Heute morgen auf dem Weg zum Jugendamt. Wir brauchten ein Dokument für die Schule neu ausgestellt. Das ursprüngliche hatten wir verlegt 🙈.

Das Ursprüngliche hatten wir verlegt.

Wenn man es so schreibt, bekommt es einen anderen Charakter. Und gilt vermutlich ganz allgemein für unsere heutige Gesellschaft.

Unterwegs habe ich eine Folge RadioWissen gehört, über Die frühe Bundesrepublik- Die 1950er Jahre. Für mich als 1982 Geborener sehr interessant. Vieles wusste ich nicht.

I just added stubs to pages I want to fill on this blog. You can find them in the navigation already even though they are quite empty still. Adam Keys brought my attention to those through his blog post “Slash pages & micro-features”

Something on my feature branch breaks a feature that used to work before. That feature is only losely related to the changes I made. The feature that is now broken is old and has no test coverage. It’s real work to figure out why it’s affected in this way.

A new Alfred workflow: Quickly open Merge Requests in GitLab

Synopsis

I created a workflow for Alfred so I can quickly open all the merge requests that are assigned to me. If the query “review” is added then all the merge requests where I am assigned as a reviewer are openend.

Background

I love to use Alfred to quickly to repetitive tasks on my computer. I use it to find the right emoji, modify text styles and text cases, convert images or units.

When at work, I also regularly have to open the overview pages on GitLab to see what status my merge requests have—or to quickly access them. I also want to navigate to the overview of the merge requests where I am assigned as a reviewer. Others might wait on my review or pushed updates.

All of that those lists exist as a bookmark in my browser. I can open them by clicking the bookmark. But then I have to decide whether I want to open a new tab or stay in the same tab I currently use. And I have to click with the mouse/touchpad.

This can be done quicker/easier: Open Alred (shortcut CMD-Space), type mrs and hit ENTER. This opens the page where I can see the assigned merge requests.

If I want to access the MRs for review, I do the same but type mrs review. This overview is filtered for MRs where I haven’t approved yet.

Works wonderfully.

You can download the workflow from my GitHub repo

The window of Alfred app is visible and the command ‘mrs review’ was entered. Below the command you can see a short description of what the command will do.

I am using Apple’s 100 best albums of all time page & right now am at number 95: Usher’s Confessions. Usually I listen to Rock and Metal, or Blues/Soul/Jazz. So it’s a mixed bag in every regard. I like being exposed to different music and it’s fine to keep it in the background while working.

Wonderful. Thank you for sharing @heibie@mastodon.social bielinski.de

Silhouettes of two people, one of them a child, standing on a beach at sunset, with the ocean and sun in the background. The sky is partly cloudy, and their shadows stretch across the sand. Silhouette of a person standing on a beach, facing the ocean during sunset or sunrise. The sky and water have a bright, reflective quality, and the overall appearance is in black and white. Beach scene at sunset with the sun low on the horizon, a person bending down near the water, and scattered clouds in the sky. Waves gently roll onto the shore, with golden light reflecting off the water and wet sand.

Finished reading: Cantoras by Caro De Robertis 📚

Moving, inspiring. What a journey. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙💜💖🫶

Since Bartender 5 for Mac was sold without informing me as a longtime user to Applause Group — which I don’t know and don’t want to get to know — I removed it from my system.

As an alternative I am now using Ice. Thanks Christian for introducing me to Ice through his blog post.

Ice seems cool. 😅

Finished reading: Golden Fool by Robin Hobb 📚 Just finished. I believe I never read a book quicker than this. It’s like many second parts of a trilogy. It advances the storyline and prepares everything for the big finale. It is still full of suspense and I can hardly wait to read the rest. Still, book one was better. If not only for the reason that Nighteyes is gravely missed. 😢