Ian Wootten

@iwootten
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Software engineer. Husband & Dad. Talking coding, tech 🚀
YouTubehttp://youtube.com/IanWootten
Bloghttps://www.ianwootten.co.uk

My take on FastHTML is that it looks great if you are a new solo dev working in Python on a small project.

I don't know of a team I've worked with including a frontend dev that would be happy working in Python templates.

@simon @IceCubesApp do you collate any of these found prompts anywhere on your blog?

A couple of days ago at work we announced the Steam Deck OLED. It’s available next week (Nov 16) and though it’s got a bunch of great improvements like longer battery life, faster downloads, the star is the ultra-bright HDR OLED screen.

The screens are ridiculously bright and vibrant, so we thought it would be fun to use actual Steam Deck OLEDs as lighting sources to light our entire launch trailer.

Of course this necessitated building a giant metal orb. First though, here’s the final spot:

GitHub | GitHub Universe 2023

GitHub | GitHub Universe 2023

My blog celebrates it's 20th anniversary today. Here's some thoughts on that with lots of links to my best posts: https://www.ianwootten.co.uk/2023/08/14/reflecting-on-20-years-on-the-web/
Reflecting on 20 Years on the Web

Today marks the 20th Anniversary of my website ianwootten.co.uk. Here's a quick summary of the past 20 years with links to some of my most interesting posts.

@elliotjaystocks I use it for my monthly newsletter, mostly good things to say except I find the editor a bit frustrating to use.

Like pasting a link will format to pull it in with the opengraph info, with no way of customising it. You'll need to write it from scratch as markdown.

@simon Depending on your needs, if you have the video file it might be worth experimenting with using whisper.
@lproven There's a great visualisation by the Corridor Crew if you haven't seen it yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-K2yeQylCk
VFX Artist Reveals the TRUE Scale of Data!

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I've been dipping my toes into creating Generative Open Graph Art using Flow Fields: https://www.ianwootten.co.uk/2023/04/25/self-hosting-generative-open-graph-art-on-the-edge-with-supabase/
Self Hosting Generative Open Graph Art on the Edge with Supabase

I show you how you can make unique, randomised open graph images using generative art and then self-host them using Supabase and Fly.io

Episode 371 – pip install is the tool we deserve but not the tool we need

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