Leon Mika
@lmika.org
Software Developer and occasional writer of music. Based in Melbourne, Australia.
“Get out more” goal for December achieved. ✅
Ending the year much like how it began: with a work event. This time it was the office Christmas party.
Ending the year much like how it began: with a work event. This time it was the office Christmas party.
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“Get out more” goal for December achieved. ✅
Ending the year much like how it began: with a work event. This time it was the office Christmas party.
Ending the year much like how it began: with a work event. This time it was the office Christmas party.
I keep forgetting that Mastodon offers a way to follow posters via RSS. Gives me an opportunity to follow those that post way to frequently for my liking to follow them in Micro.blog. Strips out replies too, which don’t interest me, although I do loose the boosts (and maybe quote posts too?).
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I keep forgetting that Mastodon offers a way to follow posters via RSS. Gives me an opportunity to follow those that post way to frequently for my liking to follow them in Micro.blog. Strips out replies too, which don’t interest me, although I do loose the boosts (and maybe quote posts too?).
Good to hear that Stephen Lemay, a software developer, is taking over software design from Alan Dye at Apple. Having someone who knows how to use git revert might be useful. 😛
December 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Good to hear that Stephen Lemay, a software developer, is taking over software design from Alan Dye at Apple. Having someone who knows how to use git revert might be useful. 😛
When it comes to reading social cues, I am the absolute worst. If you need me to know something, please don’t be subtle. You really need to bash me over the head with it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
When it comes to reading social cues, I am the absolute worst. If you need me to know something, please don’t be subtle. You really need to bash me over the head with it.
Kind of nice to see that my heater and winter jacket is still getting some use on this lovely, supposedly summer evening.
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Kind of nice to see that my heater and winter jacket is still getting some use on this lovely, supposedly summer evening.
AWS should deprecate JSON and YAML CloudFormation templates and lean into CDK. If support for these formats continue, people will continue to use it, and I’m left to continue jumping through hoops doing things in these formats that would be trivial to do in a proper Turing-complete language.
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
AWS should deprecate JSON and YAML CloudFormation templates and lean into CDK. If support for these formats continue, people will continue to use it, and I’m left to continue jumping through hoops doing things in these formats that would be trivial to do in a proper Turing-complete language.
Quite a shock to think about how fast 11 months have gone. I remember putting this tree away, putting the tape on and thinking “this will be difficult to untape without ripping the box.” Well, I’m faced with that challenge now.
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Quite a shock to think about how fast 11 months have gone. I remember putting this tree away, putting the tape on and thinking “this will be difficult to untape without ripping the box.” Well, I’m faced with that challenge now.
Burning my 1,000th post of the year on the state of desktop monitors. I had a brief look at what’s available today, and I hope you like curves or the 16:9 aspect ratio (or narrower) because that’s much of what’s out there. Despite what I hea... https://lmika.org/2025/11/30/burning-my-th-post-of.html
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Burning my 1,000th post of the year on the state of desktop monitors. I had a brief look at what’s available today, and I hope you like curves or the 16:9 aspect ratio (or narrower) because that’s much of what’s out there. Despite what I hea... https://lmika.org/2025/11/30/burning-my-th-post-of.html
Devlog: Blogging Tools - Image Collections Triage App: https://lmika.org/2025/11/29/devlog-blogging-tools-image-collections.html
Using Google Antigravity to add an improved image triaging feature for Blogging Tools, allowing the user to categorise images from posts and automate header image upda...
Using Google Antigravity to add an improved image triaging feature for Blogging Tools, allowing the user to categorise images from posts and automate header image upda...
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Devlog: Blogging Tools - Image Collections Triage App: https://lmika.org/2025/11/29/devlog-blogging-tools-image-collections.html
Using Google Antigravity to add an improved image triaging feature for Blogging Tools, allowing the user to categorise images from posts and automate header image upda...
Using Google Antigravity to add an improved image triaging feature for Blogging Tools, allowing the user to categorise images from posts and automate header image upda...
