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How to make your RSS feed pretty Life is too short for ugly XML. cassidoo.co I love me some styled rss, it’s how the OG internet was made to be. You choose what you want to read and when. There is no middleman aggregator inflating the reach of things they want you to see or suffocating things against them. It’s just you and your internet friends. Cassidy’s Styled rss # Cassidy has a quite lovely and easy to read rss feed, with an open source style sheet, that is part of her open source blog template for astro blahg, love that name by the way! Dave Rupert’s Feed # I first learned of styled rss feeds from shoptalkshow.com, specifically from Dave Rupert. Dave uses a pretty bog standard styled rss feed with pretty-feed-v3. This repo is probably the best place to start if you are looking to style your rss feed. https://github.com/genmon/aboutfeeds/blob/main/tools/pretty-feed-v3.xsl My RSS Feed # My feed comes from my static site generator markata, a plugins all the way down static site generator written in python, made for customizing, lacking just about any and all docs so you are on your own.
pipely/justfile at main · thechangelog/pipely I like the idea of having like this 20-line Varnish config that we deploy around the world, and it’s like: Look at our CDN! - thechangelog/pipely GitHub · github.com I found this nugget in thechangelogs justfile, it lets you add color to your justfile with variables quite easily. Usage
Hurl - Run and Test HTTP Requests Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text and curl. Hurl can run fast automated integration tests. hurl.dev Hurl was mentioned by @gerhard on the latest changelog and Friends. Looks like a feature rich easy to use testing tool that is tested via what looks like a config file. Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It can chain requests, capture values and evaluate queries on headers and body response. Hurl is very versatile: it can be used for both fetching data and testing HTTP sessions. Hurl makes it easy to work with HTML content, REST / SOAP / GraphQL APIs, or any other XML / JSON based APIs.
watchfiles Simple, modern and high performance file watching and code reload in python. watchfiles.helpmanual.io Simple, modern and high performance file watching and code reload in python.
hostnamectl to easily change hostname | Nic Payne hostnamectl is apparently a linux utility for easily changing your hostname in a variety of ways I learned there's transient and static hostnames, so that& pype.dev For some reason the ublue ecosystem does not prompt you to set your hostname on install and you get a hostname like bazzite showing up. Looks like this is the fix. hostnamectl –static hostname babyblue-aurora
Using OPNsense with Tailscale · Tailscale Docs Set up a Tailscale VPN on OPNsense. Get secure communication across your devices without the need for complex configuration. Tailscale · tailscale.com On reboot of my opnsense router it did not tailscale up. I’m not sure if a key expired or what happened. The fix was to first enable ssh, then ssh in and run tailscale up. enable ssh # In opnsense System > Settings > Administration > Secure Shell > Enable Secure Shell tailscale up # Follow the link to log in. disable ssh # now uncheck secure shell to lock down the opnsense machine. In opnsense System > Settings > Administration > Secure Shell > Enable Secure Shell
Fitting two hard drives and an SSD in a Dell OptiPlex 7010 SFF The Dell OptiPlex 7010 SFF officially only has room for one 2.5" hard drive internally, I fitted two 3.25" hard drives and a 2.5" SSD in one. willj.net This guy fit 2 3.5" drives and an sdd in a dell 7050 SFF. It looks tight, and there it probably not much airflow running in it, but its an impressive project.
How To Fix An Office Chair Popping Noise? With Root Causes If you hear a popping noise from under your office chair when you move around or when you spin it, it’s time to repair your office chair. Read more. ToErgonomics · toergonomics.com I tried this fix on my secretlabs chair, but unfortunately it did nothing for me. Mine ended up being an issue in the tilt mechanism and not the hydraulic piston. I greased the crap out of it, it can only help the longevity. I did notice that the two washers on either side of my bearing were quite worn in.
Reddit reddit.com This is definitely happening to my secretlabs chair. I did the fix this morning, its still not perfect, but it’s better now than it has been in a long time. Mine use to be so bad that it would pop and creak every time I sat down or moved the smallest bit. It’s now quiet through the mid range of its motion with the occasional pop when I sit down.
@changelog) on X — 🗣️@dhh on Kubernetes' migration pitch: “Oh, we’re on Amazon? Flip the switch, George! Let’s move over to GCP.” Vs reality: "Flip the switch, George! We’ll start having the meetings about the meetings about how we can move out four years from now."" loading=“lazy”> Changelog ( @changelog) on X 🗣️@dhh on Kubernetes' migration pitch: “Oh, we’re on Amazon? Flip the switch, George! Let’s move over to GCP.” Vs reality: "Flip the switch, George! We’ll start having the meetin… X (formerly Twitter) · x.com 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
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.
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.
E576: Error while reading ShaDa file: there is an item at position 270498 that must not be there: Missing itemsare for internal uses only · Issue #6875 · 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 · github.com 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
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 · hynek.me Hynek has a sick dockerfile setup for using uv in python projects.
Proper handling of None in WHERE condition · Issue #109 · 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 · github.com SQLModel models ship with an, and 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 we can use which checks for itentity not equality.
