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GitHub Copilot CLI - how to get started

A nice blog post 👍
GitHub Copilot CLI: How to get started
From cloning a repository to opening a pull request, here’s how to streamline your workflow with Copilot CLI.
github.blog
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
chaba.dev
The open source CLAP (clever audio plug-in) project looks quite interesting. It seems to have moved Steinberg to open source the VST3 SDK with MIT license too.
cleveraudio.org
Home - CLever Audio Plug-In
CLever Audio Plug-in, the open standard for audio plug-ins and hosts
cleveraudio.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
chaba.dev
Can't agree more. I'm honestly not so motivated to open Bluesky because of this.
danabra.mov dan @danabra.mov · Oct 4
imagine how much more appealing Bluesky could be to people all over the world if it could fix this single problem
Inspired by another recent post on ATProto I signed up for bsky, but all I see is endless American politics. I relentlessly click "less like this" but it doesn't seem to budge. Is this just what the platform is like? Being constantly barraged by the same predictable takes on today's bizarre overseas controversy is not very conducive to mental peace...
October 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
chaba.dev
Ok, figured out that I was supposed to "publish".
Math support is cool
Type tex text and it gets rendered nicely.
flalence.leaflet.pub
September 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
chaba.dev
My first post at Leaflet. LaTeX support is so cool.
First post
Math!
leaflet.pub
September 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Reposted by Isaac 🦆
danabra.mov
you'll be my personal hero if you:

- make "show less" actually show less of what i pressed it on
- stop injecting viral banalities into my Discover feed
- downrank likers in popfriends whose likes i "show less"d on
September 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
chaba.dev
@tuta.com I have been experiencing sporadic but quite frequent "offline" status for my email in my mobile and laptops over the past few months. Any suggestions for a fix?
August 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
chaba.dev
A really good podcast episode analysing Super Mario's music 👍

Twenty Thousand Hertz: Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo’s 8-Bit Masterpiece

Episode webpage: www.20k.org/episodes/sup...

Media file: www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo’s 8-Bit Masterpiece — Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
From the springy jump sound to the iconic Overworld Theme, the sound of Super Mario Bros. is instantly recognizable. With just five lo-fi audio channels and 40 kilobytes of space, composer Koji Kondo ...
www.20k.org
August 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
chaba.dev
Something impossible until recently is now possible. Easily. How far are we gonna go this year?
simonwillison.net Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · Jul 2
Can Claude Sonnet 4 write x86 assembly? I ran an experiment today and got Claude plus Claude Code to build, run and debug a pleasing Mandelbrot fractal in assembly, compiled via Docker on my Mac

Full details, including prompts and Claude Code transcript, here: simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/2/m...
Terminal window showing code diff for Mandelbrot fractal program. • Now I need to fix the Mandelbrot iteration logic as well. The current fixed-point arithmetic has issues: • Read(program.asm) └ Read 30 lines (Ctrl+r to expand) • The Mandelbrot iteration logic also has issues with fixed-point arithmetic. Let me fix this too: • Update(program.asm) └ Updated program.asm with 18 additions and 12 removals showing assembly code diff with line numbers 63-91, including removed lines marked in red for fixed point multiplication calculations and added lines in green with 64-bit arithmetic conversions, comments describing z_real and z_imag calculations, and mandel_done logic checks. A pleasing ASCII art Mandelbrot set, zoomed to the expected level, white text on a black terminal background.
July 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
chaba.dev
@tutaprivacy.bsky.social It would be nice if the calendar supports the time zone to be selectable. Thanks!
June 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
chaba.dev
I'm a big fan of Raspberry Pi. It is a complete Linux machine with easy access to external electronic components through GPIO pins, and yet it's small and reasonably priced. On top of that, it's got great books like this one!
Out today: Simple Electronics with GPIO Zero, 2nd edition - Raspberry Pi
The updated edition of our starter-to-skilled guide shows you how to connect your Raspberry Pi with the real world.
www.raspberrypi.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
chaba.dev
This is Literate Programming. Its importance deserves much more attention.
tartanllama.xyz 🦇Scythe Brand🦇 @tartanllama.xyz · Jun 21
I think if you're writing a technical book/post/documentation, you have to stick to this principle:

If the code isn't directly loaded from a tested source file, or copy-pasted from one, it doesn't go in the document.

"I just need to make a little edit to the code in the post, it'll be fine"

No
June 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
chaba.dev
They are looking for someone who can volunteer to record piano play!
esquiver.bsky.social Esquiver @esquiver.bsky.social · Jun 13
Piano players anywhere: could you volunteer to make a phone recording of two short pieces by trailblazing Edwardian female composer Marguerite Marigold?

