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TIL Introspecting Python function parameters — For https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/581 I want to be able to inspect a Python function to determine which named parameters it accepts and send only those arguments.
27th May 2020, 10:43 pm
Release dogsheep-photos 0.4.1 — Upload your photos to S3 and import metadata about them into a SQLite database
25th May 2020, 8:13 pm
Release datasette-cluster-map 0.10 — Datasette plugin that shows a map for any data with latitude/longitude columns
21st May 2020, 5:39 pm · datasette
Release dogsheep-photos 0.4 — Upload your photos to S3 and import metadata about them into a SQLite database
20th May 2020, 4:24 am
Release datasette-media 0.2 — Datasette plugin for serving media based on a SQL query
18th May 2020, 10:25 pm · datasette
Release sqlite-utils 2.9.1 — Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases
11th May 2020, 7:21 pm · sqlite, sqlite-utils
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TIL Adding project links to PyPI — I spotted a neat looking project links section on https://pypi.org/project/ExifReader/
11th May 2020, 4:33 pm
Release sqlite-utils 2.9 — Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases
11th May 2020, 1:57 am · sqlite, sqlite-utils
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TIL Converting HTML and rich-text to Markdown — If you copy and paste from a web page - including a full table - into a GitHub issue comment GitHub converts it to the corresponding Markdown for you. Really quick way to construct Markdown tables.
9th May 2020, 6:19 pm
Release datasette-media 0.1 — Datasette plugin for serving media based on a SQL query
8th May 2020, 6:14 pm · datasette
Release datasette 0.42 — An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data
8th May 2020, 5:56 pm · datasette
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TIL Build the official Python documentation locally — First, checkout the cpython repo:
8th May 2020, 4:16 pm
Release datasette-media 0.1a — Datasette plugin for serving media based on a SQL query
8th May 2020, 3:06 am · datasette
Release datasette-publish-vercel 0.5.1 — Datasette plugin for publishing data using Vercel
7th May 2020, 3:01 am · datasette
Release datasette 0.41 — An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data
6th May 2020, 6:30 pm · datasette
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TIL List all columns in a SQLite database — Here's a devious trick for listing ALL columns in a SQLite database, using a SQL query that generates another SQL query.
6th May 2020, 3:58 pm
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TIL Use setup.py to install platform-specific dependencies — For [photos-to-sqlite](https://github.com/dogsheep/photos-to-sqlite) I needed to install `osxphotos` as a dependency, but only if the platform is macOS - it's not available for Linux.
5th May 2020, 9:14 pm
Release dogsheep-photos 0.3a — Upload your photos to S3 and import metadata about them into a SQLite database
5th May 2020, 8:17 pm
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TIL Search across all loaded resources in Firefox — You can search for a string in any resource loaded by a page (including across HTML, JavaScript and CSS) in the Debugger pane by hitting Command+Shift+F.
5th May 2020, 6:38 pm · firefox
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TIL Installing and upgrading Datasette plugins with pipx — If you installed `datasette` using `pipx install datasette` you can install additional plugins with `pipx inject` like so:
4th May 2020, 7:14 pm
Sighting 10:43 PM — California Sea Lion, in San Francisco County, US, CA
California Sea Lion
California Sea Lion
4th May 2020
Sighting 10:42 PM — American Crow, in San Francisco County, US, CA
American Crow
American Crow
American Crow
American Crow
4th May 2020
Release sqlite-utils 2.8 — Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases
3rd May 2020, 3:41 pm · sqlite, sqlite-utils
Release github-to-sqlite 2.2 — Save data from GitHub to a SQLite database
2nd May 2020, 9:28 pm
Release sqlite-utils 2.7.2 — Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases
2nd May 2020, 4:10 pm · sqlite, sqlite-utils
Release datasette-render-markdown 1.1.2 — Datasette plugin for rendering Markdown
2nd May 2020, 8:32 am · datasette
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TIL Constant-time comparison of strings in Node — When comparing secrets, passwords etc it's important to use a constant-time compare function to avoid timing attacks.
2nd May 2020, 2:18 am
Release sqlite-utils 2.7.1 — Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases
1st May 2020, 10:11 pm · sqlite, sqlite-utils
Release github-to-sqlite 2.1 — Save data from GitHub to a SQLite database
30th Apr 2020, 11:03 pm
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TIL Accessing repository dependencies in the GitHub GraphQL API — [Access to a Repositories Dependency Graph](https://developer.github.com/v4/previews/#access-to-a-repositories-dependency-graph) describes a preview API for accessing GitHub repository dependencies.
30th Apr 2020, 9:46 pm

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