I experimented with _hyperscript to replace the little JS enhancements on the Lamb microblog over the weekend. After a day I had all the scripts replaced with clearer code in about half the lines of the previous JavaScript. It sounds like a success, however I rolled it all back. This is because _hyperscript requires a 100KB library, whereas the 3KB JavaScript it replaces does not. As Lamb is a minimal blogging system, that's the vast majority of the pagesize. #technology
Sander van Dragt's Notes
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Lamb image test
Image upload support has landed in the Lamb repo:
Drag images into the composer textarea and they will be automatically uploaded behind the scenes and inserted into the post as markdown, similar to how GitHub works:
This has been the main missing piece for me, so I'm very pleased. #lamb #projects
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Ashley Belanger writes for Ars Technica Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal with Google as default search:
Statista reported that Google's advertising revenue was $224 billion in 2022, and based on that, Engadget estimated that Apple likely gets paid in the tens of billions of dollars for Google's default Safari placements.
Meanwhile Slack, Discord and others continue not to benefit from an Electron commit that wasn't properly reviewed setting Search with Google as the default #technology #privacy
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There is no queue, I play one song: Spotify adds the next song in the playlist in the queue. There is one item in the queue, I add another song to the queue: Spotify replaces the queue with the song.
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I like to have pinned browser tabs on any window (mail, calendar etc) that do not disappear. These two together help with that:
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PHP-Activate 0.2.0
I've released php-activate 0.2.0, a PHP project version manager for Linux systems using native PHP packages.
Made for those working with multiple projects using a variety of PHP versions, this script will switch to the correct PHP version for the local shell session. It does not require sudo, so even works in IDEs.
The latest version adds support for the Fish shell. #projects #phpactivate
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When you want to create an exception to a
add_headerdirective in nginx that is declared in an include, just declare it before it, as successive declarations of the same header are ignored. #til -
On personal goals
Today, I've realised my overarching goal as a software engineer: create digital experiences that help improve mental health for the people using them.
Unwittingly I myself have trended towards community software where capitalism, media manipulation and corporate influence is minimised (open-source, privacy first, self-hosting), and writing software with these values in mind.
In my experience, capitalism and corporate software distort the incentives of software for the financial benefit of it's backers. Media manipulation uses information overload and content agendas to influence the news cycle and change the common values we live by. This ultimately is more important to them than the wellbeing of the person experiencing the artifact, but not to me.
How have I been unwittingly trying to create positive user experiences:
- Having ownership over your content through blogging software that does not demand your attention.
- Creating a safe space for content consumption of trusted resources.
- Reducing friction in everyday tasks also benefits mental health and reduces frustration.
- Having peace of mind working on technologies that avoid complexity,
- Building foundational projects to help understand how to think about replacement products that contain these values.
- Helping people make time for oneself.
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Made a Linux shell script called BreakAware that calculates the time since your last break as I couldn't find an alternative to Pandan (macOs).
BreakAware is a lightweight and user-friendly Fish shell script designed to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance. It tracks the time since your last break, whether it's due to PC sleep, hibernation, logout, or session locking. BreakAware empowers you to be more aware of how you spend your time and encourages you to take regular breaks, enhancing your productivity and well-being.
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If you want an example of why we need a viable open source phone ecosystem, try and share some assorted music files from your non-Apple pc to another person’s iPhone. #technology