VirtualTam's bookmarks

1. fish shell - a smart and user-friendly command line shell for Linux, macOS, and the rest of the family 2024-11-08

   tags: command-line, programming/rust, programming/shell/fish, source-code-management/git

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   • Tutorial

   Reference:

   • abbr - manage fish abbreviations
   • argparse - parse options passed to a fish script or function
   • function - create a function
   • string - manipulate strings
   • switch - conditionally execute a block of commands

   Configuration:

   • Writing your own prompt
   • fish_add_path - add to the path
   • fish_git_prompt - output git information for use in a prompt
   • Setting up my fish shell from scratch on macOS

   Plugins:

   • jorgebucaran/fisher - A plugin manager for Fish
   • jorgebucaran/autopair.fish - Auto-complete matching pairs in the Fish command line
   • PatrickF1/fzf.fish
   • kidonng/zoxide.fish
2. Tips on Adding JSON Output to Your CLI App 2024-04-23

   tags: command-line, programming/json, programming/python, programming/shell, programming/yaml

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   • Bringing the Unix Philosophy to the 21st Century
   • kellyjonbrazil/jc - CLI tool and python library that converts the output of popular command-line tools, file-types, and common strings to JSON, YAML, or Dictionaries
3. Python f-strings Are More Powerful Than You Might Think 2022-04-07

   tags: programming/python, text/formatting

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4. NanoID: A tiny (130 bytes), secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator for JavaScript 2022-04-03

   tags: database, programming/api, programming/go, programming/javascript, security/authentication

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   • https://zelark.github.io/nano-id-cc/
   • https://github.com/matoous/go-nanoid
   • https://planetscale.com/blog/why-we-chose-nanoids-for-planetscales-api
5. wireguard-vanity-address: generate Wireguard keypairs with a given prefix string 2021-08-21

   tags: command-line, cryptography, cryptography/elliptic-curve, network/vpn/wireguard

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   • https://www.reddit.com/r/bash/comments/bx9ctt/wireguard_vanity_key_generator_written_in_posix_sh/
6. string - What's the difference between a character, a code point, a glyph and a grapheme? - Stack Overflow 2021-01-03

   tags: language, text, text/unicode

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7. GNU LilyPond Notation Reference: Common notation for fretted strings 2018-11-18

   tags: instrument/bass, instrument/guitar, lilypond, music, notation

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   • Melody with chords. Chord diagrams described on top of the score.
   • Fret diagrams explained and developed
   • https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/47957/lilypond-is-there-a-way-to-create-a-song-with-just-lyrics-and-chords-without-t
   • http://danlovesguitars.com/2011/12/fret-diagrams-for-chords-scales-or-licks/#lilypond
   • https://github.com/lilypond/lilypond/blob/master/ly/string-tunings-init.ly
8. Getting The PHP-FPM Status From The Command Line | Max Chadwick 2018-07-26

   tags: command-line, network/socket, programming/php, status

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   • https://brandonwamboldt.ca/understanding-the-php-fpm-status-page-1603/
   • http://www.gregfreeman.io/2016/how-to-connect-to-php-fpm-directly-to-resolve-issues-with-blank-pages/
   • https://www.thatsgeeky.com/2012/02/directly-connecting-to-php-fpm/
   • https://easyengine.io/tutorials/php/fpm-status-page/

   $ SCRIPT_NAME=/status \
       SCRIPT_FILENAME=/status \
       QUERY_STRING=json \
       REQUEST_METHOD=GET \
       cgi-fcgi -bind -connect /var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock \
       | grep '{' \
       | jq '.'
   

9. Go - Formatting tabular data 2018-07-16

   tags: cli, data, programming/go, table, text

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   Reference:

   • https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/
   • https://golang.org/pkg/text/tabwriter/
   • https://golang.org/pkg/strings/

   Articles:

   • https://blog.robphoenix.com/go/aligning-text-in-go-with-tabwriter/

   Threads:

   • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36677578/go-text-template-with-tabwriter
   • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23466497/how-to-truncate-a-string-in-a-golang-template
10. Trie - Wikipedia 2018-02-13

    tags: algorithm, data, string, tree

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    • https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-applications-for-Tries-the-data-structure
    • https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-trie
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_tree
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth%E2%80%93Morris%E2%80%93Pratt_algorithm
    • https://www.amazon.com/dp/032157351X/
11. Sounds of the Nightmare Machine 2018-02-07

    tags: bow, diy, ebow, horror, instrument, instrument/guitar, strings

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12. Chopstick piano 2018-02-07

    tags: diy, instrument, instrument/percussion, instrument/piano, strings

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13. High-pass Filter: Karplus-Strong guitar string synthesis with Pure Data 2017-10-03

    tags: karplus, multimedia/pure-data, string, synthesis, wavetable

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    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karplus%E2%80%93Strong_string_synthesis

    • https://uk.mathworks.com/help/signal/examples/generating-guitar-chords-using-the-karplus-strong-algorithm.html?s_tid=gn_loc_drop

    • http://amid.fish/karplus-strong

    • https://github.com/mrahtz/javascript-karplus-strong

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxqsTd1xZm8

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ1rviedGvc

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RYy8Cvgkqk

14. python - Jinja has a "center" formatting option, but how about "right align"? - Stack Overflow 2017-06-16

    tags: format, jinja, programming/python, string, template

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15. seatgeek/fuzzywuzzy: Fuzzy String Matching in Python 2017-02-13

    tags: fuzzy, programming/python, search, string

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16. 6.5. unicodedata — Unicode Database — Python 3.5.2 documentation 2016-09-08

    tags: encoding, locale, programming/python, string, text/unicode

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17. QA engineer walks into a bar 2016-08-16

    tags: continuous-integration, input, programming/testing, qa, trust, user

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    QA Engineer walks into a bar. Orders a beer. Orders 0 beers. Orders 999999999 beers. Orders a lizard. Orders -1 beers. Orders a sfdeljknesv.

    via https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings via https://www.sempf.net/post/On-Testing1.aspx

18. Strange Musical Instruments Never Seen Before - Man Invents Hundreds of them - The Anarchestra 2015-09-14

    tags: awkward, diy, home, instrument, instrument/percussion, made, music, steel, string, wood, wtf

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19. D'Addario String Tension Pro 2015-08-31

    tags: custom, gauge, instrument, instrument/bass, instrument/guitar, open, set, string, tension, tuning

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    Tension / gauge calculator to design custom string sets

    Related threads:

    • http://www.talkingbass.net/flappy-b-strings-tight-d-strings-and-the-switch-to-progressive-tension/
    • http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com/stringxxiii.html (limited support for open/drop tunings, no 7+ string support, no bass support)
20. Weird Tiles 2015-08-09

    tags: scrabble, text/unicode, tile

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    via http://blog.thoward37.me/articles/unicode-string-detection/