I added a bug over on github, something I rarely do: Blank/empty sessions in the schedule with random times.
Monthly Archives: March 2021
Preemptive Pluralization is (Probably) Not Evil
An interesting article on data modelling and API design: Preemptive Pluralization is (Probably) Not Evil.
France Grossly Underestimated Radioactive Fallout From Atom Bomb Tests
Closed-source SaaS
In the news today: Why I Didn’t Open-Source My Second SaaS. He decided to switch his business model from open-source to closed-source to try and find a business model that worked. On the other hand, also in the news: How I earn a living selling my open source software.
Guidelines for Freelance Developers
Today I happened upon Guidelines for Freelance Developers Working with Me. They seemed like fairly reasonable guidelines.
How the New York Times A/B tests their headlines
This on Hacker News today: How the New York Times A/B tests their headlines.
The documentation system
Today I discovered The documentation system (over here). The four quadrants on two axes are:
- Tutorials
- How-to guides
- Reference
- Explanation
Git Code
Today I read Boost Your Programming Skills by Reading Git’s Code and played along with baby-git. I noticed a rundown on the makefile, Learn Git – Baby Git Makefile, but I didn’t have time to read it.
VSCode explorer tree indent size
So I was poking about in my VSCode settings, File -> Preferences -> Settings. And I found the Workbench > Tree: Indent options which controls the tree indentation in pixels. The default settings was 8 pixels, which is too small for my liking, so I cranked it up a notch to 37 pixels! Yay woo!
Wrap setting for Vim mode for VSCode
Over on the VSCodeVim chatroom a bloke called Chris pointed me to the ‘Whichwrap’ setting for Vim mode in VSCode. In VSCode click File -> Preferences -> Settings; then in the Extensions / Vim settings search for ‘Whichwrap’ and enter: l,h