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.
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Here are some really great keybinds to make helix vim-like. It feels very antithetical to use this whole sale and forego the helix motion-verb language, but there are some nuggets like G in here that I find useful.
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.
I like facebookincubator’s project fastmod. A fast partial replacement for the codemod tool
Reddit reddit.com This post shows how to set up multiple LSP’s in helix, the example uses pyright and ruff-lsp for python. Add this to your a
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.
Dr. Elvim Ransom 👽 (@jesseleite85) on X Help, I'm being Helix pilled by my own friends! X (formerly Twitter) · x.com Is Jesse going to get sniped by the helix community?
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.
ticklemykeys (@XTicklemykeys) on X Full size MX caps, printing flawlessly with minimal cleanup required. X (formerly Twitter) · x.com really excited for how these caps of my own design are working out. Having the extra control is the first time I’ve been able to print more than one at a time without some hacky gcode. I’ve got a set of nine here that I have printed 4 times without a single failure.
The work on zmk-config-wyatt-3x5 by wyattbubbylee. wyatt-3x5
MX keycap stem dimensions. I used these to create my new caps and all these dimensions worked great. The one dimension I had issues with was the outer diameter off the cap stem, not shown here. 5.3mm ended up being a good outer diameter for me. I print them at an angle and the bottom of the stem can get a bit of sag, pressing out on the outer wall of the switch and can actually stick the key.
This page is gold. It lays out all of the distrobox assemble api with some good examples of how to get access to things like podman and kind from inside of containers. Especially this example.
GitHub - urob/zmk-config: Personal ZMK firmware configuration for various boards (34-keys, Glove80, Planck) Personal ZMK firmware configuration for various boards (34-keys, Glove80, Planck) - urob/zmk-config GitHub · github.com This is a very well thought out zmk config featuring many macros, numword, and timeless homerow mods. The build system to build locally looks on point, I really need to give that a try!
add init hooks and exported bins · WaylonWalker/devtainer@2e4c6da 🐳 (dotfiles) My personal development docker container base image - add init hooks and exported bins · WaylonWalker/devtainer@2e4c6da GitHub · github.com Today I learned that you can use init_hooks to access host machine commands from inside a distrobox container. This is super handy for things that you cannot get to from inside the container and need ran outside (docker, podman, flatpak, xdg-open).
I’m really excited about manyfold, an amazing project by manyfold3d. It’s worth exploring! A self-hosted digital asset manager for 3d print files.
Taildrop · Tailscale Docs Send files between your personal devices on a Tailscale network. Tailscale · tailscale.com Tailscale comes with a feature called taildrop that lets you easily share files between machines on your tailnet. If you have tailscale on ios/android it shows up as a share target when you try to share something, and you can pick the machine to share with. What was not obvious to me was how to receive the file on linux. The linux tailscale service does not automatically receive the file, which can be kinda nice that you can put it where you want, but was not obvious to me at first. Use this command to receive files.
I’m really excited about django-admin-tui, an amazing project by valberg. It’s worth exploring! Django Admin in the terminal!
GitHub - triliu/Heawood42: Files for the Heawood42 ortholinear split keyboard Files for the Heawood42 ortholinear split keyboard - triliu/Heawood42 GitHub · github.com The Heawood42 is an interesting diodeless keyboard that is not direct wired. According to the repo this is the only keyboard to be diodeless and not direct wired. It does this through the use of a graph.
I came across Heawood42 from triliu, and it’s packed with great features and ideas. Files for the Heawood42 ortholinear split keyboard
This is a wild key cap that uses a lever to convert horizontal key presses to vertically press the switch down. The leveret v2 uses two of these on thumbs, one to press outward, and what appears to be one straight forward which feels like it would have to be a wrist motion, but who am I to judge without having it in person.
After first setting up a new k3s instance your kubeconfig file will be located in /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml.
You cans use it from here by setting $KUBECONFIG to that file.
export KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
Or you can copy it to ~/.kube/config
cp /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml ~/.kube/config
If you have installed k3s on a remote server and need the config on your local machine then you will need to modify the server address to reflect the remote server.
scp user@<server-ip>:/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml ~/.kube/config
Warning
only do this if you don’t already have a ~/.kube/config file, otherwise copy it to a new file and set your $KUBECONFIG env variable to use it.
Now you will need to open that file and change the server address, making sure to keep the port number.
apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
certificate-authority-data: ****
server: https://<server-ip>:6443
name: default
External Link uxplanet.org A nice set of blacks to use in web design. Subtle variants off of black or white like this can really make your design look nice and modern.
Wes Bos (@wesbos) on X Are you using position: absolute; to overlap elements? It's almost always better to Use CSS Grid instead! X (formerly Twitter) · x.com This is a pretty incredible use of css grid to overlay items overtop of each other without needing to resort to and the side effects that it brings.
Buttery.so Buttery smooth, minimal icons for interfaces. buttery.so Some sick looking icons no attribution needed.
I’m impressed by pifi-openwrt-raspberry-pi from pifi-org. Firmware Files for Raspberry Pi (PiFI)
Today I gave n8n a try using podman, their docs gave me docker commands, but it ran fine on my machine using podman.
podman volume create n8n_data
podman run -it --rm --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n
External Link printables.com Someone has created a knock off of the ltt screwdriver and made it printable, and it works really well. I have one printed with 6 different bitholders. I popped some labels on them in bambu studio as I printed to mark them for metric/inch and so on. I’ve had mine for about a year now, and I use it quite often. I used to be a dedicated screwdriver kind of guy, but as life has changed I’m not working out of a shop with tools at reach as much, I’m grabbing a couple of items and heading to a job in the house or a neighbors house. It’s not 30s to grab just the right dedicated screwdriver anymore. Also having some setup with hex and torx is a game changer. It’s also super handy that you can just pop the bits right into a drill or impact. Highly recommended print. Sorry for not buying the real deal Linux, I got kids to feed here. I owe you a t-shirt order or something.
Installing and managing Python | uv A guide to using uv to install Python, including requesting specific versions, automatic installation, viewing installed versions, and more. docs.astral.sh now can install python for you. is inspired by rust’s cargo, an all in one fast package and installation manager. is so fast and becoming feature complete, it’s really changing the python packaging ecosystem.
Switching configs in Neovim How to maintain multiple Neovim configurations and switch between them Michael Uloth · michaeluloth.com Switching between nvim configs can be really easy to do since they implemented the Environment Variable. Now config will be loaded from Michael lays out some aliases in the full article.
I recently discovered kickstart.css by tjdevries, and it’s truly impressive. Kickstart.nvim alternative written in pure CSS. Requires failwind.nvim
infused-kim has done a fantastic job with kb_zmk_ps2_mouse_trackpoint_driver. Highly recommend taking a look. A PS/2 mouse & trackpoint driver module for keyboards running the zmk firmware
I recently discovered failwind.nvim by tjdevries, and it’s truly impressive. KEKW
New-caps-for-porta-john
Today I dropped some new caps in the porta-john. I need to do a bunch of posts on zmk and my journey building the porta-john, I’ve been rocking it for at least two weeks now pretty solid and I am absolutely loving it. More on that later. KLP-Lame-Keycaps # The model of the caps are KLP-Lame by braindefender, they are super rounded and smooth. They look really good on camera and feel good to the finders. I printed these at home on my ender3 s1 pro with a black and purple silk filliment. I printed all 42 at once using a Printing 42 keys at once technique. They do have just a bit of a rough texture that you can feel on your figertips. I printed these on super quality.12mm layer height, while my last set was printed on draft quality.32mm layer height. They look crazy different in print quality with the lines of the new caps barely showing, the feel isn’t nearly as drastic. The Result # Check out the final shots as I set up the porta-john with these sweet caps. And here they are all set up.…
This is the coolest scrappy build, no printer or modeling required, no fancy tools, just straight chisel and claw hammer in soft pine. Im here for it, create the thing that you want to create.
Vim has a handy feature to format text with gq. You can use it in visual
mode, give it a motion, or if you give it gqq it will format the current line.
I use this quite often while writing in markdown, I do not use softwraps in vim,
so gqq quickly formats my current line into a paragraph. Once I have done
this for a single line one time I typically switch to the motion for around
paragraph gqap to format the whole paragraph and not just the current line.
before formatting #
after formattting #
A slug is the part of the url that comes after the domain. Commonly matches the file name of a markdown file many blogging systems. These are typically human readable, unique identifiers for pages within the site.
Wikilinks are a core concept within obsidian to link to documents by Slug wrapped in double square brackets. These are commonly used within wiki site generators.
[[slug]]
Obsidian gives you a keybinding alt+enter to go to that file, but if it does not exist it will create the file for you in the root of the project. It’s a nice way to quickly make new documents.
blogging in 2024
Over the past years couple of years blog traffic has been tanking, for some time I thought it might have just been me, but then i heard it from Dave Rupert on Shop Talk show, and it made sense. LLMs and AI is slowly killing the internet as we know it. My metrics # I dug into my emails from the google search console team and found two results nearly one year apart. Impressions are only 60% of its value a year ago while clicks are only 35% of where they were a year ago. I’m getting less impressions and even less clicks. Suspicions # What I think is happening is a large portion of users are getting their answers from ChatGPT, Copilot, and llms like this. A lot of my posts have been filling gaps in the internet, notes for myself when I struggle to integrate x in y because there was a gap of how to do so in the docs and stack overflow. Some small fraction of users have moved on to duck duck go and other non global warming search engines with AI in their results. Clicks are down even further…
Hotkey to open link under at the text cursor position while typing in edit mode I find myself not wanting to leave the keyboard for navigation and think a keyboard-only shortcut that could open a link at the text cursor position is at would be really handy for this case. Obsidian Forum · forum.obsidian.md Obsidian has a go to definition like feature, the keybind is alt+enter, I would have never guessed this one.
It was not obvious to me, but if you have a wikilink such as Trying Obsidian, you can jump to the file in obsidian, just like you can with lsp go to definition, the keybinding is alt + enter.
The work on KLP-Lame-Keycaps by braindefender. Sculpted and curved keycaps for Kailh Choc and MX switches
Very inspiring video Jason, these people faced adversity and crushed it. The market is so hard right now, its not easy to get a job, move around, and recover from a layoff. Everyone in this video just showed that you can make it in this industry right now, you just have to be willing to work harder than the rest. The bar is raising, a lot of great people are already putting in hard work to make it. Community is Key, Theo mentioned that a lot of the companies he works with don’t even post openings, they go to their community first and are often filling spots through lower risk community hires.