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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Software Developer at SuperTab - Python, Go mentor at Exercism - 🏳️🌈 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 🤝 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
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RE: @bookcorners@mastodon.social
If you appreciate these tiny free libraries all around the world, you may want to follow @bookcorners@mastodon.social my pet project 😊
I just releases Book Corners, a map to discover and share free little libraries nearby https://www.bookcorners.org
Folks, do yourself a favor and do not bother even trying codex-security
It will waste your tokens (-20% of my weekly allowance!) and then will stop when finding a security vulnerability (which is the MAIN GOAL of this tool!)
Book Corners app for iOS is finally available on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/it/app/book-corners/id6761063261
It’s completely free (ad free and tracking free too!) and it’s my first app for iOS. I would very much appreciate your feedback 🫶
Oh.. and it’s open source too! https://github.com/andreagrandi/book-corners-ios
@bookcorners@mastodon.social #ios #iosdev #appstore #books #reading #libraries #free
Hot take: your face in the Youtube video tutorial you are presenting only serves your narcissistic ego.
It covers important stuff most of the time and it's distracting.
Don't @ me. Thanks
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@pietervdvn@en.osm.town hi Pieter, thanks for the feedback and the response. I would have appreciated an email first, to clarify a few of your doubts (I've answered to a few people already in the past days).
TL/DR: while your post contains a lot of precious advices, I think it probably misses an important point: why Book Corners was created and the fact it's a spare time free project (so expectations should be adjusted).
This said, I will try to answer in detail when I have some time.
📝 Meeting Notes Sync v0.4.0 for Obsidian is out!
New: merge two duplicate meetings into one.
If MacParakeet and Fellow both record the same meeting under different titles, you used to end up with two folders. Now a single "Merge two meetings…" command folds both into one, combines their notes, removes the leftover, and keeps your meeting numbers sequential.
Working on open source apps has become a quite expensive hobby (assuming you write software like it's 2026 not like it's < 2024).
While I can justify a ~$20 AI subscription for an hobby, I can hardly justify a ~$100 one (unless you make money from it).
I guess... enjoy what I can provide with my $20 🤷🏻♂️
Doing some house cleaning and I found this @Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social 🫶
(I bet you still remember “Casa del Prosciutto” where we went for dinner! 😋)
Released mcp-wire 0.3.0 — a small Go CLI that installs and configures MCP servers across Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode from one interface.
New in this version:
- `mcp-wire doctor` diagnostics
- richer TUI metadata
- `mcp-wire metadata` for agents/scripts
- GitHub, Notion, and Linear in the curated catalog
- safer credential storage
https://www.andreagrandi.it/posts/announcing-mcp-wire-0-3-0/
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@carlopiana@mastodon.uno fai conto che l'unico che non ha bestemmiato vedendola (ma solo per motivi di policy aziendale) e' stato il Papa :D
Over 30 minutes installation for just a minor patch and 6-7 reboots IS the reason why so many people rarely update their Mac
Released my first Obsidian plugin: Meeting Notes Sync 🎉
It syncs your meeting transcripts, notes & AI summaries into your vault as plain Markdown — from MacParakeet (via its local CLI, so they stay on your machine) and Fellow.
One folder per meeting, non-destructive. If both tools recorded the same meeting, they merge into one folder instead of two.
Desktop-only, open source, MIT.
AI is making code generation cheaper.
But software engineering was never just about typing syntax, recalling APIs, or writing lots of code by hand.
The real value is still in understanding the problem, defining the right requirements, choosing architecture, making trade-offs, validating correctness, security and performance, handling edge cases, and deciding what not to build.
Code is getting cheaper.
Judgment is not.
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@hugovk I so much hate when they do opt out things like this. I hope EU privacy laws will hit them hard in the face sooner or later
Build 1.0.8 of @bookcorners@mastodon.social iOS app is available for testing with the following enhanchements:
- Fix token refresh when adding a picture to an existing library
- Move location permission request to a call to action if user wants to see nearby libraries
- Improve Profile view adding About and Social links
- It's now possible to take a new picture in addition to selecting an existing one
Check it out https://testflight.apple.com/join/RRWQCPyt
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@Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social indeed! And probably “coccoli” (fried dough with prosciutto) or “tortelli” from Mugello 🤤
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@combatwombat @bookcorners yes I did! I can't say I remember everything (I don't remember a lot of stuff even in Python which I've been using since 2012) and surely a single app is not enough to master all the concepts, but I can definitely understand the code and know where am I supposed to change something for future updates. I didn't use this approach for the web version and all the UI/CSS/JS part is a complete black box to me
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@combatwombat about OSM data, check this website https://overpass-turbo.eu the example query should give you the "drinking_water" amenities. If you can find the names for other amenities, you can query them
"OpenAI prepares new ChatGPT Pro Lite tier priced at $100 monthly"
This could be the opportunity to switch from Claude Code to Codex https://www.testingcatalog.com/openai-prepares-new-chatgpt-pro-lite-tier-priced-at-100-monthly/
Unrequested ops advice: never listen to my ops advices 😬
This evening I managed to bring @bookcorners@mastodon.social down for a few minutes "thanks" to a simple apt-get upgrade which not just upgraded but reconfigured dokku, without even restarting the containers 🙄
Since when a simple package upgrade wants to reconfigure everything from scratch? I thought this was basic stuff to handle.
