My blog posts

Anaconda’s 2024 terms of service changes

What they mean (I think), what to do, and what not to do.

conda

I am not a lawyer. This post is strictly my analysis and opinion. Nothing in this post is legal advice.

Matt Fisher, Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra Pedregal

2023 Year-in-Review

year-in-review

Me: What did I do? Did I do things? Let’s find out!

Rebase and move tags

git

python

You probably don’t want to do this, but if you do, here’s how!

A cognitive load shortcut for `conda activate`

conda

python

cognitive load

How I activate my Conda environments without disrupting my flow

Deploy pull request previews for GitHub Pages repositories (part 2)

…just use ReadTheDocs

github

inclusiveness

I don’t agree with past me; this unplanned follow-up discusses my new recommendation and why I changed my mind.

Technique specifications

reproducibility

ideas

Techniques are often casually shared in gists, READMEs, and Stack Overflow posts, but we lack accessible methods to track their evolution.

Things about GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) that surprised me

github

markdown

GFM has been quietly growing over the years to include some features I’ve always wanted. Bonus tricks at the end!

Deploy pull request previews for GitHub Pages repositories (part 1)

github

inclusiveness

I find this approach too heavy-handed, and it doesn’t properly address issues arising from forks. I authored a follow-up for this post, and no longer recommend the method in…