How does iCloud work?
Handy wee blog all about how iCloud works; especially useful for those of us who sometimes run into problems with it not working.
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SideQuest HOWTO (Updated)
A handy HOWTO for setting up and using SideQuest.
Text Editor Data Structures
Post about text editor data structures.
Packaging a Python CLI tool for Homebrew
Handy writeup on how to make a Homebrew formula for packaging a Python-based application.
Keychron K8 Key Combinations
Shortcuts built into the Keychron K8 keyboard.
Substack CEO Chris Best failing on racist content
Answering a question like this should be straightforward. Actually… I’m thinking he actually did give a straightforward answer, just in a roundabout way.
Sheet music for Still Alive
As the title says: it's the sheet music for the catchy Still Alive.
Chicken
Chicken chicken chicken; chicken.
Arthur C. Clarke: The Nine Billion Names of God
One of my very favourite Clarke short stories.
LIBERATING THE MACBOOK AIR 2013 WITH LINUX
Article detailing how you can revive an end-of-lifed MacBook Air with GNU/Linux.
Bresenham's Circle Drawing Algorithm
Description of a method of drawing a circle
Free Open-Source Weather API | Open-Meteo.com
A very comprehensive-looking free weather API; looks like the perfect sort of thing to build on top of. No API keys needed too!
lofi air traffic control
lofi music with ATC mixed in. Weird but cool
Asks the Textualize developers anything : Python
AMA for Textual.
Install Linux on a MacBook Air
Explainer on how to get Linux up and running on a MacBook Air. I’ve got an old “legacy” Air and this could be a good use for it.
Basic introduction to Pydantic
Nice little introduction to what Pydantic offers.
Try out CSS Nesting today
CSS nesting in webkit.
Textual 0.11.0 adds a beautiful Markdown widget
Reddit thread where the Textual Markdown widget was announced.
Also includes the rather hilarious comment "I wish there were more full blown app examples out there", back when Textual was pretty damn new and barely out of the initial "CSS branch" release.
Style guides for Google-originated open-source projects
Google's style guide for Python code. Obviously not the law, not even always a good suggestion, but worthy of consideration.
Swearing makes code better
Fuck yeah quality fucking code!
Why (Python) type hinting sucks
I don’t agree with the post - type hinting is awesome in my experience - but it’s a cleverly-crafted argument and there’s some interesting debate in the comments.
Visual design rules you can safely follow every time
Visual design rules you can safely follow every time.
You do not have to follow these rules every time. If you have a good reason to break any of them, do. But they are safe to follow every time.
How should Pyright consider typing stubs with try-excepted imports?
Trimmed down python setup for Emacs. This is a basic `init.el` file for Python, you can pick the bits you like.
Handy cut-down config for Emacs and Python, showing examples of comapny and eglot (or optionally lsp-mode) along the way.
Ask HN: Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn't on/off less obvious? | Hacker News
A rare good discussion on Hacker News; folk pondering the issues of toggle switches vs checkboxes.
Full archive of BYTE magazines
Every issue of BYTE magazine, from 1975 until 1998, as a PDF.
These Years in Common Lisp: 2022 in review - Lisp journey
A revew of Common Lisp's 2022.
XTerm Control Sequences
A pretty definitive document covering XTerm control sequences.
GitHub Contributions Chart Generator
Generate a full history of your GitHub contributions.
It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code
Well-written review of why Clean Code isn’t a great book.