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The Occasional Exposition
We got posts on posts on posts...
GitHub Actions has Convenient Cronjobs and Horrific Timeouts
It turns out that a lot of my spurious GitHub Actions timeouts over the years may have been caused by someone trying to be too cute with their Bash scripts...
PEP-723 and Me
PEP-723's Inline Script Metadata is much more useful than I gave it credit for, but it doesn't work with Python or Pip - so there's still work to be done...
GitHub's CLI is Actually Useful for Automation
As part of the ongoing terminal renaissance, I thought it would be neat to share a handful of GitHub automation aliases and scripts I use day-to-day...
StaleBots are fine, NudgeBots are better
Stale bots shouldn't be controversial, they're just a tool to help maintainers with some project hygiene. Like digital flossing...
Dependabot - the Jar Jar Binks of Github
Dependabot is pushy, annoying, but ultimately useful... And might also be a secret Sith Lord...
It's Pants Plugins All the Way Down
Writing a great Pants plugin is all well and good, but if it erodes commit-after-commit, then really what was the point in the first place? Get a jump on your plugin's technical debt with more plugins...
You Want Me in Your Pants
When you're using a build system named "Pants", you can't help but make terrible jokes and puns...
Your First Pants Plugin
If you've never written a plugin for PantsBuild but you really want to, this is definitely the post for you. If you've never heard of PantsBuild, you're in for a treat...