Ross's Micro Blog

A cool AI tool for command-line command suggestions.

e.g.

> ai ask “Check process running on port 8000”

gives:

lsof -i tcp:8000

Requires an OpenAI API key

https://github.com/abhagsain/ai-cli

Oh. Oh. Is the #PHP Elephpant mascot because “PHP” looks (a bit, if you squint hard) like an elephant?

Is that right?

Oooooh.

A big lump of fun “recreational coding” this weekend. Wanted to tackle WordlePress – my SUPER difficult and vaguely educational #WordPress function guessing game.

Aside from sharing results, it’s now, I think, “feature complete”:
– Daily + random puzzles
– Much more help with entering words
– Saves data

BUT… the UI still needs a LOT of polish.

Still… have a go if that’s your thing?

https://wordlepress.netlify.app/

I reserve swearing for when it’s really needed. Forgive me but…

Fuck all of you who drive like idiots around school. Fuck your mounting the kerb to “park”. Fuck your arrogant, must-get-ahead entitlement.

Yes, accidents like this are rare and this behaviour is extreme. But the mindset is there and this is where it leads.

Thoughts with this family and the school today.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23148978.akers-way-hit-run-boy-critically-injured-hit-near-school/

And yes, I know some of you need to get places on time. And I’m sympathetic to that. But seriously, being safe would cost you about 30 seconds in most cases. Some of you spend more time elaborately “parking” close to the school than you would walking for a bit. Sort it out!!

I think single-HTML-page tools with interactivity using #AlpineJS are truly my new favourite little projects.

Really enjoying hacking on WordlePress a bit this weekend.

Gradual improvements, and such fun to make.

Just need a designer!!

Just got a Black Friday email that made me VERY cross.

A curse for the bad-faith web developer:

“May all your domains accidentally expire without notice. May your database become inexplicably corrupt. And may all your backups not be restorable.”

I’m trying a vertical mouse (Logi MX Vertical as I have large hands) after multiple recommendations. Most recently from @shanselman

But I’m just not getting it. Maybe I have the wrong muscles and need to adapt?

Also: missing the magnetic scrolling of the regular MX (didn’t realise how awesome this was til it’s not there) and sideways scrolling.

Back from a great little second Christmas in Devon. All well and in one piece (this is to be celebrated!)

We have had a very difficult December this year and it concluded with a stomach bug hitting us while people we were moving around were in the wrong places. I won’t say Christmas is ruined – others are far worse off than we are. But we’re having a very minimal celebration.

Am I allowed to swear in public on Christmas Eve?

Yay! My first post for the Delicious Brains blog! 😀

Really hope this helps some people get started with static code analysis in PHP or JavaScript (no TypeScript required).

https://deliciousbrains.com/php-static-code-analysis/

I’ve heard “you can do anything if you put your mind to it” a few times recently.

I disagree with it.

But I also want to turn it around.

What if, instead, this was:

“Others can do great things if you help and support them?”

Looks like I do this every year. Oh well. Merry Christmas, MicroBloggers!

Is this thing still on?

Can I still post to this thing?

Having a bit of a reading catch up – sorry for lots of boring links while you sit and enjoy Christmas Eve Eve:

I don’t know WHAT to think of this. If it was a picture we’d call it a “deep fake” but it’s text.

An interview with an AI Mark Zuckerberg:

https://w4e.uk/-Rptz

My daughter won’t wear jumpers and coats claiming “I like being cold”.

I suspect this is the fault of Elsa from Frozen and her “The cold never bothered me anyway”

Can someone reassure me that Elsa doesn’t have other ridiculous preferences in the sequel?

Could we maybe agree on some instant messaging/chat app conventions for:

a) I’m sending you this now but I don’t expect a response immediately
b) I don’t expect a reply to this at all – you don’t event need to say thank you or goodbye

?

What if there ISN’T a path (and other things I’ve learned lately):

https://rosswintle.uk/2019/11/what-if-there-isnt-a-path-and-other-lessons/