This snippet goes in your .vscode/tasks.json file. It will run the current python file as the default build task.

• command will invoke the python interpreter that is configured in your workspace settings.
• group will make this task the default build task.
• presentation:focus will focus the terminal window when the task is run.
• presentation:reveal will reveal the terminal window when the task is run.

Change args to any python file if you’d like to run the same file each time.

{
  // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
  // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "Python: current file",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "${command:python.interpreterPath}",
      "args": ["${file}"],
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "group": {
        "kind": "build",
        "isDefault": true
      },
      "presentation": {
        "focus": true,
        "reveal": "always"
      },
      "options": {
        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
      }
    }
  ]
}

I owe a debt of gratitude to Claudio Jolowicz for introducing me to modern python tooling. His Hypermodern Python template and associated blog series are a great resource.

The Hypermodern system is built around nox and poetry.

• nox is similar in spirit to tox but uses python scripts instead of configuration files.
• It’s very powerful, but since I’m not particularly clever, I find the hypermodern stack difficult to understand.

I decided to throw together a simple template that uses tox and pip-tools. The template uses:

• pytest and coverage.py for testing,
• black for formatting, and
• ruff for linting.

It strives to be clean, simple and hard to break, albeit incomplete and likely suitable only for small libraries without broad distribution.

🌱 The template is available here: bulletproof-python.

The ‘optimize battery charging’ feature in macOS has never worked well for me. It tends to stay at 100%, which is not great for my battery.

I recently discovered AlDente by AppHouseKitchen. It’s a paid app that allows you to set a maximum charge level for your battery. There is a free tier I believe, but I almost always eat the paid versions of apps that I like and use.

I’ve been using it for a few days now and it’s been working great. If you’re similarly annoyed by macOS’s battery charging behavior, I highly recommend it. Not a sponsored post, just a (so far) happy user.

Welcome to my shiny new blog.

*slaps roof* This baby can hold so many posts. Check out /about for more information about me, and expect more meaningful content in 2023 as I embark on my open source journey.