Advogato blog for bstpierre

Generic Requirements for Build Scripts

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:09:48 GMT

A few years ago, I wrote Makefiles are Software Too, which laid out some "generic requirements" for any build scripts (Make, Ant, Scons, Fabric, etc) that you're writing. I still think those...

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Gebildet: Writing Ebooks in Markdown

Sun, 3 Feb 2013 20:10:40 GMT

Last month I wrote a prototype markdown processor as part of learning the Icon programming language. This month I'm rewriting it as part of learning Go, but this time with the intention of...

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Testing HTTP Basic Auth in Flask

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:10:39 GMT

I created a quick & dirty admin page for a flask-based website I'm working on, and I had to add HTTP authentication support for it. Doing this is easy. In the app, I add: import auth #...

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A Small Project in Icon

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:09:28 GMT

(Background: 12 Projects in 2013) I wrote a bit about the general experience of programming in Icon a couple of weeks ago. This post is a brief post-mortem about a project that I tried to build...

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Programming in Icon

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:09:41 GMT

(Background: 12 New Languages in 2012) Icon is a cool little programming language. It's worth learning, even if it isn't practical for daily use. Pros: Syntax is similar to C, which makes it easy...

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12 Little Projects in 2013

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:09:41 GMT

As I mentioned in 12 New Languages, I'm learning a new programming language each month in 2013. To go along with this effort, I need a dozen things worth building -- one for each language. I'm going...

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12 New Languages in 2013

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:10:30 GMT

I'm setting a personal goal in 2013 to learn a new programming language each month. Obviously, I won't be able to learn any of them in depth, but I plan on completing a small project in each...

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Get notification when long running commands are done

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:06:52 GMT

I often launch a long running command (e.g. a build or firmware upgrade), then wander off to another virtual desktop to take care of a few small tasks while I’m waiting for the command to...

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Offline RSS Readers on Linux

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:06:43 GMT

Building an RSS reader must be some kind of rite of passage. Everybody has probably started one at one point. (Hey, I’ve done it too.) It seems easy enough, right? Unfortunately, it is pretty...

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Quick

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 01:09:11 GMT

I recently needed a way to test if packets were reaching a linux device I’m testing. The device didn’t have tcpdump installed, so I didn’t have a real sniffer. Fortunately all I...

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