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@arialdo semmai mi "preoccupano" le nuove generazioni di programmatori.
Lo vedo adesso che sto studiando SwiftUI. La cosa piu' difficile e' resistere alla tentazione di accelerare e fare le cose con Claude/Codex.
Ma se prima non le imparo lente, a mano, come saro' poi in grado di verificare quanto prodotto da questi strumenti?
Non e' semplice resistere alle scorciatoie.
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@Edent@mastodon.social 1111 in Corriere della Sera (which I regularly open in an incognito window 🤷🏻♂️)
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@thedarktangent what if the "John Doe" you have in your LinkedIn, isn't the same "John Doe" mentioned in the files?
TIL: despite what Apple does NOT say to you, the old Apple Smart Keyboard Folio perfectly works with the new iPad Air M4
🖕 to Apple
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@cryptomator@mastodon.online big question: as someone who currently keep the vault on iCloud with "always downloaded" files for the encrypted folder. does this feature conflict with this setup? Should I do one or the other or can I keep both? Thanks
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@arialdo sul "terreno gia' battuto" invece, non mi faccio problemi.
Sono passato da "sarebbe utile un tool..." a "me lo faccio in un paio di serate".
Nelle ultime settimane ho creato diverse CLI in Go che risolvono uno specifico problema (principalmente le faccio invocare a claude/codex) e che funzionano anche bene, visto che le uso quotidianamente.
Le avrei sapute fare senza tutto il background che gia' avevo? Io non penso.
Context7 finally has a CLI 🎉 https://context7.com/docs/clients/cli
@FastAPI @marcelotryle are there any specific breaking changes with this version? I checked the changelog in GitHub but I can't understand if there are any. Thanks
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@arialdo quello che dici è vero, ma l’hype non segue la realtà dei fatti.
Chi pensa che per usare questi strumenti basti una persona qualsiasi farà del male a se stesso, alla propria azienda e ai propri dipendenti.
Chi invece lascia che sia uno strumento di supporto alle persone che già lavorano, ne godrà i benefici.
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@arialdo e, come dici tu, le skill importanti sono anche altre. Scrivere il codice è solo una parte del nostro lavoro.
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@micahflee@mastodon.social in theory it is a good idea. But eventually they may all become busy. I’m more interested in joining (or staying) in one that can scale and react to an increase of traffic and users. I don’t know which one can be, but surely I don’t want to keep moving.
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@arialdo trovo diversi punti in comune nelle nostre opinioni, sinceramente. Sul fatto che delegare sia semplice o di bassa lega non sono però d’accordo. Io sono comunque responsabile della qualità finale di quello che viene prodotto e devo sapere se e quando devo intervenire. Uno a caso che non ha mai programmato come fa a saperlo? Per questo dico che non basta “chiunque”.
@webology@mastodon.social random idea: what if we had a fixed time during the Office Hours where attendees can add short topics to an agenda and have 5 minutes to present them?
A sort of "Show & Tell" where we share our findings, projects, experience, learning etc... no need to be too long.
A max number of topics for each day, first come first served etc....
what do you think?
Or should we try to organise a different call/event? (I'd fit into this one, but not my call). Thanks!
Replaced haiku-4.5 with gpt-5.4-mini in @bookcorners@mastodon.social for hashtags, description and alt text generation. Let's see if it's good as they say.
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@johnvoorhees@mastodon.macstories.net @macstories@mastodon.macstories.net a subscription in addition to a subscription? Hell, no thanks! One time purchase, I would consider. Like this, thanks but no.
I think I need a new hobby until tomorrow 🤷🏻♂️
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@arialdo su questo punto siamo d'accordo. Se facciamo questo lavoro da quasi 30 anni, penso sia esplicito saperlo fare senza LLM 😅
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@pietervdvn@en.osm.town p.s: about the license to share, the Privacy page ( https://www.bookcorners.org/privacy/ ) alredy mentions the ODBL re-sharing license, but I agree a mention of it during the registration phase is currently missing and could be added.
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@arialdo Non sono d’accordo sul “chiunque”. Claude/Codex, se non sai usarli bene o non sei in grado di controllare quando prodotto, possono produrre spazzatura o fare danni. Se magari fra un anno sarà diverso non so dirtelo, ma al momento servono capacità in più (oltre a quella di essere programmatori) per sfruttarli in modo produttivo. Fra usarli e usarli bene, ce ne corre. Se dai a me una Ferrari, non è detto che la sappia far andare veloce, serve un pilota bravo.
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@alexgmin @webology @bmispelon hi 👋 😅 I usually attend Jeff's call. Does this replace Jeff one or is it in addition to? I'm asking because I can't make it at that time (but I could join 1 hour later). Thanks