Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (Dec '22 edition)?
A not-uncommon theme on the orange site; but this is a useful thread in that there's some options for alterantives given.
linkhut
A bookmarking service that is OpenSource and also apparently API-compatible with Pinboard.
From Pinboard to Raindrop
One person's exsperience of migrating from Pinboard to Raindrop.
Pinboard vs. Raindrop
A comparison of Pinboard vs Raindrop.
Three month suspension for a Core Developer
It's good to see that the Python community cares about its CoC.
GeoFS - Free Online Flight Simulator
A web-based flight simulator. What's not to like?
I fact-checked Ben Shapiro so you don’t have to
An entertaining takedown of some Ben Shapiro nonsense.
RISEN: 5 Steps to Build Context-Rich AI Prompts
A guide to an approach to writing good LLM prompts.
WebGPU Unleashed: A Practical Tutorial
A tutorial on getting to grips with WebGPU.
After 15 years, the maintainer of Homebrew plans to make a living
Measuring Software Delivery With DORA Metrics - YouTube
Video introducing DORA metrics.
The Wrong Way to Use DORA Metrics - The New Stack
A source of concerns and counter-points to getting too excited about using DORA to measure things.
DORA | Get Better at Getting Better
"DORA is the largest and longest running research program of its kind, that seeks to understand the capabilities that drive software delivery and operations performance. DORA helps teams apply those capabilities, leading to better organizational performance."
UK Fossil Collecting
Good resource for background information on fossil-hunting in the UK.
Home - Lambda Forge
A tool for quickly building Lambda functions.
BSoD maker
Build your own Blue Screen of Death!
(glisp) - Online iteractive Lisp playground
A fun-looking online interactive Lisp playground; feels like the turtle graphics environments of old but with a Lisp.
Python Software Foundation Code of Conduct - Python Software Foundation Policies
Just like it says on the tin:the code of conduct of the Python Foundation.
wyuenho/emacs-pet: Tracks down the correct Python tooling executables from your virtualenvs so you can glue the binaries to Emacs and delete code in init.el
What looks to be a module for Emacs that helps find the right venv for a project; I think. Saving this to look at at some point in the future.
How boto3 impacts the cold start times of your Lambda functions | tecRacer Amazon AWS Blog
An analysis of how boto3 affects the code start times of AWS Lamdas.
Obsidian URI
Obsidian has a URI that can do a bunch of differen things. Very handy, especially if you want to kick off stuff from other code and apps.
Wrong license · Issue #16 · mdmintz/pynose
This looks like a really great example of not now to handle the licnece of a fork, and also how not to handle the feedback you get when you make such a change.
What we know about microdosing candy illnesses as death investigation underway
While I've read on and off about the possible benefits of microdosing, I hadn't realised that (in the US anyway) you could actually buy edible things that implement this. This also suggests it's not been done well or clearly.
Pseudo parameters reference - AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation pseudo parameter reference.
Intrinsic function reference - AWS CloudFormation
The guide to CloudFormation intrinsic functions.
Build Your Own Lisp
A book all about building your own Lisp.
Stop using Brave Browser
Some problematic history relating to the Brave browser.
eplot: Emacs library for creating charts
Library for doing pretty nice-looking plots in Emacs.
Evaluating & Debunking Dry Needling as an Injury Recovery Method
Article with references that talks about how efefctive, if at all, dry-needling is as a treatment.
The Effectiveness of Trigger Point Dry Needling for Musculoskeletal Conditions by Physical Therapists: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - PubMed
Review of evidence for how effective, if at all effective, so-called "dry-needling" is.