Backlinks 2020-04-27 Dolt is a SQL database that provides a git-like interface to data. 2020-04-24 super-graph is an Apache-licensed open source project which takes GraphQL and automatically makes SQL queries (currently supports PostgreSQL) 2020-04-16 Simon Willison posited that SQL is a better API language …

sharedbrain is my tiny open source wikilink preprocessor Yesterday, I published the first version of SharedBrain, which I use to take the Markdown files I edit and make them suitable for Hugo. Today, I pushed the first bugfix release to make the output more stable (see issues 1 and 2). I really hope to not have to do …

Backlinks 2020-04-26 Yesterday, I published the first version of SharedBrain, which I use to take the Markdown files I edit and make them suitable for Hugo. Today, I pushed the first bugfix release to make the output more stable (see issues 1 and 2). I really hope to not have to do much with this code.

Roam is a tool for thought Roam is unlike other “note-taking” apps that I’ve seen. I recommend giving it a try just to see how it’s different from everything else. It inspired the backlinking that I do on this site. Backlinks SharedBrain In late 2019 (I think), I discovered Roam, which I still …

SharedBrain is a backlinking, wikilinking pre-processor for Hugo Some time ago, I decided that I wanted KevinDangoor.com to be part-blog and part-wiki. I wanted it to be a place where I could keep up-to-date notes on topics, and also keep track of other random things I found interesting. In late 2019 (I think), I …

Roadmap to pandemic resilience Vi Hart and others have put together a Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience (see also Vi Hart’s How We Reopen video). This plan outlines how we can safely reopen in light of COVID-19. It’s not easy, but it’s important that we do it right, and not in the slapdash manner that …

Backlinks 2020-04-24 The Ann Arbor District Library is running a Minecraft server with a detailed build-out of downtown Ann Arbor.

Things Jaana Dogan wished more developers knew about databases This is a long article, but with good details on aspects of Databases that will likely trip people up. See: Things I wished more developers knew about databases. This article is mostly RDBMS-centric, but many of the concepts apply elsewhere. Free D&D …

Backlinks 2020-04-22 I’ve been playing a couple of Dungeons and Dragons campaigns recently, and there are a couple of sites providing free resources during quarantine. D&D Beyond has their quarantine resources page and Wizards of the Coast has a free material page.

Today I Learned Simon Willison blogged about how he used GitHub Actions to create a self-rewriting README and Datasette based on a repository of TILs. He was inspired by Josh Branchaud’s five-year collection. To some extent, this is what I hope to accomplish with my daily notes here. They’re organized …