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Raspberry Pi Pico audio player
A weblog about technology including Arduino, Raspberry, Attiny, 3D printing, Electronics, tinkering and all kinds of diy projects.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 6,504 posts.
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Nebu: A Spreadsheet Editor for Varvara
By Devine Lu Linvega
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The most unhinged video wall, made out of Chromebooks
This is the story of our three year long journey to turn a fleet of laptops into what can only be described as the world's most unhinged video wall.
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Emacs Tree-sitter custom highlighting
A few years ago I blogged about custom tree-sitter-based syntax highlighting in emacs . I started out with highlighting certain keywords in...
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macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)
A collection of 150+ nifty tips and tricks for macOS, for both system features like the Dock, Spotlight, and Mission Control and built-in apps like Safari, Mail, and Photos.
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How Core Git Developers Configure Git
What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core developers change.
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Calendar.txt
Keep your calendar in a plain text file. Calendar.txt is versionable, supports all operating systems and easily syncs with Android mobile phone.
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What's New in Emacs 30.1?
What is new in Emacs 30.1? I go through every change in the NEWS file and talk about the most interesting and useful changes.
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Why and How I use “Org Mode” for my writing and more (2022)
I find myself telling people that they will have to pry org-mode from my cold dead hands. Which befuddles me. Why, as an ingrate software nerd who has soured on software technology — talk about biting the hand that feeds — do I evince such strong sentiment about a software program?!
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Just Write
A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox.
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If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown
Why and how to preserve digital content in plaintext format for long-term accessibility and reuse
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Obsidian is now free for work
Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore organizations that support Obsidian on our new Enterprise page.
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Typst 0.13 is out now
With Typst 0.13, we wanted to improve the day-to-day experience of using Typst. We fixed some of the most long-standing bugs and made Typst even more flexible to...
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A year of uv: pros, cons, and should you migrate
Yes, probably.
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A vending machine, on the internet
These days, every new business seems to be a SaaS. I remember when software worked differently: you bought it, installed it, and used it without having to create an account, remember a password, or even connect to the internet. Your data lived on your C drive, and you were in control. Software was a tool, like a…
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Finding Flow: Escaping digital distractions through deep work and slow living
Learn how to achieve flow state and defeat digital distractions through environment design, mindful breaks, and deep work practices for a more focused life.
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OpenVINO AI effects for Audacity
Intel has built a suite of AI tools for Audacity, useful for spoken word audio and music alike. These AI features run 100% locally on your PC.
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TeX and Typst: Layout Models (2024)
An exploration of the layout models of TeX and Typst.
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Writing a Gimp 3.0 Plugin
GIMP 3.0 is almost out, and I'm thrilled. Not only will this version bring new features and improvements, but it finally modernizes the technology stack in two important ways:
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JJ Cheat Sheet
I’ve been learning Jujutsu a.k.a. jj , a version control system that’s compatible with git repos. It’s clicked for me in a way that git hasn’t even after many years of use.
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Make Your Own Website: A beginner's guide
You can make your own website. This guide can help anyone make a website with HTML and CSS. You can make a personal site, link tree, hobby site, digital garden, fansite, or any other website you want. It's fun, and easy enough for a 12-year-old.
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Thinkserver: My web-based coding environment
I've made my own web-based coding environment for working on little projects. A few years ago I found Glitch. It's great: a web-based coding environment that makes it really easy to quickly start edit
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Persistent packages on Steam Deck using Nix
The Steam Deck (and SteamOS) delivers a fantastic console-like experience on a Linux system. However, its immutable filesystem means that installing packages that persist across system upgrades isn’t straightforward. Fortunately, with a little Nix magic, you can work around that limitation.
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Common mistakes in architecture diagrams (2020)
A rundown of seven common mistakes is system architecture diagrams and how to fix them
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VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas
Documentation and guides from the team at Fly.io.
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Stop using zip codes for geospatial analysis (2019)
Uncover deeper insights beyond ZIP codes with geospatial analysis. Explore the limitations of ZIP codes and discover alternatives for spatial understanding.
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Markdown's Big Brother: Say Hello to AsciiDoc
Learn how AsciiDoc combines simplicity with advanced features. Create documentation that stands out, saves time, and ensures clarity.
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Jujutsu VCS: Introduction and patterns
Jujutsu (jj), a new version control system written in Rust, has popped up on my radar a few times over the past year. Looked interesting based on a cursory look, but being actually pretty satisfied with Git, and not having major problems with it, I haven’t checked it out. That is, until last week, when I finally…
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Apple Invites
Apple today introduced Apple Invites, a new app for iPhone that allows users to create custom invitations to gather friends and family.
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Chat is a bad UI pattern for development tools
You don’t want to have a conversation with your computer, you want to build.