I was pretty despondent with how little rain we got for much of the year. It’s all got made up in November though. 145 mm of rain this month, almost 3 times the monthly average, with the promise of more tomorrow. Good to have a wet start to summer. 🌧️
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I was pretty despondent with how little rain we got for much of the year. It’s all got made up in November though. 145 mm of rain this month, almost 3 times the monthly average, with the promise of more tomorrow. Good to have a wet start to summer. 🌧️
Liked this line from Dave Winer post about official show podcasts:
"i don’t know or care about the actors. If they’re any good they disappear. Whodat?"
Never thought it that way before, but he’s right: a good actor should disappear, mu... https://lmika.org/2025/11/28/liked-this-line-from-dave.html
"i don’t know or care about the actors. If they’re any good they disappear. Whodat?"
Never thought it that way before, but he’s right: a good actor should disappear, mu... https://lmika.org/2025/11/28/liked-this-line-from-dave.html
Scripting News: Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.
scripting.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Liked this line from Dave Winer post about official show podcasts:
"i don’t know or care about the actors. If they’re any good they disappear. Whodat?"
Never thought it that way before, but he’s right: a good actor should disappear, mu... https://lmika.org/2025/11/28/liked-this-line-from-dave.html
"i don’t know or care about the actors. If they’re any good they disappear. Whodat?"
Never thought it that way before, but he’s right: a good actor should disappear, mu... https://lmika.org/2025/11/28/liked-this-line-from-dave.html
Seems like I’m not the only person excited about the Metro tunnel opening. A few people at work expressed interest at seeing ANZAC station when it opens, and we’re actually planning the location of our next bocce season around use of the tunnel. Ought to be good.
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Seems like I’m not the only person excited about the Metro tunnel opening. A few people at work expressed interest at seeing ANZAC station when it opens, and we’re actually planning the location of our next bocce season around use of the tunnel. Ought to be good.
Hmm, it seems like my object-orientated design skills have atrophied to the point where a simple program requires 10 classes and 5 level of abstractions.
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Hmm, it seems like my object-orientated design skills have atrophied to the point where a simple program requires 10 classes and 5 level of abstractions.
Some Thoughts on the State of Python's Package Documentation: https://lmika.org/2025/11/27/some-thoughts-on-the-state.html
The lack of standardized and accessible documentation for Python packages hinders the user experience compared to other languages like Java and Go.
The lack of standardized and accessible documentation for Python packages hinders the user experience compared to other languages like Java and Go.
python/kubernetes/README.md at master · kubernetes-client/python
Official Python client library for kubernetes. Contribute to kubernetes-client/python development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Some Thoughts on the State of Python's Package Documentation: https://lmika.org/2025/11/27/some-thoughts-on-the-state.html
The lack of standardized and accessible documentation for Python packages hinders the user experience compared to other languages like Java and Go.
The lack of standardized and accessible documentation for Python packages hinders the user experience compared to other languages like Java and Go.
Gallery: Revisiting Preston Market: https://lmika.org/2025/11/26/gallery-revisiting-preston-market.html
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Gallery: Revisiting Preston Market: https://lmika.org/2025/11/26/gallery-revisiting-preston-market.html
Under the big, grey sky-rail.
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Under the big, grey sky-rail.
🔗 (AI) Smells on Medium
Just in case you need another reason to avoid Medium. Apropos of nothing, the post also includes some links about writing blog posts for developers which look interesting.
Via: lobste.rs
Just in case you need another reason to avoid Medium. Apropos of nothing, the post also includes some links about writing blog posts for developers which look interesting.
Via: lobste.rs
(AI) Smells on Medium
rmoff.net
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🔗 (AI) Smells on Medium
Just in case you need another reason to avoid Medium. Apropos of nothing, the post also includes some links about writing blog posts for developers which look interesting.
Via: lobste.rs
Just in case you need another reason to avoid Medium. Apropos of nothing, the post also includes some links about writing blog posts for developers which look interesting.
