The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI(opens in new tab)
An exploration of the problems and possible futures of flooding the web with generative AI content
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Running a specific knapsack test set locally(opens in new tab)
Sometimes you have a test order issue CI that you want to debug locally, and to do that you need to only run the tests that knapsack runs in the relevant shard, in the right order. Here’s how to do ...
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Tmux has forever changed the way I write code.(opens in new tab)
Not only is tmux my favorite way of managing my workspace, but I can honestly say it's the one piece of software that has had the biggest impact on the way I write code
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Mastodon Is Doomed(opens in new tab)
Mastodon won't be the next Twitter, and it's not because of Bluesky. The ideals and execution won't scale.
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Subclassing, Composition, Python, and You(opens in new tab)
Ever seen a code base where understanding a simple method meant jumping through tangled class hierarchies? We all have! And while “Favor composition over inheritance!” is almost as old as object-oriented programming, strictly avoiding all types of subclassing leads to ...
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Computational Notebooks(opens in new tab)
Shareable, browser-based documents that can compile and run code
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Kubernetes-Native Synthetic Monitoring with Kuberhealthy(opens in new tab)
When it comes to synthetic testing, engineers often rely on 3rd party platforms such as Datadog or New Relic that provide this type of monitoring. If you're running your applications and services on Kubernetes though, you can spin up synthetic ...
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197: Python project trove classifiers - Do you need this bit of pyproject.toml metadata? - Brett Cannon(opens in new tab)
Classifiers are one bit of Python project metadata that predates PyPI. Classifiers are weird. They were around in setuptools days, and are still here with pyproject.toml. What are they? Why do we need them? Do we need them?Which classifiers should ...
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Make Your CLI Demos a Breeze with Zero Stress and Zero Mistakes(opens in new tab)
Running live demos can be stressful. You know what you want to say and show. You prepare the CLI commands you want to run to best showcase what you've built, but then you waste time typing long commands; you make ...
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196: I am not a supplier - Thomas Depierre(opens in new tab)
Should we think of open source components the same way we think of physical parts for manufactured goods? There are problems with supply chain analogy when applied to software. Thomas Depierre discusses some of those issues in this episode. Links:I ...
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Pihole with Windows DNS(opens in new tab)
I’ve had an idea for a bit and wanted to try it out. There’s no reason why it wouldn’t work but I can certainly think of a few reasons why would woudn’t want to do this. Bad Reasons Active Directory ...
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User Maintenance Script with PowerShell(opens in new tab)
Throughout my years as a sysadmin, I have needed to synchronize user information and HR data. In a previous job at a university, I developed a script to synchronize Oracle user information with AD data. I have written this script ...
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Reduce - The Power of a Single Python Function(opens in new tab)
While Python is not a pure functional programming language, you still can do a lot of functional programming in it. In fact, just one function - `reduce` - can do most of it and in this article I will show ...
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Launch Flatpak apps easily from your terminal(opens in new tab)
How to make it easier to launch command line utilities and GUI applications installed with flatpak
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Content was king(opens in new tab)
Judging a book by its cover is a great idea. Until content makes a comeback.
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An introduction to codemods(opens in new tab)
Refactoring with effortless consistency.
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195: What would you change about pytest? - Anthony Sottile(opens in new tab)
Anthony Sottile and Brian discuss changes that would be cool for pytest, even unrealistic changes. These are changes we'd make to pytest if we didn't ahve to care about backwards compatibilty.Anthony's list:The import systemMulti-process support out of the boxAsync supportChanges ...
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Create Static Website on AWS with CDK(opens in new tab)
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Why I Will Never Use Alpine Linux Ever Again(opens in new tab)
Nowadays, Alpine Linux is one of the most popular options for container base images. Many people (maybe including you) use it for anything and everything. Some people use it because of its small size, some because of habit and some, ...
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Client-side JavaScript and React criticism: What comes next? (opens in new tab)
“How do we improve JavaScript usage, teach progressive enhancement and reconcile the community?”
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The so-called magic of the number 37(opens in new tab)
This post is satire. It may also not make too much sense. Today I’ve seen this picture on my LinkedIn wall: And it triggered me badly. There are people in my network who are highly sensitive to the divine nature ...
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A one-liner for freeing ports on OS X(opens in new tab)
TL;DR One of my most-frequently searched dev tasks over the course of my career thus far has been the “how do I find what process is on a port” to “how do I kill a given process” wombo-combo — there’s ...
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John and Nick discuss Lazy.nvim(opens in new tab)
John and Nick are back to discuss switching to a new plugin manager for Neovim.
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Code Review: Obsidian Clipper(opens in new tab)
John Christopher and I sit down and do a code review together.
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Amazon EC2 names explained(opens in new tab)
Decoding EC2 instance type names to understand which is best for you. With free infographic.
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Cgroups - Deep Dive into Resource Management in Kubernetes(opens in new tab)
There's a lot of "magic" that happens behind the scenes to make whole Kubernetes work. One of those is resource management and resource allocation done by Linux cgroups. In this article we will take a deep dive into what cgroups ...
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Using focal points, aspect ratio & object-fit to crop images correctly(opens in new tab)
Before I even get into the impetus for this blog post, if you came from a search engine and you just want the code, here’s a demo. Pleasure doing business with you. Introduction In a client’s project recently, I found ...
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Controlling Window AC with HomeAssistant(opens in new tab)
Do you ever feel like you’re at the mercy of your home appliances, instead of the other way around? I certainly did when the central AC compressor in our rented house decided to call it quits. Replacing it would have ...
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On leaving New York City(opens in new tab)
This Is That Dreaded Blog Post That Was Foretold Every blog poster fears that one day this post will be upon them — that painfully self-important and -unaware “Why I’m Leaving ${city}” post. I’m gonna try to do this right; ...
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Can you be a designer if you have no training?(opens in new tab)
I recently saw an online acquaintance of mine share a Controversial Opinion™ that I found challenging: If you do not have formal training in design you are not a designer. Right off the bat — L take, and I’m trying ...
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A Historical Reference of React Criticism(opens in new tab)
“There have been a number of criticisms levied at the React project over the years, some of them handled and some of them still wavering in the wind.”
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Dictionary Dispatch Pattern in Python(opens in new tab)
Have you ever written a long chain of if/else statements or a huge match/case block, with all statements just matching against a list of values, and wondered how could you make it more concise and readable? If so, then _dictionary ...
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Demystifying bitwise operations, a gentle C tutorial(opens in new tab)
Contents Introduction Number systems A certain symmetry and patterns Numbers and Data Types in C Transforming numbers from decimal to other number systems (binary, hexadecimal, etc.) Bitwise operations Bitwise AND Bitwise OR Bitwise XOR Bitwise NOT Left Shift Right Shift ...
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Teenage Skeuomorphic Desktop Designs(opens in new tab)
An archive of my high school desktop designs, circa 2009
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Why I Like Nox(opens in new tab)
Ever since I got involved with open-source Python projects, tox has been vital for testing packages across Python versions (and other factors). However, lately, I’ve been increasingly using Nox for my projects instead. Since I’ve been asked why repeatedly, I’ll ...
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Boost Your Python Application Performance using Continuous Profiling(opens in new tab)
Continuous profiling is a great tool for optimizing the performance of applications. It allows us to continuously monitor and analyze application's resource usage, identify bottlenecks, and use resources more efficiently. In this article, we will take a look at how ...
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How To Make a Website(opens in new tab)
I got an email recently from a kind online friend who said they thought my work was swell, and that they’d like to ask about my process or what makes a good website. Aside from that being a really nice ...
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Why Not document.write()?(opens in new tab)
We’re often told not to use document.write(), but… why?!
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Surprising Consequences of macOS’s Environment Variable Sanitization(opens in new tab)
Why does DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH keep disappearing!?
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Reverse Outlining with Language Models(opens in new tab)
Using language models to generate reverse outlines of writing drafts
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Lazy Evaluation Using Recursive Python Generators(opens in new tab)
We all are familiar with Python's generators and all their benefits. But, what if I told you that we can make them even better by combining them with recursion? So, let's see how we can use them to implement _"lazy ...
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