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Star Days ★
A star day is a day declared one day in advance to only one cause. In a star day, everything besides daily habits, self care, and the most urgent of matters becomes noise. There only exists the topic of the day to engage with, or silence!
How to fully autogenerate Starlight sidebars (without losing control)
Have you ever wanted to simplify sidebar generation in your Starlight project? Have you tried autogenerating the entire sidebar only to find it doesn’t let you customise the structure to your needs?
This post demonstrates two Starlight features that make fully autogenerated sidebars flexible and reduce maintenance.
Stop Outsourcing Your Soul to AI
It has been more than two and a half years since the release of ChatGPT. The 30th November, 2022 marked the beginning of a new era. The start of AI. Nowadays, many professions and people in private lives, especially in the information technology sector, use it on a daily basis. And we do not even know where we are on the Gartner hype cycle or if AI will improve following Kurzweil’s “Law of Accelerating Returns”.
The trend is still rising, but at the same time I have noticed a slight but steady degradation of knowledge on a human basis because people delegate more and more creative work to AI. As a result, I have decided to write a little blog post, where I can share my thoughts, trying to discourage the overuse of Artificial Intelligence which would ruin our cognitive capabilities. And although I know that very little people read this, it does not stop me from trying. Otherwise, I might have missed my opportunity in helping humanities future.
Vibe-coding a VS Code Extension for Terraform projects
Today, I want to talk about a small VS Code extension that I vibe-coded in a single day to make working with Terraform easier. I will first explain what Terraform is, and then jump right into the functionality and reasons behind this extension. Feel free to skip the first section if you are already familiar with Terraform.
Earworms and the message hidden within the pattern
Yes, this title is a small nod to the excellent Netflix series “Arcane”, but that’s not what this post is about.
Today, I want to share some thoughts about earworms, a term that originated in German (“Ohrwurm”) and was later adopted into English as a literal translation. The meaning behind this rather abstract term is catchy tunes—sticky music, as Wikipedia calls it. This phenomenon often occurs unpredictably, especially when our thoughts drift away from the present moment.
How to create a Rehype plugin that turns GitHub links into beautiful badges
Discover how a tiny Rehype plugin can give your GitHub links a big visual upgrade. With just a few lines of code, we’ll turn regular profile links into elegant badges with avatars, inspired by Antfu’s site and powered by Astro + Starlight.