Gridfinity Generator gridfinity.perplexinglabs.com Gridfinity generator uses open scad, so you can make rugged boxes, bins and base plates with form input. not fully custom fit to things, but you can custom size square bins, hole cut out sides and all. From what I can tell, no bento box either. so as long as what you are looking for is square this generator has you pretty well covered. I’m definitely using this for simple bins and rugged boxes.
Document how to provide a negative number as an argument · fastapi typer · Discussion #798 First Check I added a very descriptive title here. I used the GitHub search to find a similar question and didn't find it. I searched the Typer documentation, with the integrated search. I already... GitHub · github.com Today I learned that you cannot pass negative integers as values to typer. in this case is required so that the does not look like a flag.
@willmcgugan) on X — New Version of #Textual released! 😎🤓🦾 The demo has been updated. It's not quite finished, expect an update next release, but it is a lot of fun. Press C at any point to see the code powering that page (makes a great learning tool). Video 👇 https://t.co/p2ScsuL7GZ" loading=“lazy”> Will McGugan ( @willmcgugan) on X New Version of #Textual released! 😎🤓🦾 The demo has been updated. It's not quite finished, expect an update next release, but it is a lot of fun. Press C at any point to see the code pow… X (formerly Twitter) · x.com This new demo of textual is wildly awesome, so many widgets and features being added into the main library. The themes and animations are on point and far surpass my expectations of a tui.
Pin versions of dependencies · Issue #2200 · Kozea/WeasyPrint Stack trace: pdf = HTML(file_obj=html, base_url='/').write_pdf() File "/service/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/weasyprint/__init__.py", line 252, in write_pdf self.render(font_config, counter_sty... GitHub · github.com weazyprint was throwing me some errors, turns out that it’s currently not compatible with the latest pydyf package. my error I fixed it by locking in pydyf at 0.8.0
add helix · WaylonWalker/devtainer@71b9b29 🐳 (dotfiles) My personal development docker container base image - add helix · WaylonWalker/devtainer@71b9b29 GitHub · github.com Helix officially made it in my devtainer. I am installing the binary right out of the github release with wget and tar. I can’t use installer because their release format does not match what installer is looking for.: I also move the runtime over to /usr/local/share/helix/runtime.: I use /usr/local/bin rather than my home directory as it works better with distrobox.
Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix Support regex substitution, comparable to vim:s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc... GitHub · github.com helix multicursor has the ability to do what vims does by using to cycle through cursors, and to discard unwanted cursors.
Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix Support regex substitution, comparable to vim:s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc... GitHub · github.com Here is a really good vim substitute with regex capture groups, saving this one for a rainy day.
Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix Support regex substitution, comparable to vim:s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc... GitHub · github.com Interesting take on refactoring the whole codebase from your editor. In this thread the-mikedavis suggests multicursor as a replacement for substitute, and later in the thread takes the side that larger workspace wide edits are outside the scope of helix and he would reach for a refactoring tool like fastmod to do the job.
Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix Support regex substitution, comparable to vim:s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc... GitHub · github.com I am a heavy user off substitutions in vim, helix does not substitutions built in, rather it leans on multicursor support. to replace every instance of hello with world in vim and in helix you would
Background Image | Wallpaper · Issue #3059 · helix-editor/helix Describe your feature request Hey! It'd be cool to have the ability to set a background-image on supported terminals (like kitty). Like on IntelliJ: Here is an example of what it'd be on helix: GitHub · github.com How to make helix themes transparent. You can make any built-in theme transparent in helix with one line, a few extras and you can make all the pop ups, help menus and status line trransparant as well.
configuring pylsp · helix-editor helix · Discussion #6623 Hi, I'm trying to make some modifications to the default pylsp settings as I do not strictly follow PEP in my personal projects. I googled some examples but I cannot get them to work, so I am wonde... GitHub · github.com How to set your python formatter to black with helix. The following snippet lays out how to set the helix editor to auto-format on save with the black formatter.
Database Remote-Copy Tool For SQLite (draft) Neat new SQLite utilities often show up in branches of the SQLite repository. Here's a new one from last month: sqlite3-rsync, providing tools for efficiently creating and updating copies of … Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net Simon shared a really cool new utility tool for sqlite ispired by rsync. It checks hashes of each sqlite page and syncs pages. So if nothing in the database has changed it will only require 0.5% the bandwidth as a copy would.
ticklemykeys (@XTicklemykeys) on X working on a new model. seams less visible hotswap more room for build X (formerly Twitter) · x.com porta-john design update, working on moving the seams to line up with an edge to eliminate long noticable seams. These seams are required because I don’t have a printer big enough to print this in one shot. hotswaps are going in. I’m getting really excited for hotswaps as they will make keebs more repairable, and users can self change out the switches if they want. I can also pre-build them ready to go, and drop in switches at the time of order. I did learn today that these are hyper specific to gateron, damn all these switch manufacturers and their special pinouts. Last thing I gotta make more room for wiring the microcontroller and running wires out to the rows and columns, my first prototype build took waay to long to build.
ticklemykeys (@XTicklemykeys) on X New cap of my own design X (formerly Twitter) · x.com This low profile design almost made it to 9. I think blending together the custom brim to make them all one piece really made the final difference here. The custom brim is two layers thick, only touching on the top layer making it very easy to peel off, but gives better adhesion to the bed, and does not loose one like this print did.