Open VSX Is an Open-Source Alternative to Microsoft’s Marketplace
When working with VSCodium, it’s possible you can’t find an extension you’ve seen in the marketplace. Here’s why.
Read moreWhen working with VSCodium, it’s possible you can’t find an extension you’ve seen in the marketplace. Here’s why.
Read moreMicrosoft publishing its tools under an open-source license did quite an effect. Thing is, the MIT-license applies to the source code, but not to the binary they distribute.
Here are some explanation on this, and two possible alternatives.
Read moreLast year, I wrote a post to propose an open source alternative to ready-to-use password managers like LastPass, 1Password and so on. Something that you would host yourself, so that you would remain in control of your sensitive data.
There was one main limitation, though: the solution I exposed implied you had to install an application to read your password on a computer. Today, I share a quick note if you can’t install an application on the said computer.
Read moreSeven months since the last update, four since the last post. What’s changed since then?
Read moreThis version of the website has been online for almost two years and I’ve not written about keyboards yet, so here’s some light reading before the end of the Summer.
Read moreWe won’t discuss the merits of testing today, I’ll just suggest a library that helps them write differently and, according to me, makes them more comprehensible.
Read moreI started learning Esperanto a few weeks ago. Ever since, whenever I speak to someone about it, I (gladly) answer a series of questions about it. Because others may wonder about the same things, I decided to share the answer to the most common of them.
Read moreTwo months since the last update. What’s changed since then?
Read moreWhen designing a website, we’re often tempted to use custom webfonts to make it stand out. Yet, the French collective for a responsible design of digital services provides one simple rule in their referential for web ecodesign:
Use standard typefaces
translated from Référentiel d'écoconception web (FR), Collectif Conception responsable de service numérique
Let’s have a look at what’s behind this rule.
Read moreA few weeks back, I reviewed code from a young developer.
It was impressive work for a topic he didn’t know beforehand, except on one aspect: every output used System.out.println().
That’s understandable: that’s how Java developers learn to code, just like Python developers do their first tests with print.
But that’s not something that’ll be handy for a live application.
When I started this website, I wanted my personal illustrations to feel handdrawn. After two years, those illustrations were a collection of charts and graphs. There are more precise ways to convey that type of information. SVG is one of them, with a generally lighter footprint and better accessibility, so I went for it.
Read moreIt’s been two months since the last “What’s Up?” post, time to see the main changes since then.
Read moreUp until quite recently, I used LastPass for storing my passwords. The announced changes to the free plan are, however, a big showstopper for me and, like many users, I chose to move away. Still, since my faith in service providers has been (once more) shaken, I’ve looked to an open source that I’ll be able to fully manage.
Read moreIn my not-so-long career, I’ve often been at odds with one of my directors1 about one topic: quality. We’re both of the mind that it’s a necessary thing in our projects but, basically, our perception of what’s “good enough” is different. Here are some thoughts.
Read moreYou may or may not have noticed it, but I try to avoid the terms “developer,” “coder” and “programming” on Keyboard Playing, except maybe when I’m focusing on the activity of writing code. There’s a reason to it: in our field, it’s common to use these words to describe a variety of jobs. Actually, about anyone who writes or edits code may be called a developer.
Read moreThere’s an image I like when I speak about software development: the construction of a house. Like any metaphor, it has limits, but it helps non-technical people understand what their requests mean to us by comparing them with something they can understand.
Read moreSocial and share buttons seem to be a must-have nowadays, but following the official docs for these may not be the best option for an efficient solution.
Read moreRecently, a colleague of mine came with a wide smile and said, “I have a candidate to interview. There’s J2EE on his resume, but he’s too young to have worked with it. I might have, not him.”
That’s a recurring joke among senior Java technicians: it’s not uncommon for candidates to hear J-2-E and write it J2EE when they should simply use JEE. It’s not completely incorrect, but it may cause some confusion.
Read moreKeyboard Playing has been calm for some months in 2020. It was, however, not forgotten. It’s alive again and some changes were made in the last weeks.
Read moreLast year, I posted about the v2.0 of the Download Proxy. At the time, the main event was the change of the technological stack and a restricted set of transformations. Today, I happily publish a version 2.1. Here are the main changes.
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