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My User Experience Porting Off setup.py

There seems to be a lot of confusion around setup.py and friends; and while I’ve seen pushback against this post (mostly sniffy gatekeeper stuff rather than helpful feedback), it’s a worthwhile read if only because the confusion is real.

#programming #python

·gregoryszorc.com·Oct 31, 2023

My User Experience Porting Off setup.py

Common Lisp: An interactive approach

Electronic book introducing Common Lisp.

#common-lisp #programming #lisp #tutorial #book

·cse.buffalo.edu·Oct 11, 2023

Common Lisp: An interactive approach

The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses!)

Useful article talking about unicode stuff.

Page is annoying to read though with daft gimmicks.

#programming #unicode #terminal

·tonsky.me·Oct 9, 2023

The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses!)

Common Lisp Nova Spec

A very clean presentation of the Common Lisp HyperSpec

#programming #lisp #documentation #common-lisp

·novaspec.org·Sep 24, 2023

Common Lisp Nova Spec

Writing Small CLI Programs in Common Lisp / Steve Losh

#shell #programming #lisp

·stevelosh.com·Sep 6, 2023

Writing Small CLI Programs in Common Lisp / Steve Losh

What's New in Emacs 29.1? - Mastering Emacs

Good rundown on what’s new in Emacs 29.

#emacs

·masteringemacs.org·Aug 10, 2023

What's New in Emacs 29.1? - Mastering Emacs

Render: Cloud Application Hosting for Developers

Like it says on the tin, pretty much. They seem to have a rather nice static site hosting tier that's free.

#hosting #web

·render.com·Aug 2, 2023

Render: Cloud Application Hosting for Developers

Team management tips: 10 ways to kill a team

Yup, I've been on the receiving end of some of these all too often.

#business #management #bad-management

·dsebastien.net·Jul 27, 2023

Team management tips: 10 ways to kill a team

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.

#Apple #ios #iPadOS #macos

·eclecticlight.co·Jul 23, 2023

How does iCloud work?

SideQuest HOWTO (Updated)

A handy HOWTO for setting up and using SideQuest.

#vr #howto

·uploadvr.com·Jul 6, 2023

SideQuest HOWTO (Updated)

Text Editor Data Structures

Post about text editor data structures.

#programming

·cdacamar.github.io·Jun 13, 2023

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.

#homebrew #python

·til.simonwillison.net·Apr 22, 2023

Packaging a Python CLI tool for Homebrew

Keychron K8 Key Combinations

Shortcuts built into the Keychron K8 keyboard.

#keyboard #hardware #cheatsheet #help #manual

·keychron.com·Apr 14, 2023

Keychron K8 Key Combinations

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.

#racism #video

·tiktok.com·Apr 14, 2023

Substack CEO Chris Best failing on racist content

Sheet music for Still Alive

As the title says: it's the sheet music for the catchy Still Alive.

#gaming #music

·steamstore-a.akamaihd.net·Apr 6, 2023

Sheet music for Still Alive

Chicken

Chicken chicken chicken; chicken.

#chicken #paper

·isotropic.org·Apr 6, 2023

Chicken

Arthur C. Clarke: The Nine Billion Names of God

One of my very favourite Clarke short stories.

#scifi #story

·urbigenous.net·Apr 5, 2023

Arthur C. Clarke: The Nine Billion Names of God

LIBERATING THE MACBOOK AIR 2013 WITH LINUX

Article detailing how you can revive an end-of-lifed MacBook Air with GNU/Linux.

#macos #Apple #Linux

·boilingsteam.com·Apr 5, 2023

LIBERATING THE MACBOOK AIR 2013 WITH LINUX

Bresenham's Circle Drawing Algorithm

Description of a method of drawing a circle

#programming

·funloop.org·Mar 31, 2023

Bresenham's Circle Drawing Algorithm

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!

#api #weather #data

·open-meteo.com·Mar 23, 2023

Free Open-Source Weather API | Open-Meteo.com

lofi air traffic control

lofi music with ATC mixed in. Weird but cool

#music #ambient #aviation

·lofiatc.com·Mar 14, 2023

lofi air traffic control

Asks the Textualize developers anything : Python

AMA for Textual.

#python #textual #.work

·reddit.com·Mar 13, 2023

Asks the Textualize developers anything : Python

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.

#os #linux #Apple

·code.likeagirl.io·Mar 12, 2023

Install Linux on a MacBook Air

Basic introduction to Pydantic

Nice little introduction to what Pydantic offers.

#programming #python #blog #tutorial

·bugbytes.io·Feb 28, 2023

Basic introduction to Pydantic

Try out CSS Nesting today

CSS nesting in webkit.

#css #web #webdev #webkit #safari

·webkit.org·Feb 16, 2023

Try out CSS Nesting today

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.

#python #programming #textual #terminal #reddit

·reddit.com·Feb 16, 2023

Textual 0.11.0 adds a beautiful Markdown widget

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.

#google #python #programming #documentation

·google.github.io·Feb 12, 2023

Style guides for Google-originated open-source projects

Swearing makes code better

Fuck yeah quality fucking code!

#language #programming #paper

·cme.h-its.org·Feb 12, 2023

Swearing makes code better

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.

#python #programming

·reddit.com·Feb 11, 2023

Why (Python) type hinting sucks

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.

#design #ui #color #colour #guide #web

·anthonyhobday.com·Feb 7, 2023

Visual design rules you can safely follow every time