Via: lobste.rs
Standard issue at work are LG Ultra Fine displays, but one of my coworkers was perfectly happy with a display that would’ve been considered small 15 years ago. Reminds me of my 15 year old Samsung display at home. I’d like to update it but I’m not sure my desk can fit anything larger.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Standard issue at work are LG Ultra Fine displays, but one of my coworkers was perfectly happy with a display that would’ve been considered small 15 years ago. Reminds me of my 15 year old Samsung display at home. I’d like to update it but I’m not sure my desk can fit anything larger.
It’s been said that one should write what they know. It’s also been said that one should write what they themselves want to read. Some days, when it comes to decide on what to publish on this blog, these two things are polar opposites to each other.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It’s been said that one should write what they know. It’s also been said that one should write what they themselves want to read. Some days, when it comes to decide on what to publish on this blog, these two things are polar opposites to each other.
Just taking a note of how I usually get sidetrack:
Start exploring something
Run into a wall, usually because something is not working or is taking too long
Spend a few minutes fixing/waiting for it
Realise more time is needed, so go grab a... https://lmika.org/2025/11/25/just-taking-a-note-of.html
Start exploring something
Run into a wall, usually because something is not working or is taking too long
Spend a few minutes fixing/waiting for it
Realise more time is needed, so go grab a... https://lmika.org/2025/11/25/just-taking-a-note-of.html
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Just taking a note of how I usually get sidetrack:
Start exploring something
Run into a wall, usually because something is not working or is taking too long
Spend a few minutes fixing/waiting for it
Realise more time is needed, so go grab a... https://lmika.org/2025/11/25/just-taking-a-note-of.html
Start exploring something
Run into a wall, usually because something is not working or is taking too long
Spend a few minutes fixing/waiting for it
Realise more time is needed, so go grab a... https://lmika.org/2025/11/25/just-taking-a-note-of.html
Spent the evening revisiting Cyber Burger, my Pico-8 arcade game. What started as fixing some glaring proofreading issues turned into a little bit of tuning and adding some quality of life improvements. Played a few rounds too. Now that the stress of working on it has faded, it plays pretty well.
Cyber Burger
An arcade game made for the Pico-8 fantasy console
cyberburger.lmika.app
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Spent the evening revisiting Cyber Burger, my Pico-8 arcade game. What started as fixing some glaring proofreading issues turned into a little bit of tuning and adding some quality of life improvements. Played a few rounds too. Now that the stress of working on it has faded, it plays pretty well.
🔗 LinkedIn: Games
That’s right, LinkedIn Games. For those that love their professional networking cum. social networking cum. messaging app but felt it needed more features. I’ve not seen these yet, I’ve only learnt about it today. But some might be enjoyable.
That’s right, LinkedIn Games. For those that love their professional networking cum. social networking cum. messaging app but felt it needed more features. I’ve not seen these yet, I’ve only learnt about it today. But some might be enjoyable.
LinkedIn: Games
Play free puzzle games on LinkedIn. Connect with your professional network through shared experiences. Try Pinpoint, Crossclimb, Queens, Tango, and Zip today!
www.linkedin.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🔗 LinkedIn: Games
That’s right, LinkedIn Games. For those that love their professional networking cum. social networking cum. messaging app but felt it needed more features. I’ve not seen these yet, I’ve only learnt about it today. But some might be enjoyable.
That’s right, LinkedIn Games. For those that love their professional networking cum. social networking cum. messaging app but felt it needed more features. I’ve not seen these yet, I’ve only learnt about it today. But some might be enjoyable.
Three nuisance calls today so now call screening is being turned on. I think this feature deserves a “finally.”
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Three nuisance calls today so now call screening is being turned on. I think this feature deserves a “finally.”
Interesting to see how networks deal with a 5 day test match ending on day 2. Looks like Channel 7 has opted for three reporters sitting on the pitch talking about the match. Hope they’ve got enough material to fill 3 days. 😏
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Interesting to see how networks deal with a 5 day test match ending on day 2. Looks like Channel 7 has opted for three reporters sitting on the pitch talking about the match. Hope they’ve got enough material to fill 3 days. 😏