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Recent Posts
9 May 2023
Python Package Management with Rye
“I built various iterations of this over the last three years out of personal interest, but I was cautious about publishing anything out of fear of adding yet another tool into the mix. Right now I’m reaching out to other people in the packaging ecosystem to see if there is a way to work together towards something, and I’m trying to get a better public description out of how I wish packaging in the Python ecosystem could work to align people on a vision.
3 Apr 2023
The Pocket Reform is a smaller verison of the existing MNT Reform that is being crowd-funded and seems like exactly the type of product I have been looking for. The price is steep though, compared to the cost of DIY-ing it…
MNT Pocket Reform is an extremely compact, fully featured mini laptop that is modular, upgradable, recyclable, and reusable. Being fully open source hardware and software, it exemplifies MNT’s principles while providing abundant connectivity and a pleasant typing experience thanks to a comfortable, ortholinear mechanical keyboard and a micro-optical trackball. Pocket Reform features up-to-date Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and support for cellular modems, so you can go online anywhere.
3 Apr 2023
Reproducible Scientific Python Using Containers
Use Microsoft’s VSCode editor (code), Docker Containers, and other open-source tools for scientific Python software collaboration, development, and use on Linux and Windows. Securely connect offices, remote workers, storage resources, compute resources, and the cloud with Tailscale as a replacement for traditional VPN.
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Download Visual Studio Code from Microsoft.
For a Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution like Ubuntu or Pop OS, the .deb can be installed with sudo dpkg -i code_$version_amd64.deb.