mradcliffe

@mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy

Matthew (he/him). I like contributing to open source software, open source contribution mentoring, haiku, Japanese, PostgreSQL, Drupal, board games, and […] [bridged from https://nokoto.org/users/mradcliffe on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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The single reason I do not use Tailwind CSS—It's inefficient for prototyping

At this week's ColumbusJS Meetup where Nathan Lieberman presented on Tailwind CSS, I once again complained about the fact that I cannot use Tailwind CSS to prototype in the browser without context swi…

8h ago·2 min read·363 words

Revisiting a simple meal—Sautéed Chicken Breasts with Pasta

Over 20 years ago, out of university, with a limited income, I knew I had to eat on a budget, and I didn’t want to pay for jar sauce (don’t use jar sauce). This was one of my go-to recipes for dinner …

May 25·6 min read·1040 words

Sat outside, ate dinner, drank a beer, and wrote a bad haiku listening to music

> The me that only drinking a beer knows—A spring evening ビールのみぞしるわたしに春の夕 It was a really nice Spring day today here with a nice morning rain shower and a pleasant, warm and windy afternoon and even…

May 9·1 min read·130 words

One-pot version of FauxPseudo’s Curried rice, chicken, bell pepper and peas

I was intrigued by @FauxPseudo’s “Curried rice, chicken,  bell pepper and peas” recipe post because I often cook something similar, but in one pot. So I decided to roughly cook the recipe, but all in …

Apr 27·1 min read·129 words

Summary of Drupal 11.3.6/11.3.7 potential data loss and update steps for 11.3.8

If you are confused about the following release notes snippet for Drupal 11.3.8, which is now a security release, then you are not alone. > Drupal 11.3.6 introduced a critical regression for importin…

Apr 23·1 min read·99 words

CLI in Core Initiative Update #1

Last week we kicked off the initiative with a synchronous meeting using video chat followed up by creating Slack threads to continue the conversation for the week. This time was set to be friendly for…

Apr 7·1 min read·104 words

Helvum has been helpful to use to map Pipewire inputs

It isn’t the greatest application, but Helvum has been helpful to me recently in order to setup a combine audio input from output and input. This allows me to use OBS Studio to live caption both my ow…

Apr 2·1 min read·121 words

Improving external comment privacy without relying on unpubished comments

Since my blog is public, I had not really considered how I would respond or handle quiet or followers-only replies to my posts. So far I leave these comments as “unpublished”. In my comment administra…

Apr 2·1 min read·110 words

On the recent unethical and immoral legal realities imposed on us

I find myself wondering about my past choices today. **Who knew that choosing Slackware because ZipSlack was the only way I could get my hands on a distribution as a 56kbps dial-up internet user over…

Mar 20·1 min read·110 words

I committed the classic mistake—I read the comments

Edit: Because Mastodon does not support the sensitive property as an indicator of Content Warning (CW), I have copied the CW here: > #### Content Warning > > uspol, nextdoor, ice > > Contains quotati…

Feb 20·1 min read·111 words

GitHub Copilot Dev Days—The Anti-Arbor Day of 7 weeks

Microsoft in their bid to continue trying to not be outclassed by other nefarious companies and individuals has announced GitHub Copilot Dev Days, which based on the name, means that it as a global da…

Feb 12·1 min read·116 words