petepete

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   by petepete 5y ago

   Keep in mind that alphagov is just a small part; most projects belong to other govt departments. Many are using JavaScript and Rails, some Django and .net.
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   by petepete 5y ago

   I think if you have a look at the service manual[0] you'll be surprised. New code is open by default (unless there's a security risk) and while the stack beneath the surface isn't predefined the frontend is[1]. There's a
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   by petepete 5y ago

   Definitely not mostly-Django. There are probably more new Rails than Django projects these days.
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   by petepete 5y ago

   This used to be a built in feature. Being able to block ExpertsExchange from all searches was incredibly useful. Now I'd do the same for Pinterest, W3Schools and apidock.com
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   by petepete 5y ago

   I bought a 4k ThinkPad X1 Carbon in 2019 and I love it, but in retrospect I totally should've bought the 1440p model. On a 14" screen you just don't appreciate the resolution.
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   by petepete 5y ago

   Plone is second last in my "list of platforms I enjoyed writing code for when working at a wanky web agency". Number one is OpenCMS.
7. 937.▲
   by petepete 5y ago

   When you use Nanoc, it's like building your own with a nice set of tools. https://nanoc.app/
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   by petepete 5y ago

   If requiring a JavaScript extension to make it worthwhile isn't a sign of it being unusable, I don't know what is! The website is literally unusable - they prevent you from viewing more than a few posts without installing the app.
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   by petepete 5y ago

   I'm about 1/1,000,000th a Fabrice Bellard, and I'm fine with that.
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    by petepete 5y ago

    I love that there's no price mentioned and the purchase process is essentially "transfer a £12k down payment and then we'll build you a pair, then transfer the rest". Anyone have a ballpark idea of a total? Clearly these
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    by petepete 5y ago

    Well, the move to GitLab was huge. Plus the fact you can download Builder and have something up and running in a matter of minutes. Y4s, it was all possible before but it's so much easier now. Just look at the smallish but beautifull
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    by petepete 5y ago

    Unity had nothing to do with the GNOME project, it was built by Canonical for Ubuntu. GNOME has been moving in the right direction for a long time in my opinion, their concentration on making it easier for developers is really starting to p
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    by petepete 5y ago

    I've been using a TreeSitter-powered colouriser in Vim, it's fantastic and, like with everything TreeSitter related, extremely fast. https://github.com/p00f/nvim-ts-rainbow
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    by petepete 5y ago

    I still miss Delphi from time to time. I started with 5 and used both 6 and 7 before leaving for greener pastures. I've never used anything as productive for creating Windows applications, it was just a joy to use (in 2001-2004).
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    by petepete 5y ago

    http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/gr-3/
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    by petepete 5y ago

    Yep that's the one, although for me the listing works and is in black. https://i.imgur.com/FpZoLif.jpg
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    by petepete 5y ago

    Also Braun. Beautiful but pricey. https://braun-clocks.com/collections/digital-watches
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    by petepete 5y ago

    I suspect it's more of a invasion of territory thing. Around here both crows and magpies don't take kindly to other big birds coming too close during nesting season.
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    by petepete 5y ago

    Been pretty much dead to me since midichlorians. Despecialised editions only here.
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    by petepete 5y ago

    My biggest tip is to use the '**' shortcut from bash/zsh. My most frequent use case is for running tests, I can type: $ be rspec spec/**{tab} Fzf will open inline, select the file(s) you want and run them (like
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    by petepete 5y ago

    If you were holding a gun with two hands (and you're right-handed), you'd lift your right hand up to aim down.
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    by petepete 5y ago

    Nanoc fills this niche quite well. It's more of a SSG toolkit than an SSG. You build a Rules file with steps for each of your file types and it loops through and builds your site. It comes with Markdown out of the box but you can make
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    by petepete 5y ago

    The easiest way to get up and running with autocomplete in Neovim is Coc. https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim You can go down the native LSP route too but I suspect this is what gave you trouble. It certainly confused
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    by petepete 5y ago

    The GPS in my car does that, it's so annoying. I like to leave it on 'map view' where it shows current location and the street name at the top, and every time it starts I have to 'ok' a disclaimer telling me to focu
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    by petepete 5y ago

    I love his channel. Definitely one of the better Linux-focussed channels around and far less cringe than Baby WoGuE.
26. 956.▲
    by petepete 5y ago

    This is what I had in mind. Something along the lines of VMware Unity. Shipping an OS where some bits of UI date back to Windows 3.1 is never going to lead to a seamless experience.
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    by petepete 5y ago

    So yeah, legit but niche use case. Thankfully I don't need to worry about it so don't give it a second thought.
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    by petepete 5y ago

    If I want to run an old program I'd rather do it in a VM and have a nice, lean, consistent, sensible OS.
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    by petepete 5y ago

    The reason git won was in part due to the success of GitHub. It was the first code sharing platform that wasn't a crap. Once open source projects started moving to it from older platforms (Sourceforge, Trac, etc), developers who might
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    by petepete 5y ago

    Same for me but for a decade. Only ever had one outage that lasted more than a couple of hours. No complaints.