https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/ Recent content in Posts on vladh's microblog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 14 Aug 2022 14:05:00 +0100 https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/easy-nocheckin-with-git/ Sun, 14 Aug 2022 14:05:00 +0100 https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/easy-nocheckin-with-git/ Sometimes, you want to add some code to test something out, but you definitely want to make sure you don’t git commit it. Of course, you should always check the output of git diff before you make a commit (you do, right?), but if you have a lot of changes things can slip through the cracks. A solution is to write a comment containing a string such as “nocheckin”: function do_stuff() { printf("hello! https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/the-desire-to-appear-stressed/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:13:00 +0100 https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/the-desire-to-appear-stressed/ It is undeniable that we live in a time of considerable economic inequality. As I write this, one of the headlines on the homepage of The Guardian reads: “UK cost of living crisis: More than one in eight UK households fear they have no way of making more cuts”. This necessarily means that some are able to live a very comfortable life just as others struggle to pay the bills and put food on the table. https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/temperature-sensor/ Mon, 25 Jul 2022 10:24:00 +0100 https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/temperature-sensor/ I live in London now, and on the 18th and 19th of July this year, the UK saw its highest recorded temperatures ever. The south-east of England was particularly affected. I personally struggle a lot with heat, and knowing I would find temperatures of up to 40°C unbearable, I escaped London to slightly chillier Portsmouth. However, before I left, I thought it would be really cool to see how the temperature and humidity in the flat change during the heat wave while I’m away. https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/spreadsheet-formula-parsing/ Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:29:21 +0100 https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/spreadsheet-formula-parsing/ Lately, I’ve been working on a spreadsheet program. I think spreadsheets are cool and I often need to use them, but the current software could be a lot better. :) You basically have to choose between impossibly overcomplicated Excel or an army of open-source clones that don’t learn from its mistakes. Anyway, the really fun part about working on spreadsheet software is that you have to implement a programming language for it! https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/hi/ Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:20:00 +0100 https://microblog.vladh.net/posts/hi/ So far, I’ve only really posted infrequent manicured content on my website so I thought it would be nice to have a place to more regularly share random things as I work on them, even if this means having small silly posts. To avoid things getting lost in the noise, if a microblog post ends up being particularly good, I’ll promote it to a full website post. People I follow like Drew DeVault and 100 rabbits have monthly “status updates”, but my updates currently aren’t organised enough for something like this.