David Winterbottom

@codeinthehole
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Male software craftswoman — Principal Engineer at Kraken Technologies (part of Octopus Energy).
Websitehttps://codeinthehole.com
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David WinterbottomSep 6, 2024

Try this:

git log --author="$(git config user.name)" --no-merges --pretty=format:"%s" -200 | llm -s "Based on my history of commit message subjects, what words do I use the most and how can my commit message subjects be improved?"

David WinterbottomSep 4, 2024
Petty request of the day: a markdownlint rule to enforce sentence-case titles.
David WinterbottomJul 1, 2024

This:
https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-dropkick-you-if-you-use-that-spreadsheet/

but for Django admin.

I Will Fucking Dropkick You If You Use That Spreadsheet — Ludicity

David WinterbottomJun 28, 2024
Baby steps in using LLMs to *edit* Vim files in place:
https://til.codeinthehole.com/posts/how-to-use-llm-to-act-on-visual-selections-in-vim/
TIL How to use 'llm' to act on visual selections in Vim — David Winterbottom

You can use Simon Willison’s excellent llm tool to query or edit Vim buffers by piping the contents of a visual selection to the llm. — can be read in 1 minute

David WinterbottomJun 21, 2024
"Delusional rat hangs out with other microinfluencers"
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dream-big
Hungover Bear and Friends: Dream Big

To help celebrate our twenty-fifth year of being on the information superhighway, we have reached out to some of our former columnists for check-in...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency
David WinterbottomJun 21, 2024

I will be using this metaphor many times henceforth.

From (my new favourite tech blog): https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-accidentally-saved-half-a-million-dollars/

I Accidentally Saved Half A Million Dollars — Ludicity

David WinterbottomJun 20, 2024

It's only through trying to maintain *other people's code* that you hone your taste in what makes code maintainable.

There's a limit to what you learn from maintaining your own code.

David WinterbottomJan 11, 2023

Why didn't anyone tell me about `git log -p`?
https://til.codeinthehole.com/posts/how-to-show-the-history-of-a-file-with-git-log-patch/

I think I glossed over it previously as I was slightly scared of the word "patch".

TIL How to show the history of a file with 'git log --patch' — David Winterbottom

Am slightly embarrassed to admit it but I’ve only just discovered the --patch option to git log which shows diff information for each commit. [Reading time: 1 minute]

David WinterbottomJan 7, 2023

Two tips for using Github Copilot with Vim:
https://codeinthehole.com/tips/vim-and-github-copilot/

#vim

Tips for using Github Copilot in Vim — David Winterbottom

Two recommendations for using Copilot effectively.

Show threadDavid WinterbottomJan 6, 2023
@tshirtman I've never got into using the full features of Fugitive. I'll give those commands a try.