Rapture in Everything

Bridges into Matrix

 Bridges are components that connect Matrix to other chat platforms and services. We'll make a quick intro into them, and set up bridges for Discord, Whatsapp and FB Messenger....
tech matrix docker

Setting up a Matrix chat server

 Last time I started writing this post, I ended up explaining how federated services work in general, and what Matrix can do in particular. This post will describe how to set up a homeserver of your own and join the Matrix chat network. (Update: The third part, Setting up Bridges, is here.) Initial considerationsI will be using the reference server implementation, Synapse. It offers two options for data storage: Postgres or SQLite. Since I only plan to use it myself, and even then I'm not sure whether I'll actually end up using it much (any chat platform is only useful...
tech matrix self-hosted

Privacy, data ownership, federation, and the Matrix chat network

 Matrix is a federated chat network. If you already know what it means, feel free to skip ahead a bit. Otherwise, here's the (very terse)[1] gist of it: The gist of it There are a number of issues with chat apps. Let's disregard those of accessibility or usability - there are plenty of tools with great user experiences, so everyone can find something just right. Let's just focus on two common issues: privacy and ownership. Privacy - and I also include security in this, since you can hardly have privacy if your communication lines aren't secure[2] - determines...
tech matrix overview

Hob

 Hob is a great game. It made me notice and enjoy things I'd normally overlook or filter out subconsciously. If you want something well-crafted, relaxing and engaging, give it a go....
games opinion

csv-to-sqlite 2.1 - script support, encodings and brackets

 Version 2.1 of csv-to-sqlite was just released. There are a few new things, suggested in GitHub issues: you can now specify that you do not want brackets around your column names, you can specify the encoding your files (the default still is UTF-8) and it's now easier to use csv-to-sqlite in scripts. If you wish to do that, simply install it as a dependency: pip install csv-to-sqliteAs an aside: if you're not using Pipenv yet, take a look at it. It's great.Then import it and call write_csv(). import csv_to_sqlite # all the usual options are supported...
python csv-to-sqlite open source