David Blackstone
@blackstonecode.bsky.social
Looking to up my game as a developer.
Open to work.
Open to work.
I don't think Cenny is on BlueSky yet. He's on the old site, and also has this great suggested list of programming books to work through: www.programmingbooks.dev
Programming Books: A Reading List for Software Craftsmanship
www.programmingbooks.dev
November 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
I don't think Cenny is on BlueSky yet. He's on the old site, and also has this great suggested list of programming books to work through: www.programmingbooks.dev
Reposted by David Blackstone
part of why the "use chatgpt" answers are so irritating to me is that a huge part of why I'm on social media is to learn about people's actual real-life human experiences with computers, like what did you try that worked? what didn't?
it's so useful and I learn SO much that way
it's so useful and I learn SO much that way
November 18, 2024 at 7:05 PM
part of why the "use chatgpt" answers are so irritating to me is that a huge part of why I'm on social media is to learn about people's actual real-life human experiences with computers, like what did you try that worked? what didn't?
it's so useful and I learn SO much that way
it's so useful and I learn SO much that way
Thank you, this is awesome.
November 19, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Thank you, this is awesome.
Reposted by David Blackstone
Somehow this reminds me a lot of what Paul Graham used to say about using Lisp macros. Paraphrased: "Don't use them unless you really know what you're doing and it's really necessary - oh, and our software is like 51% Lisp macros."
November 14, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Somehow this reminds me a lot of what Paul Graham used to say about using Lisp macros. Paraphrased: "Don't use them unless you really know what you're doing and it's really necessary - oh, and our software is like 51% Lisp macros."
Footnote says Windows support is planned after the 1.0 release; I'll be interested in comparing it to mintty.
October 30, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Footnote says Windows support is planned after the 1.0 release; I'll be interested in comparing it to mintty.
I've seen this recommended recently, the "Really Friendly Command Line Intro" by Tracy Osborn. hellowebbooks.com/learn-comman...
Really Friendly Command Line Intro
Learn command line basics with this friendly illustrated 24-page zine. Online text and other formats also available.
hellowebbooks.com
October 30, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I've seen this recommended recently, the "Really Friendly Command Line Intro" by Tracy Osborn. hellowebbooks.com/learn-comman...
• I can go back and forth between making changes with the studio and making changes with migration scripts with ease
These are features I've seen people pay heavily for in other systems.
These are features I've seen people pay heavily for in other systems.
October 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
• I can go back and forth between making changes with the studio and making changes with migration scripts with ease
These are features I've seen people pay heavily for in other systems.
These are features I've seen people pay heavily for in other systems.
• Even on the local installation I get to use the sophisticated yet easy graphical Supabase studio
October 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
• Even on the local installation I get to use the sophisticated yet easy graphical Supabase studio
• There's an organized system of database migrations to manage changes to my schema as I proceed
October 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
• There's an organized system of database migrations to manage changes to my schema as I proceed
• There are command-line utilities to manage everything including synchronizing database schemas between my local and my hosted installs
October 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
• There are command-line utilities to manage everything including synchronizing database schemas between my local and my hosted installs
• When I outgrow the free hosting offerings on supabase.com, I don't have to immediately move to paid offerings: I can install and develop locally!
Supabase | The Open Source Firebase Alternative
Build production-grade applications with a Postgres database, Authentication, instant APIs, Realtime, Functions, Storage and Vector embeddings. Start for free.
supabase.com
October 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
• When I outgrow the free hosting offerings on supabase.com, I don't have to immediately move to paid offerings: I can install and develop locally!
• There's automatically a RESTful api for me.
October 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
• There's automatically a RESTful api for me.
• It uses PostgreSQL under the hood, so it's the best, most robust open-source database.
October 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
• It uses PostgreSQL under the hood, so it's the best, most robust open-source database.
Along the way, I had a failed attempt to get it working under Ubuntu on Virtual Box, and another failed attempt to get it working on the same system with Podman instead of Docker.
Educational, but not very fruitful.
Educational, but not very fruitful.
October 30, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Along the way, I had a failed attempt to get it working under Ubuntu on Virtual Box, and another failed attempt to get it working on the same system with Podman instead of Docker.
Educational, but not very fruitful.
Educational, but not very fruitful.
ant clean devel deploy is still etched in my memory from three jobs ago.
October 30, 2024 at 3:31 PM
ant clean devel deploy is still etched in my memory from three jobs ago.
I think I'm going to abandon Windows entirely and try to host this within a VirtualBox Linux installation.
October 28, 2024 at 11:52 PM
I think I'm going to abandon Windows entirely and try to host this within a VirtualBox Linux installation.