“How I use Kate Editor”
I love the Kate Text editor. I use it for pretty much all the programming projects I do. Kate has been around for long time now, about 20 years! At least earliest blog post for it I could find was written in 2004. I wanted to go over my workflow with it, why I like it so much and hopefully get more people to try it out. ↫ Akseli Lahtinen Programmers and developers tend to be very set in their ways and have their preferred workflows – which profession doesn’t, honestly – and since there … ⌘ Read more
Copilot taking over?
I tried GitHub Copilot (Free) in Visual Studio Code again for some small GoBlog changes. Copilot can now generate tests (although it doesn’t feel intelligent, as you need to correct quite a few things), it can do code reviews before committing and it can generate commit messages. Of course, it can also do code completions and write complete code, if you want it to do so. ⌘ Read more
Racing into 2025 with new GitHub Innovation Graph data
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through December 2024.
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How to take climate action with your code
There are 60,000+ climate-focused projects on GitHub, explore one this Earth Day!
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Deep Dive into the Gateway API Inference Extension
Running AI inference workloads on Kubernetes has some unique characteristics and challenges, and the Gateway API Inference Extension project aims to solve some of those challenges. I recently wrote about these new capabilities in the kgateway… ⌘ Read more
Regex Isn’t Hard - Tim Kellogg 👈 this is a pretty good conscience article on regexes, and I agree, regex isn’t that hard™ – However I think I can make the TL;DR even shorter 😅
Regex core subset (portable across languages):
Character sets
• a matches “a”
• [a-z] any lowercase
• [a-zA-Z0-9] alphanumeric
• [^ab] any char but a or b
Repetition (applies to the preceding atom)
• ? zero or one
• * zero or more
• + one or more
Groups
• (ab)+ matches “ab”, “abab”, …
• Capture for extract/substitute via $1 or \1
Operators
• foo|bar = foo or bar
• ^ start anchor
• $ end anchor
Ignore non‑portable shortcuts: \w, ., {n}, *?, lookarounds.
On my blog: Developer Diary, Grounation Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/21/grounation.html #programming #project #devjournal
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💡 I had this crazy idea (or is it?) last night while thinking about Twtxt and Yarn.social 😅 There are two things I think that could be really useful additions to the
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yarnd UI/UX experience (for those that use it) and as "client" features (not spec changes). The two ideas are quite simple:
All these remind me of the “blog” ability once existed in Yarnd. I hate to be the party pooper, but little to non interest from me. LOL. I am up to increase the length of a twtxt, though. It is rather limiting right now.
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AI isn’t a shortcut for thinking. In her guide for skeptics, Hilary Gridley reframes AI as a collaborator—not a replacement. Use it like spellcheck for your thoughts. Don’t fear it—iterate with it. Insight improves, speed follows. Full post: https://hils.substack.com/p/the-ai-skeptics-guide-to-ai-collaboration
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@prologic@twtxt.net Since you have to check and double check everything it spits out (without providing sources), I don’t find any of this helpful. It’s like someone’s in the room with you and that person is saying random stuff that might or might not be correct. At best, it might spark some new idea in your head and then you follow that idea the traditional way.
Information published on the internet (or anywhere, for that matter) was never guaranteed to be correct. But at least you had a “frame of reference”: “Ah, I read this information about Linux on a blog that usually posts about Windows, so this one single Linux post might not necessarily be correct.” That is completely lost with LLMs. It’s literally all mushed together. 🤷
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Secrets in the Static https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/19/secrets-static.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 04/14 to 04/18 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/18/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
How to make your images in Markdown on GitHub adjust for dark mode and light mode
When you want your images to look good in Markdown on GitHub, you might have to adjust for the UI around them.
The post How to make your images in Markdown on GitHub adjust for dark mode and light mode appeared first on [The GitHub B … ⌘ Read more
Cracking the code: How to wow the acceptance committee at your next tech event
Want to speak at a tech conference? These four practical tips will help your session proposal stand out—and land you on the stage.
