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  • May 20, 2021
    by James
    Tried the @pycharm Code With Me feature today editing some Markdown with a co-worker. It's great for code, but doesn't handle Japanese input cleanly. Cursor jumped and deleted text randomly.
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  • May 19, 2021
    by James
    A bit worried I've spent so much time focusing on features in Tanzawa so I could get my blog off Wordpress that there's bugs in the non-happy paths. So I think my next focus is going increasing quality.ย 

    Finished the first s step: integrating my tox setup ( pytest, typecheck, and flake8 linting) into GitHub actions, so I can no longer merge if things are failing. Next step is to fix my typecheck errors and root out some bugs I've been running into recently (with tests!)

    Once it's passing and the major bugs have been finished, I think I'm going to make a public release for developers / technically inclined people.
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  • Response to Weโ€™ve all been there: on boolean environment variables.

    May 19, 2021
    by James
    Environment values are strings. True becomes "True" and False becomes "False".

    And, well, what does "False" evaluate to? True. True.
    I think the best way to handle settings with Django is to use django-environ.ย  Not only does it handle .env files. It also has a lot of utility methods for converting values to native python types ( bool, list etc..) and using database urls. It's great.

    My airbot settings.py uses it. My airbot settings also lets you specify the path for your .env with the ENV_FILE environment variable, so you can create different files for different environments.
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  • May 18, 2021
    by James
    Managed to spend an hour on the bike today. Feel much better. Kinda want to add a small cargo e-bike to the fleet but itโ€™s too soon.
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  • The Week #45

    May 18, 2021
    by James
    • I checked my DMs on twitter for the first time in a couple of months and I found a request to send me a DM from early March. I don't recall ever getting a notification. It was from a TV producer in Houston wanting to to a segment about my Airbot and @kuukihouston. C'est la Vie.
    • The tomato seeds have come out of the ground and the bell peppers have just started peaking out. I may yet eat some "free" veggies yet.
    • We got visited by a Japanese white gecko (yamori). They're known as protectors of the house and an omen of good luck. Good luck as he may be, he's not allowed in the in the house. Kicking him out of the entrance was a fun 3 minutes with a broom while Leo and Yumi watched.
    • Ever wondered how to trim trees next to high voltage power lines in the middle of the forest? If you answered "with 8 huge circular saws spinning from a helicopter", you'd be correct. How do I know? I watched Summer in the Finnish Lake District on Arte.tv. It (like most of the documentaries I watched on Arte.tv) was in German, but had English subs.ย 

      It makes senses sense that a machine as hardcore as this would come from Finland, after they, they do have the highest number of metal bands per capita. Recommended, if only to watch a helicopter with saws dangling from it trim trees next to high voltage power lines.
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  • Checkin to ใŠใ‚ใง้ฏ›็„ผใๆœฌ่ˆ—

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    May 16, 2021
    by James
    in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
    Taiyaki!
    Taiyaki
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    May 16, 2021
    by James
    Vaccine Progress Bar

    Vaccinating Japan... 1.238% Complete
    A nice page that helps visualize the (glacial) rollout of the covid-19 vaccine in Japan. Worth checking every so often to see progress bar move. Averaging 200k shots / day. 1240 days until completion, 732 days until 60% herd immunity. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

    1.238% Complete
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    3. pandemic
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  • May 15, 2021
    by James
    Accidentally deleted my local develop database. Good excuse to start building out the first run screens in Tanzawa.

    First run form
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    May 14, 2021
    by James
    in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    Morning shrine vibes.
    Shrine Vibes
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  • May 12, 2021
    by James
    Launched a fun feature in Tanzawa today: Search. There isn't a direct link to a search page, but clicking the place name in a post will search for all posts within 2km of that post.

    Search results
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