"Development of an Integrated Lifecycle of #RDM #Tools: Looking Back and Forward at KU Leuven"
https://ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/1062

Brink and Cotton vintage clamp. Not sure how old, it belonged to my kids great grandfather. (Unfortunately, not able to snag all his woodworking gear when their WW2 era wood house was torn down, located in Honolulu). #tools #antique

Shademap ─ See how the sun's shadows fall anywhere in the world, at any time of year…

https://shademap.app

#kiwi isn’t just for #openSUSE! Discover how #Fedora & #CentOS adopted this powerful image builder. + how open collaboration made it stronger. A story of shared #tools, #opensource and #community. #oSC25 https://youtu.be/YaeBVMflws0?si=NLzuAX5E-G68XcsR

Currently, trying to use @Tutanota calendar as my main driver to keep me on track! I will keep people posted on how it goes!

AuraSearch - useful tool for Gemini protocol

gemini://aurasearch.ddns.net/

The Better Screw: A Canadian Grip

In 1908, Canadian P. L. Robertson invented the square-socketed screw to prevent 'cam-out'—the slipping that plagues other screw types. This superior grip made it highly efficient. While the Phillips head became more common globally, the Robertson screw remains widely preferred in Canadian construction and manufacturing for its reliability. #Canada #Innovation #Invention #Tools

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screwdriver

I don't have a pipe wrench, but this one looked pretty nifty. The estate sale company essentially threw this in with the treadle. #tools

Blender 5.0 will feature improved Cycles SSS (Sub-Surface Scattering). You can already try it in the 5.0 alpha builds.

It's always an honor to see my Monster Under The Bed scene being used as a Cycles benchmark again…

https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/140665

Well, another one bites the dust... Code Climate is shutting down and their new replacement service (only upgrade option) with the fascinating strapline "Code With Vibes, Merge With Confidence" does inspire anything but...

(Been using CC for years and even though it produced a lot of false positives, it generally was a very useful tool which sent me off on several major refactoring journeys over the years, from which not only I benefited as a maintainer, but all users of my libraries/tools did too... c'est la vie...)

AI coding tools make developers slower, study finds

Artificial intelligence coding tools are supposed to make software development faster, but researchers who tested these tools in a randomized, controlled trial found the opposite.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/ai_code_tools_slow_down/

If you have chronic pain and you garden, I have to seriously recommend an expanding garden hose.

I was struggling with watering, because our old hoses were heavy and awkward both during and at clean up. It was wiping out my spoons hard and I can't afford to install micro irrigation at the moment.

It was a little bit of an investment financially, but has made a chore feel closer to effortless than I had ever expected. I can carry a 100' hose with almost no effort now.

I'm usually a use something until it dies person, and our hoses were still technically functional, but sometimes you need to be kind to your body.

The August issue of Linux Magazine is available now. We help you clean out forgotten files clogging your system. This month's DVD includes @linuxmint 22.1 Cinnamon and nobara 42
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/297?utm_source=mlm
#Linux #tools #OpenSource #Debian #Python #Cairo #GTK #Golang #shell #encryption #Beowulf #FOSS #LinuxMint #NobaraLinux

I use the Unix text formatting tool "fmt" only occasionally but when I do it really comes in handy. This is an introduction to fmt by @freedosproject Jim Hall.

https://technicallywewrite.com/2024/04/05/unixfmt

Today, we released Mill 1.0.0

It comes with a lot of new features and many many internal improvements. But we also changed a lot, so make sure to read the Changelog carefully.

https://github.com/com-lihaoyi/mill/blob/main/changelog.adoc

We aim to roll out more 0.12.x releases that support the transition to the newer APIs by providing more deprecation warnings.

I don't have the energy to replicate the thread here right now, but for anyone curious, I recorded my first encounter with jj-vcs, a "better git" that I've heard a lot of positive noises about over in a bsky thread:

https://bsky.app/profile/swetland.frotz.net/post/3ltisz2pk222f

(I really need to set up a pipeline for posting to my own site/blog and replicating out to social media)

I'm writing a piece for my personal newsletter/blog (which you can find at https://exposed.ishotjr.com/ ) about independent and #OpenSource alternatives to #BigTech. Many of us here fled other #SocialMedia platforms as #enshittification (and often worse!) set in, and found greener pastures on #Mastodon, as well as switching to #Pixelfed for posting pics, #Kagi for our search needs, etc. — what other #tools, #apps, and #services do you use and recommend? Please #BoostForReach if you are able!