Links

I came across this project as a handy way to run github actions locally https://github.com/nektos/act

I thought this was an interesting post about how this Visual Studio extension came to be. Not only because it shows some details about how you would go about making something like this but also because all it does is restore a small UI change the VS team made that I hadn’t even really noticed but apparently upset a lot of people… https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/the-making-of-bring-back-plus-minus/

It’s nice that Netlify listened to a common complaint and you now have the option to not worry about an unexpected bill. For me at least I had to go in and manually downgrade — and I had to give a reason why. https://frontendmasters.com/blog/netlify-free-plan/

A nice overview of the advancements in LLMs over the last year. Also, Simon Wilson (co-creator of Django) is a pretty level-headed yet prolific voice to follow about AI. https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/llms-in-2024/

What I’ve learned from ten years working on projects like this https://www.seangoedecke.com/large-established-codebases/

Visualizing algorithms

Option+Click React components in your browser to instantly open the source in VS Code. This looks like it could be handy. I’ll have to give it a try. https://github.com/ericclemmons/click-to-component