roslocate – ROS Wiki
roslocate – ROS Wiki –ROS tool to locate the source file for ROS packages. This is a little esoteric unless you are doing ROS development – like I do. But here it is for you ROS nerds.
Blog Posts
All my blog posts and articles
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August 2022
Top 20 Books a Software Developer Must Read (Updated)
Top 20 Books a Software Developer Must Read (Updated) –A continuous learning mindset is a key quality of a software developer who wants to stay relevant and grow their market value. Vectorly has…
10 Awesome Modern Unix Command-Line Tools
10 Awesome Modern Unix Command-Line Tools –Are you Using Linux or Terminal in macOS? If so, here are some of the cool Command-Line Tools you can use for better productivity and…
Getting Ready for ROS Part 7: Describing a robot with URDF
Getting Ready for ROS Part 7: Describing a robot with URDF –This looks like a pretty good and detailed article about URDF – Unified Robot Description Format – used for Describing a Robot
Managing Multiple Python Versions With pyenv – Real Python
Managing Multiple Python Versions With pyenv – Real Python –If this is not a port of rubyenv I don’t know. Its exactly the same. So it’s helpful if you know one, you will know the other! “In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn how to install multiple Python versions and switch between them with ease, including project-specific virtual environments, even if you don’t have sudo access with pyenv.”
July 2022
The Curiosity Chronicle | The Most Powerful Decision Making Razors
The Curiosity Chronicle | The Most Powerful Decision Making Razors –Some rules of thumb on how to deal with difficult, ambiguous decisions. Occams razor and many more.
Introduction to Vector
Introduction to Vector –Looks useful so I am saving it, but still does not the meet that I have: “Introduction to Vector Vector is a Python library for 2D, 3D, and Lorentz vectors, especially arrays of vectors, to solve common physics problems in a NumPy-li”
20 Type Hinting Techniques and Tools for Better Python Code
20 Type Hinting Techniques and Tools for Better Python Code –Let’s discuss why type hinting techniques and tools improve your Python code
Pmarchive · Pmarca Guide to Career Planning: Skills and education
Pmarchive · Pmarca Guide to Career Planning: Skills and education –Marc Andreeson is a somewhat legendry technologist. His advice may not fit you, but it is still worth listeneing to: “Some people argue that college will be your one chance in life to pursue your passion—to spend four years doing nothing but studying whatever you love the most, whether that’s Renaissance literature or existential philosophy. I disagree.”
4 Books For Intermediate Ruby And Rails Developers.
4 Books For Intermediate Ruby And Rails Developers. –I’m a fan of good books. Through my Ruby and Rails journey, I’ve discovered a few excellent books that I’d like to share with fellow Rubyists. The authors of these books are experts in their fields. These books are my recommendation and I think they deserve some space on your desk.
What Should You Do with Your Life? Directions and Advice – Alexey Guzey
What Should You Do with Your Life? Directions and Advice – Alexey Guzey –I ask a lot of people about their life plans. At least half of them tell me that they have no idea where to move and are just coasting along, not sure what to do next. Therefore, this post. What to work on? Y Combinator’s Requests for Startups Also see Jay Zaveri’s World’s Hardest Problems (via Gary Basin) José Luis Ricón’s (Artir) Technology some people are excited about Church Lab’s list of projects and of their implications (via Adam Marblestone) Also see …
37 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your UI Designs
37 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your UI Designs –Simple and actionable: “Illustrated tips for making your UI and web designs more visually interesting · Backgrounds · Borders & dividers · Shadows · Text · Other techniques”
Things you’re allowed to do
Things you’re allowed to do –A lot of great ideas on this list! “A list of things you’re allowed to do that you thought you couldn’t, or didn’t even know you could.”
GitHub – postlight/mercury-parser: 📜 Extract meaningful content from the chaos of a web page
GitHub – postlight/mercury-parser: 📜 Extract meaningful content from the chaos of a web page –I dont have a use fornthis right now, but it is an extremely powerful and useful package! “📜 Extract meaningful content from the chaos of a web page – GitHub – postlight/mercury-parser: 📜 Extract meaningful content from the chaos of a web page”
Thoughtful: Google and HTTP
Thoughtful: Google and HTTP –Google is a guest on the web, as we all are. Guests don’t make the rules.
The Standards Innovation Paradox
The Standards Innovation Paradox –“The great thing about standards is there are so many to pick from!” Thats a joke, get it? Standards, like RSS for podcasts, have enabled emerging technologies to spread far and wide in the information age by making it easy for…
Introducing scikit-geometry
Introducing scikit-geometry –One of those libraries that I was going to write, then I thought, someone else must have already written it. Then I googled and found: “The Python ecosystem is lacking a library with useful geometric types — we aim to fix this by introducing scikit-geometry.”
You.com | The search engine you control.
You.com | The search engine you control. –Good luck to the world with another search engine. Yes google is evil and I wish there was competition. But good luck! “You.com is an ad-free, private search engine that you control. Customize search results with 150 apps alongside web results. Access a zero-trace private mode.”
Deploy Your Ruby on Rails App Using Capistrano | AppSignal Blog
Deploy Your Ruby on Rails App Using Capistrano | AppSignal Blog –Useful to know that Capistrano is still viable. Find out how to configure Capistrano in your Rails app, then deploy the app.
WHCC | Professional Photo Lab
WHCC | Professional Photo Lab –WHCC is the premier provider of professional photography printing, products, and services beyond the camera — helping professional photographers thrive in their craft and the business of photography.