programming - kbin.social

Keep the logs for retrospective analysis (vitonsky.net)

A map app for mobile phones with fog of war

Hello everyone, I have an idea to make a map with fog of war, when you walk you explore new areas and points of interest but you can’t see unexplored areas. I’m not sure if it’s a good idea, what is your opinion?

For 'Cheap' Labour, Google Fires Its Entire Python Team: Report (www.freepressjournal.in)

Flow state: Why fragmented thinking is worse than any interruption (blog.stackblitz.com)

One thing that pretty consistently drops me out of the flow state is having to dig through documentation for whatever I’m trying to use, or even worse having to dig through its source code because the documentation is either nonexistent or eg. plain wrong

Finding the Right JavaScript Frontend Framework For You (medium.com)

OpenOrb - a curated RSS and Atom feed search engine - Raphael Kabo (raphael.computer)

Raphael Kabo’s personal website and writing on programming, poetry, and academia.

Qt 6.7 released (www.qt.io)

Qt 6.7 is out with lots of large and small improvements for all of us who like to have fun when building modern applications and user experiences. Several additions are released as technology previews, and we are looking forward to your feedback so that we can get everything ready for the next LTS release!

Powershell: How do I update my code to use a different file type?

I have a script that duplicates a Word doc template and renames each using a csv file with a list of names. What would be the equivalent code if instead of a csv file I use a text file?...

Decision logs (vitonsky.net)

I Made a English Dictionary Front-End for Terminals (feddit.nl)

cross-posted from: feddit.nl/post/12252747...

Velato: A programming language where source code must be a valid MIDI music file (www.velato.net)

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/10010650...

A fun exercise in re the design quality of the Linux kernel: How many lines of code do you think was the diff to add "-o nosymfollow" (ignore symlinks) as a mount option? (git.kernel.org)

Think of a similar scope of change to a large codebase you're familiar with, for frame of reference.

I'm looking for a way to create webpages without HTML, any tips?

Hello! I’ll try to explain what I’m looking for: I sometimes have to write simple web pages (not just text, also buttons and video players and so on), but I really really hate writing html code. What I’m used to is QML, which I like a lot, because of the ease of placing objects exactly where I need using the anchors and...

Error in GStreamer under PyGTK (lemmy.ca)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/15730457...

Do Users Write More Insecure Code with AI Assistants? (arxiv paper) (arxiv.org)

Subverting Betteridge’s law of headlines. Yes.

Reverse Engineering TikTok's VM Obfuscation | Ibiyemi Abiodun (ibiyemiabiodun.com)

Not mine....

Finding projects that need user testing?

I’m digging into the world of #FOSS #opensource and would like to help with existing projects. My programming chops are not sharp yet, but I’m a detail-oriented communicator who knows a bit about user testing....

Untangling Non-Linearity: How the Linked List Changed Everything (schmud.de)

scriptscrub (`script` output pruner / watcher) (gitlab.com)

Edit 2024-01-26: I ended up feature creeping it a bit. It can now be used as a less input filter, and asciinema-esque recording playback....

So yesterday a very weird thing happened to me. (mbin.grits.dev)

So. I was working with this code:...

I thought I would teach myself Rust, apparently can't get Python out of me (aussie.zone)

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Can I email or text myself through Python or bash?

EDIT: Thanks y’all! I got this working by installing mutt and configuring it with my Gmail info. Please note the warning from u/jherazob below–if this were something mission critical I would not want to rely on this solution....

Is Programming Stealing Your Life Away? (www.youtube.com)

Watched this video and everything he said is a sign is applying directly to me and it’s scaring me, however I think it’s invaluable to others and I just want to share it with everyone.