Vicky Lai @vickylai@mastodon.technology
Full stack developer and one bag nomad.
<3 open source, decentralization, 90s Internet.
Makes code and silly doodles:
https://vickylai.com
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- Keybase
- https://keybase.io/vickylai
- GitHub
- https://github.com/vickylai
- !travelBlog
- https://heronebag.com/
Hello #Mastodon! I code #freelance and ♥️ #OpenSource / #FOSS, #Linux, #design.
I'm a one bag nomad. I've lived in 20+ cities in 10+ countries and don't plan to settle. ✈️🌎 My favourites: 🇯🇵 Japan where I climbed Mt Fuji and eat my favourite foods, 🇹🇭 Thailand where very nice people and my other favourite foods live. I hail from 🇨🇦 Canada.
I talk #tech, #gear, #travel, #food, #fitness. I doodle and drink too much coffee ☕. Excited to help build a healthy #federation!
I love this project: a riverbed in Amsterdam was drained and the ~700,000 found objects dating from the 1300s to present were photographed and presented online:
Life is full of interesting and unexpected challenges. For instance, when I woke up this morning I had no idea that the toughest programming-related task of my day would be to draw a peanut butter and jelly sandwich while on a keto diet.
I'm working on a list of what it means to "commit responsibly." What would you change/add to this?
1. Not committing bugs or broken builds
2. Not leaving in dead code or print statements
3. Formatting code to your style specifications
4. Using meaningful variables
5. Providing documentation where necessary
6. Using descriptive commit messages
RT @neuroecology@twitter.com: Amsterdam drained a canal and put everything they found online, organized by time from 1300 - present day... from pokemon tokens, to pipes, to guns, to human bones https://belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/vondsten
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/neuroecology/status/1012336008459882497
Unexpectedly found some great #DuckDuckGo search tips in this comment thread. I've been sticking to Google for tech work but I think I'll now be able to fully switch over. Worth a read.
look, now everybody builds some #federated shit, like #pixelfed #mastodon #peertube #pleroma #hubzilla etc.
what we should to instead is to build an #activitypub framework that can be extended with plugins to whatever purpose necessary
one core that contains the federation tidbits and a myriad of plugins to fit any crazy idea, got it?
and let's include federated storage into the whole thing as well
Photo site #500px removes all #CreativeCommons photos.
Goodbye 500px. Deleting my account as of now.
https://www.cnet.com/news/500px-photo-site-abandons-freely-shareable-images-with-commercialization-push/
I spent most of the day staring at git trees and orchestrating a symphony of squash commits.
+6 git mastery
+22 stamina
-3 health
-99 mana
"What good habits are you trying to adopt?" by @bendhalpern@twitter.com https://dev.to/ben/what-good-habits-are-you-trying-to-adopt-3hm8
Very good collection of reader-conscious improvements to make to our blog posts courtesy @GrantWinney@twitter.com. Some new ideas added to my backlog!
https://dev.to/grantwinney/5-ways-to-improve-your-blog-posts-without-touching-the-content-4h4a
Okay #fediverse, hit me with your static-site-comments solutions!
I've been using Disqus on one site and direction to tweet me on another, and neither option sits well with me anymore.
Besides directing all my readers to #Mastodon (and why wouldn't I?!), whatcha got?
Knapsack problem algorithms for my real-life carry-on knapsack https://vickylai.com/verbose/knapsack-go-approaches/ #coding #developer
Pretty happy with my plating for this round of lunch. Well technically it'd be "bowling." I made chicken teriyaki cauliflower rice with a soft boiled duck egg on top, so it's basically two states of fowl.
Caption contest for my site's link metadata image [WIP]. Winner gets unlimited bragging rights.
I updated Digital Nomad Gear Essentials 2018 on Medium - https://futuretravel.today/digital-nomad-gear-essentials-2018-21f70a72e0f6
Caption contest for my site's link metadata image [WIP]. Winner gets unlimited bragging rights.
How I created custom desktop notifications using terminal and cron https://vickylai.com/verbose/create-desktop-notifications-cron/ #coding #developer
Tbh I greatly prefer Discord over Slack primarily for the default dark styling.
Why I'm automatically deleting my old tweets using AWS Lambda https://vickylai.com/verbose/delete-old-tweets-ephemeral/ #coding #developer
Before I change locations next I'm considering consolidating my charging setup. I'm thinking of getting a wall charger adaptor combination that can charge my ThinkPad X1 Carbon, along with my iPhone. Besides that I have a couple USB C and Micro USB devices. Planning to get:
- CARD Travel Adapter 4-Pro (Type C+3 USB Ports) (Black)
- Anker PowerLine USB-C to USB-C 3.1 Gen 1 Cable (3ft) with Power Delivery
- Anker Powerline II Lightning Cable (3ft)
Anything I might not have considered?
