Ben K-C

@Ben_KC
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Python programmer and proud owner of an almost-functioning Compaq Portable II
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Ben K-CDec 13, 2023
@jerod @changelog In the "HATEOAS Corpus" episode, you asked where the people, books, and implementations are. One that I would recommend looking into, especially for HATEOAS stuff, is Carson Gross, the book he co-authored called "Hypermedia Systems" (https://hypermedia.systems), and htmx (https://htmx.org), his JS library that extends HTML to be able to take full advantage of HTTP requests/RESTful APIs.
Hypermedia Systems

The revolutionary ideas that empowered the Web. A simpler approach to building applications on the Web and beyond with htmx and Hyperview. Enhancing web applications without using SPA frameworks.

Ben K-COct 29, 2023

Me, about a month ago: "I'm really enjoying Obsidian, but I don't get why so many people are using so many plugins. I just want a nice, simple note-taking experience."

Me, today: "These 50 plugins I have installed don't quite match my use case. I think I need to just write my own."

Ben K-COct 28, 2023
luna, friend of eggbugOct 27, 2023
who needs things like skydiving when you can get the same adrenaline rush by causing an incident in prod
Ben K-COct 25, 2023
Heather BuchelOct 25, 2023

Here is my (slightly less unhinged than I expected) musings on the current state of designing for the web.

Generally, I think we lost something when we stopped calling people web designers and forced people to pick a side.

https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/10/why-your-web-design-sucks/

It's 2023, here is why your web design sucks.

Exploring the reasons why we no longer have web designers.

Ben K-COct 15, 2023
Fedi SelfcareOct 15, 2023
Remember, it's not always fair to ask someone to CW their life experiences, even if it makes you uncomfortable. Remember, most Fedi instances provide powerful tools to hide topics that make you uncomfortable!
Ben K-COct 3, 2023
miaOct 2, 2023
Ben K-CSep 23, 2023
Framework  Sep 23, 2023
We fixed the iPhone 15.
Show threadBen K-CSep 4, 2023
@orsinium That's fair. I feel like I mostly see it in TIL stuff when somebody realizes that itertools has a nice concise way of doing something that's otherwise a bit complex, but I also rarely use it myself in day-to-day stuff. What was really throwing me off was seeing so many people expressing the sentiment that needing to import things in Python was some kind of problem.
Show threadBen K-CSep 4, 2023
@diazona Haha, very true. I typically ignore the comments, but I saw this sentiment come up enough times to make me wonder where it's coming from.
Show threadBen K-CSep 4, 2023
The argument would hold water if they were talking about needing a solution that could still work in Python implementations that don't have or have a different standard library, but that's definitely not what was going on. Does anybody have any insights here? 3/3