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March 2023

19-03-2023
Zed - Code at the speed of thought

Zed - Code at the speed of thought

Source: zed.dev

Just to prove that theres never the last word on anything, especially programmers editors. I thought history ended with vscode. But take a look st this, pretty tantilizing! Author says: “Code at the speed of thought. Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.”

A very interesting new text editor. Looks a lot like vscode. Playing with it. It is written in RUST which is always now the key to being a cool app. It is very very fast. But it does not have all the plugins I rely on.

03-03-2023
The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

Source: missing.csail.mit.edu

Classes teach you all about advanced topics within CS, from operating systems to machine learning, but there’s one critical subject that’s rarely covered, and is instead left to students to figure out on their own: proficiency with their tools. We’ll teach you how to master the command-line, use a powerful text editor, use fancy features of version control systems, and much more!

February 2023

January 2023

27-01-2023
ActivityPub RFC

ActivityPub RFC

Source: avdi.codes

The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format. It provides a client to server API for creating, updating and deleting content, as well as a federated server to server API for delivering notifications and content.

15-01-2023
GitHub - volution/z-tokens: z-tokens -- random tokens generation and related tools

GitHub - volution/z-tokens: z-tokens -- random tokens generation and related tools

Source: github.com

This is a standalone password generator. I think that because it does’t know the email or account name that the password is used with, the risk that the app itself is malware is small… i think… Author says: “z-tokens -- random tokens generation and related tools - GitHub - volution/z-tokens: z-tokens -- random tokens generation and related tools”

December 2022

23-12-2022
GitHub - gregmolnar/prepper: Prepper is a simple server provisioning tool, built on top of SSHKit. You can use it to script your server build process.

GitHub - gregmolnar/prepper: Prepper is a simple server provisioning tool, built on top of SSHKit. You can use it to script your server build process.

Source: github.com

This seems like a very nice simple tool to solve a common problem. My only confusion is that there are a bunch of similar tools to do the same thing. Each has its own DSL, written in ruby or some other language, has its own conceptual steucture, and its own bugs. It’s enough to make me decide to just keep doing it by hand. Heres what the author says: “ Prepper is a simple server provisioning tool, built on top of SSHKit. You can use it to script your server build process. - GitHub - gregmolnar/prepper: Prepper is a simple server provisioning tool...”

20-12-2022
Networking on the Network

Networking on the Network

Source: vlsicad.ucsd.edu

Several million people employ electronic mail for some significant portion of their professional communications. Yet in my experience few people have figured out how to use the net productively. A great deal of effort is going into technical means for finding information on the net, but hardly anybody has been helping newcomers figure out where the net fits in the larger picture of their own careers. These notes are a first attempt to fill that gap, building on the most successful practices I've observed in my twenty years on the net. I will focus on the use of electronic communication in research communities, but the underlying principles will be applicable to many other communities as well.

19-12-2022
rails/docked: Running Rails from Docker for easy start to development

rails/docked: Running Rails from Docker for easy start to development

Source: github.com

This is not a new thing by a long shot. But thw fact that it is published by dhh is a big deal imo. For me it assures me to some extent that it is “correct” and that it will be maintained. From author: “Running Rails from Docker for easy start to development - rails/docked: Running Rails from Docker for easy start to development”

18-12-2022
Welcome to Talking Points for Life

Welcome to Talking Points for Life

Source: talkingpointsforlife.com

Too many people are left wandering through Reddit threads and Quora posts looking for advice on what to say. Communication is tricky. We all bring our own biases, emotions and histories to the table. This site will help you navigate those tricky subjects, allowing you to build healthier and happier relationships.