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Why I recommend Renovate over any other dependency update tools
Explaining why Renovate is going to be my solution to keeping up-to-date with dependencies and it's not likely to change any time soon.
Zellij New WASM Plugin System
Wouldn't it be cool to be able to develop terminal applets like UI components?
After the Deadline: Acquired
Today I have big news to announce for After the Deadline. But first, I have to tell you a story. I left the Air Force in March 2008 to pursue my dream of launching a startup and to finish graduate…
A guide to prompting AI, for what it is worth
A little bit of magic, but mostly just practice
Build your own Siri locally and on-device
That doesn’t spy on you
Using email wrong
If you don’t like email, try a different strategy.
Improving my focus by giving up my big monitor
Thoughts on an experiment that I've been running for about a month.
Elementary OS 6.1
We come bearing gifts and Yule tidings!
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.
git's –end-of-options Flag
The git flag I assumed was an LLM hallucination
Chest Fridge (2009)
Chest fridge Using vertical doors in refrigeration devices is an act against the Nature of Cold Air. Understanding and cooperating with Nature rather than acting against it leads to much better efficiency. My chest fridge (Vestfrost freezer turned into a fridge) consumes about 0.1 kWh a day. It works only…
Setting up my new laptop: Nix style
Brian McGee's personal profile and blog
Firefox Developer Edition 38: 64-bits and more
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Firefox, we unveiled Firefox Developer Edition, the first browser created specifically for developers. At that time, we also announced plans to ship a ...
Handbrake 0.10.0 released
News and Project Updates!
Vim & Python: Making yourself at home
You might look at Python code every day, but what is the lens through which you view code? It's your text editor. This article was written for Python Magazine and was first in a series on Python development environments. Here, we look at how Vim users can boost their productivity by having Vim tell you as much as…
I returned my Remarkable2
The non-writing UX is bad enough to render product unusuable
Why not tell people to “simply” use pyenv, poetry or anaconda
You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.
Tips on adding JSON output to your CLI app
Best practices when adding a JSON output option to your command-line application.