Nils

@nilsandrey
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I want to learn, explore, and connect with peers to know and share about past, current, and future technologies in the software programming world and beyond.
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NilsNov 28
AlternativeToNov 28
Perplexity has launched an AI-powered shopping feature in the US, allowing users to make purchases via PayPal. It offers personalized product searches and recommendations, similar to ChatGPT's Instant Checkout https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/perplexity-adds-a-new-instant-buy-shopping-feature-with-paypal-and-virtual-try-on/
NilsAug 5, 2025
The Svelte Handbook
@flaviocopes
https://thevalleyofcode.com/svelte/
NilsApr 13, 2025

As long as Discover still means something... (more so because it's conveniently located on mobile, and yes, there are plenty of non-techies who stick with that and that's it) ... but now they're worried about bringing it to the desktop. Too late?

I remember when everyone even started making those bundles that looked special there, I forget the name.

https://searchengineland.com/google-to-expand-discover-googles-desktop-homepage-454155

Google to expand Discover to Google's desktop homepage

Google has been testing this for years, but kicked up its testing over the past several days.

Search Engine Land
NilsMar 17, 2025

https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2025/03/free-webcast-tomorrow-fundamentals-of-query-tuning/

March 18: Fundamentals of Query Tuning
April 1: Fundamentals of TempDB
April 8: Fundamentals of Columnstore
May 6: Mastering Index Tuning
May 13: Mastering Query Tuning
May 20: Mastering Parameter Sniffing
May 27: Mastering Server Tuning

Free Webcast Tomorrow: Fundamentals of Query Tuning - Brent Ozar Unlimited®

It’s time for SQL Server Spring Training! I’m teaching 60-90 minutes of my most popular classes for free over the next few months. Tomorrow I’m doing Fundamentals of Query Tuning. It’s for folks who are comfortable writing queries to get the data they want, but wildly uncomfortable reading query plans and trying to explain why queries...

Brent Ozar Unlimited®
NilsMar 17, 2025
Julia EvansMar 17, 2025

vim is one of those programs I love but would never suggest that anyone use it

but every so often I wonder -- who might want to switch to using vim in 2025? my sense is that vim (and especially neovim) actually are still acquiring lots of new users but I don't have a good sense for what "kind" of person is choosing to start using them today

(as usual not looking for reasons people started using vim 20 or 30 years ago)

NilsOct 31, 2024
@RonJeffries Hiđź‘‹
I noticed your RSS address is being marked as unreachable by Feedly. Does it need to be updated?
NilsJul 31, 2024
Martin FowlerJul 30, 2024

NEW POST

I've seen various calls for restrictions on the use of AI and algorithmic decision making in general. I think we would be better off ensuring software decisions are explainable

https://martinfowler.com/articles/2024-restrict-algorithm.html

Instead of restricting AI and algorithms, make them explainable

A long-form article entitled: " Instead of restricting AI and algorithms, make them explainable"

martinfowler.com
NilsJul 12, 2024
The new Total Wireless (previously Total by Verizon)
https://TotalFacts.com
NilsJul 4, 2024
Royce WilliamsJul 4, 2024
Is there a site that tells you which release / remaster / edition of a movie is the one that's streaming on a given service?
NilsJun 19, 2024
icaria36 🎶Jun 18, 2024

Había oído campanas sobre #Discourse integrando #ActivityPub pero no sabía que la cosa está tan avanzada: https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-plugin/266794

Básicamente:

* Puedes conectar una categorĂ­a Discourse a una cuenta del #Fediverso. Puedes conectar las categorĂ­as que quieras y definir para cada una una cuenta fediversal.
* Cuando esta categorĂ­a tiene un tema nuevo, publica un post en el Fediverso.
* Usuarias del Fediverso pueden seguir estas cuentas.

Por ejemplo "Features"en Discourse: https://meta.discourse.org/ap/local/actor/1/followers

ActivityPub Plugin

:discourse2: Summary Discourse ActivityPub allows you to publish Discourse posts via ActivityPub so they can be read on services that support ActivityPub such as Mastodon. 🛠 Repository Link GitHub - discourse/discourse-activity-pub: Adds ActivityPub support to Discourse. 📖 Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse If you’re unfamiliar with ActivityPub start by watching this short video: When you’re ready to get started setting up the plugi...

Discourse Meta