The post Cracking the code: How to wow the acceptance committee at your next tech event appeared fi … ⌘ Read more
Creating a ClickHouse Cluster on Raspberry Pis
Want a hands-on way to explore Kubernetes and ClickHouse®—without spinning up cloud VMs? In this post, we’ll build a home-lab cluster of Raspberry Pi 5 boards that mimics a high-availability setup. Whether you’re a cloud-native developer… ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Suspicions https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/17/suspicions.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Which AI model should I use with GitHub Copilot?
Ever wondered which AI model is the best fit for your GitHub Copilot project? Here are some things to consider.
The post Which AI model should I use with GitHub Copilot? appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
ActiveX disabled by default in Microsoft 365
ActiveX is a powerful technology that enables rich interactions within Microsoft 365 applications, but its deep access to system resources also increases security risks. Starting this month, the Windows versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Visio will have a new default configuration for ActiveX controls: Disable all controls without notification. ↫ Zaeem Patel at the Microsoft 365 Insider Blog Be ho … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Erlang Solutions’ Blog round-up
The tech world doesn’t slow down, and neither do we. From the power of big data in healthcare to keeping you up-to-date about fintech compliance, our latest blog posts explore the important topics shaping today’s digital world.
Whether you’re leading a business, building software, or just curious about the future of tech, check out what the Erlang Solutions team has been talking about.
Understanding Big Data in Healthcare provides technical leadership to the cloud native community. Strong TOC participation at this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in London enabled in-person discussions and strategic planning for CNCF project technical priorities… ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 25.04
Just a few weeks after previous release, ejabberd 25.04 is published with an important security fix, several bug fixes and a new API command.
Release Highlights:
If you are upgrading from a previous version, there are no change … ⌘ Read more
Docker Desktop for Mac: QEMU Virtualization Option to be Deprecated in 90 Days
We are announcing the upcoming deprecation of QEMU as a virtualization option for Docker Desktop on Apple Silicon Macs. After serving as our legacy virtualization solution during the early transition to Apple Silicon, QEMU will be fully deprecated 90 days from today, on July 14, 2025. This deprecation does not affect QEMU’s role in emulating […] ⌘ Read more
When to choose GitHub-Hosted runners or self-hosted runners with GitHub Actions
Comparing GitHub-hosted vs self-hosted runners for your CI/CD workflows? This deep dive explores important factors to consider when making this critical infrastructure decision for your development team.
The post [When to choose GitHub-Hosted runners or self-hosted runners with GitHub Actions](https://github.blog/enterprise-software/ci-cd/when-to-choose-github-ho … ⌘ Read more
European AI
To reduce my dependence on USA-based products, I switched from using the OpenAI API to Scaleway’s Generative API for my blog. Not only is it cheaper, but it’s based on open-source models, hosted in Europe. 🇪🇺 ⌘ Read more
Kagent: Bringing Agentic AI to Cloud Native
Solving Cloud Native Operation Challenges with AI Agents Oh no! Your application is unreachable, buried under multiple connection hops—how do you pinpoint the broken link? How do you generate an alert or bug report from Prometheus… ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Hello from the other side: Matrix ↔ XMPP via ejabberd 25.03
With ejabberd 25.03, the Matrix gateway ( mod_matrix_gw) no … ⌘ Read more
New bike season
Yesterday, I started my new bike season and took my bike for a fun ride of about 25 km. I rode the first part of the “Städtepartnerschaftsradweg Braunschweig - Magdeburg” (City partnership cycle path Braunschweig - Magdeburg) between my hometown and a village called Königslutter. The weather was perfect and I truly enjoyed it. For the way back, I took the train that I reached just in time. ⌘ Read more
What LLMs Can Do for SREs in Cloud Native Infrastructure
Cloud native infrastructure continues to scale, and with it, so does operational overhead. Kubernetes has become the backbone of modern platforms, but as cluster sizes grow past 100 nodes and thousands of workloads, the operational load… ⌘ Read more
Five Critical Shifts for Cloud Native at a Crossroads
As enterprises run ever-more-complex workloads on Kubernetes, they’re facing a new set of challenges: how to ensure security requirements are met, budgets are deployed efficiently and operational complexity is, well, not as complex. Many are finding… ⌘ Read more
GitHub for Beginners: Security best practices with GitHub Copilot
Learn how to leverage GitHub Copilot to make your code more secure.
