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2024

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Do I not like Ruby anymore?

Link: Do I not like Ruby anymore?: "steenuil's blog"

This is almost exactly how I feel about Ruby and Python. I use Python more now and I really like the way they did type hints. I really dislike what Ruby did. Who needs a second file to deal with. It's back to C header files! So fundamentally I know Ruby better and there are multiple things that I miss. Surprisingly I have gotten totally used to Python's indentation based blocks. I hated those initially. Now I still hate Python's braindead way of creating and working with classes. But... Python is growing on me!

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Marp: Markdown Presentation Ecosystem

Link: Marp: Markdown Presentation Ecosystem: "Marp (also known as the Markdown Presentation Ecosystem) provides an intuitive experience for creating beautiful slide decks. You only have to focus on writing your story in a Markdown document."

Another tool to turn markdown into html and css. This is FYI. So far I am still looking.

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Why, after 6 years, I’m over GraphQL

Link: Why, after 6 years, I’m over GraphQL: "GraphQL is an incredible piece of technology that has captured a lot of mindshare since I first started slinging it in production in 2018. You won’t have to ..."

A pretty thorough critique of GraphQL. I used to really like the idea of GraphQL. But I now believe that it solves a problem that most developers (i.e. "you're not Facebook") do not have. And that a much simpler REST API is a better starting point for just about everyone.

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AI Suggestions

Link: AI Suggestions: "Say goodbye to the hassle of searching for the right collection or tag when you save a new bookmark — our new ✦ AI model automatically…"

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Generating code snippets

Link: Generating code snippets: "MP 97: My approach to generating code snippets for presentations.

Note: I've been busy at PyCon this past week. The ongoing series about building a Django project from a single file will continue next week.

I gave a talk at PyCon in Pittsburgh this weekend, and one interesting task was"

Very useful tutorial on how to turn bits of source code into nice images suitable for presentations.

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Jade Rubick - Don’t use goal frameworks to manage projects

Link: Jade Rubick - Don’t use goal frameworks to manage projects: "Goal frameworks like OKRs are a popular way to coordinate the work across an organization. One of the most common anti-patterns is to use it to run projects in engineering. This describes why that is a problem and better alternatives."

Interesting views on various schemes for thinking about goal setting (often including measuring success at meeting them). One that I’ve heard of before is “commander’s intent” which is a succinct way to bring the “commander”s (in business this would probably be the person two levels up, or perhaps the department manager or similar) intent into the conversation.