sergi

sergi, 3 days ago to ubuntu

My experience with #elementaryOS so far has not been great. After installing I had to do a bit of tinkering to install the right Nvidia drivers and be able to boot to GUI, many times the system hangs after coming back from suspend, the default terminal has some issue that makes it laggy, etc.

Considering deleting it and switching to #Ubuntu.

Any thoughts/recommendations?

I love #ArchLinux but I'm not feeling like spending hours tweaking my system, I prefer a "just works" solution right now.

sergi, 5 days ago to random

hi @elementary. Is the Slack Community restricted to Gmail, Apple and Elementary emails? I can't figure out a way to join.

#elementaryOS #Slack

sergi, 13 days ago to community

I've heard before "the Elementary OS community is small but very active/engaging". Where is that community? The official website links to Reddit and Slack. I don't feel like visiting Reddit regularly. To be able to join Slack I need a Gmail or Apple email, or an Elementary domain email.

Is there anywhere else were conversations happen?

#elementaryOS #community

sergi, 15 days ago to android

Any recommendations of software for Android tablets to mock up web UIs? I have an Android device with a stylus, so I would like to use that instead of the mouse of my PC.

#Android #WebDesign #Figma #Stylus

sergi, 18 days ago to mastodon

Resize a video with FFmpeg for Mastodon
https://www.paulox.net/2022/11/17/resize-a-video-with-ffmpeg-for-mastodon/

#Mastodon #video #ffmpeg

sergi, 18 days ago to random

Changing Directory with a Python Context Manager: https://dev.to/teckert/changing-directory-with-a-python-context-manager-2bj8

sergi, 22 days ago to random

What cool top-level domain do you think is appropriate to use for a personal website and as email domain?

It is not a blog, just a website listing some of my projects and career. In other words, to replace https://cub3.net with something easier to spell.

Today I just discovered ".digital" is a thing, but of course "sergi.digital" is already snatched, probably by some domain speculator.

sergi, 1 month ago to webdev

"It is also expressed in what I think is best summarized as "Industry Fomo". Developers know full well that using next.js to create a relatively simple website is overkill, inappropriate at best, but they see themselves required to use industry-grade technology because job requirements are not listing skills anymore, instead they are listing tools and frameworks."

https://helloyes.dev/blog/2023/craft-vs-industry/

#webDev

sergi, 1 month ago to pixelart

Hey fediverse, where can I find good pixel art wallpapers? I'm ok with dropping a few bucks for them.

#PixelArt #wallpaper

sergi, 1 month ago to random

I have a NAS that I use to backup my devices. Now I want to periodically backup that NAS to some cloud storage.

There would be many uploads and very rarely (hopefully never) downloads. So uploads and storage should be cheap, but it's OK if downloads are expensive.

What software and host/cloud providers do you folks recommend? I want to encrypt the data before uploading.

#backup #NAS #CloudStorage #Storage #DataHoard

sergi, 3 months ago to random

Well, the #SpiderOak client got confused with syncing a directory with caps with another with no caps, and I lost all the PDFs I had been saving for filing my taxes.

I've heard others complain how the software has not been updated in years, and it's obvious checking their website that they don't care for non-business users anymore.

Time to look for a better #backup alternative. Any recommendations?

sergi, 3 months ago to RSS

@matthiasott I was reading your latest newsletter and would like to mention #miniflux as a #minimalistic #RSS reader: https://miniflux.app/

I've been very happy with the hosted version so far!

sergi, 3 months ago to random

New release of Jinja Fragments is out with support for Litestar thanks to @pythonbynight !

https://pypi.org/project/jinja2-fragments/

#jinja2 #jinja #litestar #htmx

sergi, 4 months ago to retrogaming

I just discovered #TinyNES exists: https://www.crowdsupply.com/tall-dog-electronics/tinynes

Now I want a #TinyMasterSystem.

#retroGaming

sergi, 4 months ago to python

New post: Speed up Python dictionary lookups

You can "intern" strings to improve performance of dictionary lookups, but using them is not as straightforward as one can think.

https://sergiswriting.com/python-sys-intern/

#python #blog #StringInterning

sergi, 4 months ago to python

A Deep Dive Into Python's functools.wraps Decorator
https://jacobpadilla.com/articles/Functools-Deep-Dive

#python #decorators

sergi, 4 months ago to blogging

I want to hear what you folks use to sync blogs/webpages over SFTP.

So, the setup is that you have a bunch of files (HTML, CSS, etc) on your local computer, and you want to update your hosting with the latest version, having only SFTP access.

I am mounting it locally with sshfs and then using "rsync -vuz --delete --recursive <source> <destination>", but I feel like there is a better way (or better rsync options).

#blogging #SFTP #FTP #sync #rsync

sergi, 4 months ago to random

Better colors for moved text in Git: https://sergiswriting.com/better-colors-for-moved-text-in-git/

#git #diff #colors

sergi, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

I would like to hear from people using screen readers. Do you prefer the hashtags to be intermingled in the body of the message, or separately at the end?

Example of the former:

"I did a #thing and after doing #AnotherThing I was happy"

Example of the latter: this post 😉

Please boost.

#screenReader #voiceOver #hashtag

sergi, 5 months ago to random

I was reading about processors and just had a flashback about being a teenager and going to the computer store of my town and but a cache on a stick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_on_a_stick

sergi, 5 months ago to random

Well, this fella just lost a reader.

#Medium #PayWall

sergi, 5 months ago to python

How to create a Linux Desktop entry for PyCharm: https://sergiswriting.com/pycharm-shortcut/

#PyCharm #Python #IDE #Linux #Desktop

sergi, 5 months ago to python

How Many Lines of C it Takes to Execute a + b in Python?

https://codeconfessions.substack.com/p/cpython-dynamic-dispatch-internals

#Python #C

sergi, 5 months ago to webdev

This must be the best explanation I've read so far about using "article" and "section" for #semantic #HTML: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/07/article-section-elements-accessibility/

#semanticweb

sergi, 5 months ago to python

Uh, I'm quite disappointed about this future #Python deprecation: https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/it-s-time-for-a-change-datetime-utcnow-is-now-deprecated

It will break some stuff in a few years when it becomes effective.

#deprecation #python312