I read https://sqlfordevs.com/ebook last week and I think it was one of the best practical guides I've seen in years. I say this as someone with 15+ yoe who uses SQL regularly. Source: over 1 year ago

Show HN: I wrote a free eBook about many lesser-known/secret database tricks\ (150 comments). Source: over 1 year ago

Ace Code Editor - an embeddable code editor written in JavaScript that matches the features and performance of native editors. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

I used a note system built on top of Fossil as my primary system for quite a while. Here are the details in case anyone is interested. Fossil allows CGI extensions[1]. There's a database for tickets, but that's just a regular SQLite table that you can use to store anything you want, and it's version controlled and queryable. I stored the notes plus metadata in the tickets database. The CGI returned HTML with the... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

Hey there! Thanks for reaching out. Writing a code editor with syntax highlighting in a browser can be a little tricky, but it's definitely doable. One resource that might be helpful is the Ace Editor library (https://ace.c9.io/). It's a lightweight but powerful editor that includes syntax highlighting for a huge range of languages. You could also check out CodeMirror (https://codemirror.net/), which is another... Source: about 1 year ago

The frontend uses the ace editor for syntax highlighting and then sends all the "text" you have typed to a python backend. The backend then writes all the text to a temporary directory and calls the compiler using subprocess (something similar to os.system). Source: over 1 year ago

It is built using Reveal.js and Ace, and is a simple markdown presentation tool right in the browser. Source: over 1 year ago