Kinmarui

Don't use Vim

Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time.

-- Anthony Vincenzo "Tony" Baretta

Vim is an amazing text editor. I love it. Really, I wouldn't [organize][organize] a Vim advent calendar if I didn't. But, as amazing as it is, Vim is not for everyone. It can't solve all your problems, or be a TUI version of your favorite IDE, or make you a better programmer, or land you that dream job in the Bay Area. But Vim can help you be more mindful, focused, and efficient, as long as you approach it with the right mindset.

Don't get me wrong, I certainly welcome you to try Vim, but I'm not a proselyte. I don't thrive on newbies. I just want you to use the right tool for the job and not waste your—and anyone's—time on a fruitless quest.

Kotlin Arrow

A lot of Kotlin features can be traced back to functional programming languages, eg

Heavy use of immutability-by-default and map, filter etc functions
Type inference
Data classes (which enable pattern matching)
Null safety and dealing with the absence of values

However, Kotlin is missing many incredibly useful data types that are ubiquitous in functional programming languages, eg Either, Try etc.

Questions to discuss within a team

Why do you need it? What problem you are solving? Is it right tool for the job? Why it is worth it? (Wrong answers: sexiness, just trying new things)
Will it help to deliver project faster or make it more maintainable or with better quality?
Why you cannot solve it using existing stack?
How popular it is? Is it backed by big companies? Is it easy to find people using that? How many questions on stack overflow? How many people has it in CV on LinkedIn? etc.
If you want to use it because of better performance. Do you really need that performance? Can you show the data that it can confirm better performance?
How mature is it?
Is there someone else in a Company using it - how does their use case and findings compare to your use case?
Is it easy to find help? Or you will be learning it by your own?
Is There A Learning Curve? Is it easy to learn? Is your team able to specify lerning curve?

WARNING

THIS GIST IS EXTREMELY OBSOLETE. DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS. SERIOUSLY.

IF YOU IGNORE THE ABOVE WARNING, YOU AGREE IN ADVANCE THAT YOU DIDN'T GET THESE INSTRUCTIONS FROM ME, THAT I WARNED YOU, AND THAT I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO POINT AND LAUGH MOCKINGLY IF AND WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS HORRIBLY.

I'll do a write-up of current custom-kernel procedures over on Random Bytes ( https://randombytes.substack.com/ ) one day soon.

NOTE

58 bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere

When making this website, i wanted a simple, reasonable way to make it look good on most displays. Not counting any minimization techniques, the following 58 bytes worked well for me:

main {
  max-width: 38rem;
  padding: 2rem;
  margin: auto;
}

	#!/bin/bash

	# Get the architecture of the machine
	arch=$(uname -m)
	os=$(uname -s)

	# Download the Zellij binary
	if [ "$os" == "Darwin" ]; then
	filename="zellij-${arch}-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
	url="https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/releases/latest/download/$filename"

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

	# trello_json_to_org.rb
	# convert JSON files exported from Trello to https://orgmode.org/ format
	#
	# Copyright (C) 2020 Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
	#
	# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
	# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
	# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

	// create a bookmark and use this code as the URL, you can now toggle the css on/off
	// thanks+credit: https://dev.to/gajus/my-favorite-css-hack-32g3
	javascript: (function() {
	var domStyle = document.createElement("style");
	domStyle.append(
	'* { color:#0f0!important;outline:solid #f00 1px!important; background-color: rgba(255,0,0,.2) !important; }\
	* * { background-color: rgba(0,255,0,.2) !important; }\
	* * * { background-color: rgba(0,0,255,.2) !important; }\
	* * * * { background-color: rgba(255,0,255,.2) !important; }\
	* * * * * { background-color: rgba(0,255,255,.2) !important; }\

	# Description: Boxstarter Script
	# Author: Rod Treweek
	# Last Updated: 2018-09-10
	#
	# Install boxstarter:
	# . { iwr -useb http://boxstarter.org/bootstrapper.ps1 } \| iex; get-boxstarter -Force
	#
	# You might need to set: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
	#
	# Run this boxstarter by calling the following from an elevated command-prompt:

	//The global script scope
	def ctx = context(scope: scriptScope())

	//What things can be on the script scope
	contributor(ctx) {
	method(name: 'pipeline', type: 'Object', params: [body: Closure])
	property(name: 'params', type: 'org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.ParamsVariable')
	property(name: 'env', type: 'org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.EnvActionImpl.Binder')
	property(name: 'currentBuild', type: 'org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.RunWrapperBinder')
	property(name: 'scm', type: 'org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.multibranch.SCMVar')