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Shrivas V

@rantinghuman.com

Software engineer, rediscovering the open web and personal websites. 🏑 San Francisco. Previously in Michigan, Tennessee and Madras. ✍️ https://rantinghuman.com

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I’m reminded of the famous AndrΓ© Gide quote: β€œEverything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”

11.09.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lost Terminal

22.05.2025 08:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We need your support to do free projects for good causes and publish free high quality education We’re trying a rather radical new approach at Piccalilli by doing real world projects β€” for real clients β€” in the open. This gives us a context to provide genuine high quality, real world education...

We’re trying a rather radical new approach at Piccalilli by doing real world projects β€” for real clients β€” in the open. This gives us a context to provide genuine high quality, real world education for free at the point of entry.

13.05.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 19
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Set a canonical link When posting content to multiple platforms at the same time (such as your website and Medium), it's important to make sure a single source of that content is the ultimate authority. Medium’s offici...

β€œSyndicating” your writing might be an optionβ€”publishing on your own website first, grabbing the canonical URL and then cross-posting to medium or elsewhere with the link back to your website. Medium seems to let one do this: help.medium.com/hc/en-us/art...

29.04.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve had this thought too! I found out that there’s a ferry from Treasure Island that seemed easy to access from Yerba buena. Perhaps one day I’ll meet someone who actually lives there.

24.04.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mostly good, I think!

19.04.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello, and welcome back!

18.04.2025 22:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a raccoon sitting on a man 's head in front of a sign that says no smoking Alt: Animated gif of a raccoon sitting on a man's head. Raccacoonie from the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once.
14.04.2025 00:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Those are way more dashes than I knew about!

And yes, how else could one be using em dashes 🫣

13.04.2025 08:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a drawing of a man wearing a trench coat and a hat with the letter r on his face Alt: Animated gif of Rorschach from the Watchmen comic, wearing his trench coat, a hat and mask, sitting in the rain.
08.04.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In the same boat! There are alternatives like SyncThing that I’ve been meaning to try. Rclone recently added iCloud support so maybe that could be an option (no Advanced Data Protection support though).

On the other hand, I might as well support Obsidian because they’re awesome and pay for Sync.

04.04.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for the reminder!

03.04.2025 01:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TIL about Brewfiles! *puts a pin in Nix for now*

02.04.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

F

02.04.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe it was trying out @tangled.sh

02.04.2025 04:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Five-Minute Guide to Better Typography β€” Pierrick Calvez

This was a nice starting point for me: www.pierrickcalvez.com/journal/a-fi...

20.03.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, neat!

20.03.2025 00:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you find yourself constantly checking the timer?

20.03.2025 00:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.

19.03.2025 00:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Self Gap Thinking of a way to have a custom gap between some flex or grid items.

I’ve been thinking about the idea of customizing the gap between flexbox or grid items for a while.

I wrote down a few thoughts with current solutions and a proposed idea:
πŸ”— ishadeed.com/article/self...

18.03.2025 18:55 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

@kevinpowell.co has a nice one:

go.bsky.app/JQYmgQH

16.03.2025 00:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Euler? I barely know β€˜er!
(sorry)

14.03.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if it might be a feed you follow but don't have pinned? That has happened to me a couple of times, I realized later that though I unpinned a feed and I no longer saw it on the front page, it was still lurking around.

14.03.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TouchΓ© πŸ˜‚

14.03.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How many points for lack of a cover photo? πŸ˜…

14.03.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To read this right after my dentist tells me to get a night guard… πŸͺ¦

14.03.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fun idea! I wonder if there’s someone out there watching this going β€œwhy is our one on one stressful!?”

Also, I’m surprised there are any empty spots on this calendar πŸ˜…

14.03.2025 03:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Astro 5.5 | Astro Astro 5.5 dives deep with better support for diagramming tools, improved Markdown compatibility, and type-safe sessions!

It’s no myth: Astro 5.5 is here

Dive deep with better diagramming tool support, typesafe sessions, and improved Markdown compatibility

astro.build/blog/astro-5...

13.03.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œavoid-danglers” has a nice ring to it, but probably not descriptive enough.

13.03.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Feels like this should be a corollary to how teaching helps us think better. Writing documentation is essentially teaching!

13.03.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0