AI
Regular previous readers of this blog will know that I have a deep interest in how AI is, or is not, impacting our industry. Here are some interesting external links / tools that I think are worth checking out:Here’s a more readable version of the list with improved formatting:
- Aider: aider.chat
A CLI tool that interacts with OpenAI and can write Git commits. - AI-Powered Git Commit Function: Simon Willison’s blog
Explains the AI-powered Git commit feature. - Anthropic Prompt Engineering Guide: Simon Willison’s overview
A guide to prompt engineering from Anthropic. - LLama Police: huyenchip.com
Discusses LLama-based projects and the policing around it. - Cursor: cursor.com
A drop-in replacement for VSCode, powered by AI. Road-tested and highly recommended for coding.
Other Interesting External Links:
- Reflection on Metadata: This Day’s Portion - Dublin Core
A reflection on metadata and its usefulness. - Semantic Web: CSVbase
Insight into the semantic web and related discussions. - Scholarly Angels: scholarly-angels.com
An angel fund for startups in scholarly communications. Their latest investment is in Atom Grants: atomgrants.com for finding grants. - AlphaXiv: alphaxiv.org
ArXiv, but designed as a social network. - SPA’s and React Criticism: Simon Willison’s blog
Strong opinion piece on why SPA’s and React are problematic, but worth engaging with.
Python & Package Management:
- UV for Package Management: A fast Python package manager. Resources to explore
- Hynek’s Blog on Docker UV
- PythonSpeed on Docker
- Michael Kennedy’s Blog on UV’s new features
Miscellaneous
Unix & Linux Stack ExchangeWhy does man print "gimme gimme gimme" at 00:30? - this is a very interesting example and reminder that our software systems are deeply human systems.
Unix & Linux Stack ExchangeWhy does man print "gimme gimme gimme" at 00:30? - this is a very interesting example and reminder that our software systems are deeply human systems.