I volunteer with Lauriston Castle, and we’d love to let our tour groups hear her music. More details are in the alt text, or DM me — thank you!
Photo: cover of Marguerite Marigold’s Twilight Valse. REQUEST to piano-playing friends, anywhere in the world: Could you volunteer a very small amount of time -- with a truly outsized impact -- in support of historically-neglected female composers? Marguerite Edith Evelyn Eleanor Marigold Monckton, known professionally (for obvious reasons!) as Marguerite Marigold, was a published composer in the Edwardian era (c. 1910), and a frequent guest of her friends who owned Lauriston Castle in Edinburgh. We have the sheet music for two of her short pieces (one is 5 pgs; the other 3 pgs) and would LOVE to have digital recordings that we could play for visitors taking tours of the castle as we tell them about her accomplishments. I have clear scans of the music. Could you record them to mp3 (a phone recording is fine)? We can't pay -- my work with the castle tour guides is also volunteer -- but you will of course be fully credited, and you'll be bringing women's history to life for the groups that tour the castle weekly for years to come. Please let me know, and if you know someone who might be interested in doing this, please share this post with them -- thank you!
June 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
chaba.dev
I stumbled upon this very nice podcast by Adam Grant. This one was a fun and really insightful episode.
The secrets of a great apology | Worklife with Adam Grant
shows.acast.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
chaba.dev
Looks quite nice!
May 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Reposted by Isaac 🦆
matt.godbolt.org
I thought a lot about my recent experiences with an experimental feature that uses LLMs in @compiler-explorer.com and wrote a blog post (remember them!?)
xania.org/202505/ai-an...
On AI, Assembly, and the Art of Project Stewardship — Matt Godbolt’s blog
Building AI tools while navigating community conscience
xania.org
May 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
chaba.dev
If you can navigate team members when they should reinvent the wheel or prioritize other tasks, you may be a good engineering manager.
glaforge.dev Guillaume Laforge @glaforge.dev · May 25
It's good to reinvent the wheel sometimes!
endler.dev/2025/reinven...
Great post by Matthias Endler.

It helps understanding how wheels work, how you can fix them when broken, how to make better wheels if really needed, or how to find creative use cases for wheels by thinking outside the box.
Reinvent the Wheel | Matthias Endler
One of the most harmful pieces of advice is to …
endler.dev
May 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
chaba.dev
Bluesky now insists that users must have a Google account if they want to be “recognized as authentic”. This is a very disappointing move.
safety.bsky.app Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · May 22
We're excited that verification badges have made it easier to quickly recognize authentic accounts, especially in moments of breaking news.

Now, we're expanding our roll-out. Notable and authentic accounts can apply for verification or to become a Trusted Verifier via the form linked in our blog.
May 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
chaba.dev
Wow, Microsoft released the source code of Windows Subsystem for Linux with MIT licence in GitHub.
The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever iss...
blogs.windows.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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css-only.dev
⚙️ New CSS Generator!

Save this link for the future. A tool to easily convert any SVG shape into a CSS one in no time. Powered by the new shape() function! 🤩

css-generators.com/svg-to-css/

✅ Single-element
✅ Responsive
✅ No more ViewBox headaches
SVG to CSS Shape Converter
A simple tool to transform an SVG shape into a CSS shape. Get a modern and optimized code in no time!.
css-generators.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Reposted by Isaac 🦆
danabra.mov
who up there writing their blog?

i want to see yalls blogs!

criteria:

- you wrote at least a post in 2025
- it doesn't force a paywall so we can actually read it
May 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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ericmigi.com
Kicking off a new podcast/blog series walking you though how to build a smartwatch in 2025! First episode is on picking a chip, with an interview and dive into my box of ancient products

Video podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=umQ3...
Blog post: ericmigi.com/blog/how-to-...
How To Build A Smartwatch: Picking A Chip
YouTube video by Tick Talk w/ Eric Migicovsky
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
chaba.dev
A really interesting podcast discussion on the spectrum between local first and everything server.
localfirst.fm localfirst.fm @localfirst.fm · May 6
Episode #24 is out.

Ben Holmes (@bholmes.dev) on exploring local-first software by building a simple sync engine from scratch.

Full episode links and show notes in the comments.
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
chaba.dev
Very interesting article about CJK font design. Liked it a lot 👍
May 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Reposted by Isaac 🦆
a11yawareness.bsky.social
"Learn Accessibility" is a course that takes you through the essentials for building accessible websites and web apps. Created for both beginners and advanced users, this course can be taken beginning to end, or used as a reference for specific topics.

web.dev/learn/access...
Learn Accessibility  |  web.dev
An evergreen accessibility course and reference to level up your web development.
web.dev
May 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM