I wrote a guide on building your own #neovim fzy search in #lua https://www.chrisdeluca.me/article/diy-neovim-fzy-search/

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There are plenty of fuzzy search solutions for Neovim, most notably Telescope, but sometimes you just want something fast and simple. Enter fzy, a fast command line program with a slick search … Read more

I&rsquo;ve been trying to find a good workflow for drawing vector artwork that has the spontaneity and roughness of hand drawn images. tl;dr If you&rsquo;re just interested in my process, and not the … Read more

I had some trouble after upgrading GPGTools to version 2020.2 on macOS Big Sur, where it would ignore my Yubikey smart card and I couldn&rsquo;t unlock my stuff. Every time I tried to use gpg (Yubikey … Read more

I&rsquo;ve been working on a graphing project for the Astoria Digital volunteer group in collaboration with Muckrock. The app will visualize data around New York&rsquo;s 50a police disciplinary record … Read more

I find PHP&rsquo;s boolean casting rules strange and hard to remember. I know I&rsquo;m not alone. To help myself out, and anyone else that happens to stumble upon it, I wrote a commented script that … Read more

New article: Actually Using the General Sibling Combinator: https://www.chrisdeluca.me/article/actually-using-the-general-sibling-combinator/

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I&rsquo;ve vaguely known about CSS&rsquo;s general sibling combinator for a while, but I have never found a practical use case for it, until now. And let me tell you, the results are, get ready for … Read more

Computer World featured Astoria Digital, the social justice tech group I volunteer with.https://www.computerworld.com/article/3567471/how-slack-airtable-and-open-source-software-connected-new-yorkers-during-the-pandemic.html: https://www.chrisdeluca.me/note/1595105910/

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A lot has changed in the world since I last posted. I have been extremely lucky during this pandemic. I am still employed, I can work from home, and I have my wife to shelter with. I do not take these things for granted. And yet: https://www.chrisdeluca.me/article/introducing-pcg/

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A lot has changed in the world since I last posted. I have been extremely lucky during this pandemic. I am still employed, I can work from home, and I have my wife to shelter with. I do not take these … Read more

Here&rsquo;s a little web component I came up with to produce typewriter text, similar to old school SNES RPGs. codepen.io/bronzehed&hellip; Read more

Allow Satan into your life: chmod 666 my_soul.txt. The permissions of the beast.

Finished reading: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I started re-reading this for some reason I now forget. You know what? It’s still good. Read it in 5 days.

🍿 I saw On The Waterfront for the first time the other day. Spoiler alert: it’s good. Also, set in Hoboken! Still, I was surprised how much of the plot revolved around re-routed PATH trains.

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Today I downloaded all the data Facebook has on me, and started poking through it. Since it&rsquo;s been the focus of every privacy scandal, I went straight to the ad data. I found two items. My ad … Read more

I wrote a small git pre-commit hook to prevent committing certain files. There are more words to this, but if you&rsquo;re impatient, you can skip right to the goods. At work, we have some … Read more

I took a week off from work to join a deep dive study group on machine learning. It was an incredible experience and I want to tell you about what I learned. I learned with very smart and interesting … Read more

This is not meant to be a take down piece, and I realize I&rsquo;m not providing any direct solutions. I wouldn&rsquo;t be writing about Drupal if I didn&rsquo;t care about it. My hope is that my … Read more

I had the privilege of giving a talk at QueensJS last week. QueensJS is a wonderful JavaScript meetup, with a real diverse and welcoming crew of folks attending. I was pretty nervous about doing the … Read more

Welcome, Internet folks! If you&rsquo;ve been following along, this is the final post in my three Internet security and privacy. In this article, we&rsquo;re going to get into improving and&mdash;just … Read more

The Situation You have a list of items that you need to render with comma separation, and an &ldquo;and&rdquo; at the end. For example: Cookies, rice, and farts. The Problem This display is … Read more

A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone t.co/HHPvj5cz3…

Welcome internet traveler, you&rsquo;ve found your way to my guide on how to improve your online security. Already feel confident in your security abilities? Then get lost! I don&rsquo;t need that … Read more

Update: The next article in this series is now published. Confused about what privacy versus security means in the context of the internet? Haven&rsquo;t heard these terms before, but are intrigued … Read more