Free Community Edition — for pure Python coding and learning Intelligent Editor, with code completion, on-the-fly error highlighting, auto-fixes, etc. Automated code refactorings and rich navigation capabilities Integrated debugger and unit testing support Native VCS integrations Customizable UI and key-bindings, with VIM emulation available And much more, all available under the Apache 2 license via …

Continue reading ‘Jetbrains have released a free version of their Python IDE’ »

Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles. Never used GNU Stow before, the typical use of this is software deployment (eg – install python in /usr/local/python27 and this can manage creating links into /usr/local/bin etc). Could be very useful for automated deployment scripts – is available in EPEL for RHEL / Centos.

Save time typing “yes” in emacs. Install ido-yes-or-no-mode and put (ido-yes-or-no-mode) in your ~/.emacs  

Now that feedly has stepped into the void of syncing (I use Press on Android and Mr Reader on iPad)… but I do miss RSSOwl being able to sync.

Here’s crypteduser – a simple python / flask HTTP authentication server that uses pbkdf2 to store hashed passwords. This allows you to store your user authentication on a server (perhaps a VM) outside your main DB server(s) that can be hardened & restricted. Note that this code is just a proof of concept!