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The macOS Apps I'm Using For a long time, the two most popular articles on my blog were lists of macOS apps and CLI tools,...
16th Nov 2024
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The macOS Apps I'm Using

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Nov 2024
For a long time, the two most popular articles on my blog were lists of macOS apps and CLI tools, which I've been using. Coincidentally, these kinds of lists are something I love to read myself. I can always find some cool, new tool in such articles. It doesn't matter that I will...
I Like Makefiles I like makefiles. I first used a makefile more than ten years ago. Even back then, it looked like...
18th Sep 2024
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I Like Makefiles

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Sep 2024
I like makefiles. I first used a makefile more than ten years ago. Even back then, it looked like some ancient technology used by the graybeard Linux wizards. Years passed, and new build tools came and went, but I kept seeing makefiles still used here and there. I got used to...
I've Built My First Successful Side Project, and I Hate It In 2020, I built my first side project. I scratched my own itch, then started selling it, and since...
19th Aug 2024
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I've Built My First Successful Side Project, and I Hate It

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Aug 2024
In 2020, I built my first side project. I scratched my own itch, then started selling it, and since then, the project has earned me over $15,000. But a few months after releasing it, I was so tired of the maintenance that I wanted to shut it down. Here is a story about my short...
You Don't Need Stream Deck, You Need Macros One day, during one of those meetings that did not require my full attention, I was doing some work...
9th May 2024
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You Don't Need Stream Deck, You Need Macros

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th May 2024
One day, during one of those meetings that did not require my full attention, I was doing some work in the background. I muted my microphone, and I was coding away[1]. Suddenly, someone asked me a question. "Now, where is that goddamn Teams window so I can unmute my microphone?!"...
Managing Gigabytes of Images with git-annex Earlier this year, I hit GitLab's 10GB storage limit with one of my git repositories. I'm writing a...
13th Mar 2024
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Managing Gigabytes of Images with git-annex

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Mar 2024
Earlier this year, I hit GitLab's 10GB storage limit with one of my git repositories. I'm writing a family blog where I document our various trips and activities, hoping that in 20 years, it will be a great memento (like a photo album combined with a journal in a digital form,...
How to Enjoy Your Next Conference Better Sometimes, when I go to a conference and mingle with people during lunch or a social event, I see...
3rd Jan 2024
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How to Enjoy Your Next Conference Better

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jan 2024
Sometimes, when I go to a conference and mingle with people during lunch or a social event, I see someone sitting alone, looking at their phone, and not talking to anyone. At one social dinner, I saw a guy who spent one hour drinking two beers (everyone got them for free), ate...
A Beginner's Guide to Continuous Integration in Python Imagine this: you're working on a Python project, and you're annoyed that each time you create a new...
23rd Dec 2023
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A Beginner's Guide to Continuous Integration in Python

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Dec 2023
Imagine this: you're working on a Python project, and you're annoyed that each time you create a new merge (or pull) request, you must remember to run tests. Or maybe you configured your code editor to run black each time you save a file, but your colleagues didn't. Every time...
Should I Have a Blog? Yes. Or did you expect a different answer? You came to a blog to read an article on whether you...
14th Nov 2023
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Should I Have a Blog?

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Nov 2023
Yes. Or did you expect a different answer? You came to a blog to read an article on whether you should have a blog. Did you really think, even for a split second, the answer would be, "No, you shouldn't. And thinking about it, I'm closing my blog too. Sayōnara!" Blogs are great....
Dear Conference Organizer Dear Conference Organizer, First of all, thank you for all the hard work! Most Python conference...
22nd Oct 2023
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Dear Conference Organizer

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Oct 2023
Dear Conference Organizer, First of all, thank you for all the hard work! Most Python conference organizers I know don't get paid for their work. Yet, they pour countless hours into helping people spread knowledge and bringing the community together every year. And just like...
Pathlib for Path Manipulations If I were to name my top ten modules from the standard library, pathlib would be high on that list....
17th Jul 2023
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Pathlib for Path Manipulations

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Jul 2023
If I were to name my top ten modules from the standard library, pathlib would be high on that list. It could even make it to the top three. Manipulating paths was always a tricky problem if your code was supposed to work on different operating systems. If you accidentally...
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