The post GitHub for Beginners: Security best practices with GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Pohela Boishakh https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/14/pohela-boishakh.html #programming #project #devjournal
A Reddit bot drove me insane
Article URL: https://posthuman.blog/this-reddit-post-fried-my-brain/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43672139
Points: 500
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On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Nose Ears, part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/12/nose-ears-3.html #freeculture #bookclub
Introducing sub-issues: Enhancing issue management on GitHub
Explore the iterative development journey of GitHub’s sub-issues feature. Learn how we leveraged sub-issues to build and refine sub-issues, breaking down larger tasks into smaller, manageable ones.
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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 04/07 to 04/11 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/11/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Dino: Dino 0.5 Release
Dino is a secure and open-source messaging application.
It uses the XMPP (Jabber) protocol for decentralized communication.
We aim to provide an intuitive and enjoyable user interface.
The 0.5 release improves the user experience around file transfers and includes two completely reworked dialogs.
Improved file sharingThe way file transfers are currently done in the XMPP ecosystem is limited in functionality a … ⌘ Read more
What the heck is MCP and why is everyone talking about it?
Everyone’s talking about MCP these days when it comes to large language models (LLMs)—here’s what you need to know.
The post What the heck is MCP and why is everyone talking about it? appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: New releases for Tinder and Whack!
The IgniteRealtime community is happy to announce releases for two of its projects! Both are for XMPP-libraries that we produce.
Tinder is a Java based XMPP library, providing an implementation for XMPP stanzas and components. Tinder’s origins lie in code that’s shared between our Openfire and Whack implementations. The implementation that’s provided in Tinder hasn’t been written aga … ⌘ Read more
New Docker Extension for Visual Studio Code
Speed up development with Docker DX extension with real-time feedback, smarter linting, and intuitive Bake/Compose file support in VS Code. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Frame of Mind https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/10/frame-mind.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
How we’re making security easier for the average developer
Security should be native to your workflow, not a painful separate process.
The post How we’re making security easier for the average developer appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Welcoming New Members to Our Technical Advisory Board
We are thrilled to announce the addition of three esteemed industry leaders to our Technical Advisory Board (TAB): Ahmed Bebars from The New York Times, Ben Somogyi from Lockheed Martin, and Kenta Tada from Toyota. Their… ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Elixir for Business: 5 Ways It Transforms Your Processes
Elixir is a lightweight, high-performance programming language built on the Erlang virtual machine. It’s known for its simple syntax and efficient use of digital resources. But how does this translate to business benefits?
Elixir is already powering companies like Discord and Pinterest. It helps businesses reduce costs, improve process efficiency, and speed up time to market.
Here are five reasons why Elixi … ⌘ Read more
How to request a change to a CVE record
Learn how to identify which CVE Numbering Authority is responsible for the record, how to contact them, and what to include with your suggestion.
The post How to request a change to a CVE record appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
oh out of boredom yesterday i made my blog available via markdown files too so you can use charmbracelet/glow to read them in your terminal :)
basically i just set up a file directory on a path of my blog, organized the MD files by year, and so in theory you can navigate to that path and choose a folder, then copy a link to a markdown post and run this:
glow -p https://bubblegum.girlonthemoon.xyz/md/2025/2025-03-31%20premature%20reflections%20on%20sudden%20responsibility.md
and then as long as you have glow installed, you can read my posts from the terminal :D it’s so cool
Components vs. Containers: Fight?
WebAssembly components offer a new way to deploy microservices and other applications in cloud native environments. This naturally raises the question: is the upstart component out to replace containers? Or is this one of those situations… ⌘ Read more
10 Questions to Help You Decide Whether to Hire an SRE or Managed KaaS
Deciding between managing Kubernetes in-house or partnering with a managed service provider can be a difficult choice for organizations seeking to optimize their cloud infrastructure. Over the past several years, I’ve been part of the decision… ⌘ Read more
Run Gemma 3 with Docker Model Runner: Fully Local GenAI Developer Experience
Explore how to run Gemma 3 models locally using Docker Model Runner, alongside a Comment Processing System as a practical case study. ⌘ Read more
Introducing Docker Model Runner: A Better Way to Build and Run GenAI Models Locally
Docker Model Runner is a faster, simpler way to run and test AI models locally, right from your existing workflow. ⌘ Read more