch for libraries. mkdir slantproject cd slantproject uv init uv venv . ./.venv/bin/activate uv add httpx rich python-dotenv Get an api key # [2] You will need an api key from the slant api, which currently requires a google account and a credit card to create. # .env # replace with your api key from https://api-fe-two.vercel.app/ SLANT_API_KEY=sl-** slicing an stl with teh slant api # [3] Then you can run the python script to price out your print. I’m not exactly sure how this compares to an order, especially when you add in different materials. from dotenv import load_dotenv import httpx import os load_dotenv() stl_url = '' api_key = os.environ["SLANT_API_KEY"] api = httpx.Client(base_url="https://www.slant3dapi.com/api/slicer") res = httpx.post( "https://www.slant3dapi.com/api/slicer", json={"fileURL": stl_url}, headers={"api-key": api_key, "Co...
External Link cdn.statically.io [1] Staically makes creating OG [2] images so easy, you can just pop this in your section with some og tags. <meta name="og:image" name="og:image" content="https://cdn.statically.io/og/{{post.title}}" /> <meta name="twitter:image" name="twitter:image" content="https://cdn.statically.io/og/{{post.title}}" /> <meta name="og:image:height" content="640" /> <meta name="og:image:width" content="1280" /> 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://cdn.statically.io/og/statically%20makes%20OG%20images%20**easy** [2]: /og/ [3]: /thoughts/
Check out terminal-tree [1] by willmcgugan [2]. It’s a well-crafted project with great potential. No description available. References: [1]: https://github.com/willmcgugan/terminal-tree [2]: https://github.com/willmcgugan
E576: Error while reading ShaDa file: there is an item at position 270498 that must not be there: Missing itemsare for internal uses only Ā· Issue #6875 Ā· neovim/neovim v0.2.0 Vim 8.0 works well. macOS Sierra 10.12.5 (16F73) iTerm2 v3.0.15 $TERM: screen-256color Actual behaviour When I start neovim by nvim, it prints an error message which is E576: Error while rea... GitHub Ā· github.com [1] I hit an interesting error after updating my nvim plugins today. I’m sti not even quite sure what a ShaDa file is, but I found min in my nvim state directory, unlike this issue that mentions it being in share. The Error. Error while reading ShaDa file: The Fix mv ~/.local/state/nvim/shada/main.shada ~/.local/state/nvim/shada/main.shada.bak Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/6875 [2]: /thoughts/
Production-ready Python Docker Containers with uv Starting with 0.3.0, Astral’s uv brought many great features, including support for cross-platform lock files uv.lock. Together with subsequent fixes, it has become Python’s finest workflow too... Hynek Schlawack Ā· hynek.me [1] Hynek has a sick dockerfile setup for using uv in python projects. 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://hynek.me/articles/docker-uv/ [2]: /thoughts/
I’m really excited about IronCalc [1], an amazing project by ironcalc [2]. It’s worth exploring! Main engine of the IronCalc ecosystem References: [1]: https://github.com/ironcalc/IronCalc [2]: https://github.com/ironcalc
Proper handling of None in WHERE condition Ā· Issue #109 Ā· fastapi/sqlmodel First Check I added a very descriptive title to this issue. I used the GitHub search to find a similar issue and didn't find it. I searched the SQLModel documentation, with the integrated search. I... GitHub Ā· github.com [1] SQLModel models ship with an is_, and is_not that you can use to compare to None without pesky linters complaining. This comment summed it up quite well. I believe this is concerned entirely with SQLAlchemy, not with SQLModel, and has to do with the required semantics to construct a BinaryExpression object. Hero.age == None evaluates to a BinaryExpression object which is eventually used to construct the SQL query that the SQLAlchemy engine issues to your DBMS. Hero.age is None evaluates to False immediately, and not a BinaryExpression, which short-circuits the query no matter the value of age in a row. From a cursory search, it does not seem that the is operator can be overridden in Python. This could help explain why the only possibility is by using the == operator, which can be overridden. so rather than using Team.heros == None we can use Team.seros.is_(None) which checks for...
Rugged Storage Box, Parametric and Customizable by bulbasaur0 | Download free STL model | Printables.com Printables.com Ā· printables.com [1] Non Gridfinity Rugged boxes Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://www.printables.com/model/637028-rugged-storage-box-parametric-and-customizable [2]: /thoughts/
Gridfinity Rugged Storage Box, Parametric and Customizable by bulbasaur0 | Download free STL model | Printables.com Printables.com Ā· printables.com [1] gridfinity rugged box openscad Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://www.printables.com/model/757297-gridfinity-rugged-storage-box-parametric-and-custo/files [2]: /thoughts/
If you’re into interesting projects, don’t miss out on blink.cmp [1], created by saghen [2]. Performant, batteries-included completion plugin for Neovim References: [1]: https://github.com/saghen/blink.cmp [2]: https://github.com/saghen
Provider List - The Cluster API Book cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io [1] Cluster API book 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://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/providers [2]: /thoughts/
I’m really excited about cluster-api-k3s [1], an amazing project by k3s-io [2]. It’s worth exploring! Cluster API k3s References: [1]: https://github.com/k3s-io/cluster-api-k3s [2]: https://github.com/k3s-io