Author: Thejesh GN
Tools for Screencasting
I have been doing longer screencasts these days. Some of them are for private consumption, and some are public. I am yet to master it fully. But I have come a long way. These are the tools that have helped me.
JBang and My Own Custom Catalog
JBang, once installed, allows you to run any java file like a script. Superbly helpful if you want to hack something quickly. It can also install the same as app or binary so it can be found on your PATH. So you can forget about jbang and just run the app.
Mostly Harmless vckyb6 Keyboard – Making Online Meetings Better
many, I like online meetings. It gives me an option to attend an appointment from the comfort of my home office and listen to virtually anyone. Also, I have a very efficient way of taking notes. My home office – Tokyo, has good light and air. Any physical meeting in any other place won’t reach this level of comfort. That said, there are things that I still want to improve.
Running httpbin on CloudRun
httpbin is a developer utility web application that receives a request and spits out the request data as a response. httpbin is for testing your API requests, webhook requests, etc.
Learning SPARQL with Wikidata
SPARQL has a lot of similarities to SQL and also is very different. Here I am going to get the English works of Rabindranath Tagore from Wikidata. I will use this as an exercise to learn SPARQL. As you will see, I have not tried to explain the terms here as I expect some knowledge of SQL and Semantic Triples. Since I go step by step, I think it’s easy to understand.
