@stefannibrasil.me
Educator @hexdevs | Senior Software Developer | Open Source Contributor & Core-maintainer of faker-ruby. Active transportation, third places, vegan/plant-based, personal finances, improv and books! Co-organizer of kindfork.ca
Hard to get new Sprawl members nowadays! So busy w/ stories that I don't have time to make proper appeals. Also I feel like I've said the same thing 1000x and am sick of hearing myself say it. Even so—if you value independent journalism, pls support our work! sprawlcalgary.fundjournalism.org/donate/
"It’s about connection. When you’re walking or riding, you stop. You talk. You notice. You belong to the street in a different way." 🧡
Congrats, Brett. I am living proof that your advocacy by example works. I've gotten to bike everywhere, including on cold/snowy days. Thank you for being awesome!
Really nice to see organizations creating events like these. Check out the Vegan Chef challenge in Canmore in April :)
#yycvegan
veganchefchallenge.org/Canmore/
Yes, "AI" reporting is so broken. And I wish that was the only thing that was broken 😮💨
I wish people valued companies whose leaders use their money and influence to help society instead of being so selfish.
www.thedeeplife.com/podcasts/epi...
faker 3.6.1 is out! github.com/faker-ruby/f...
It includes some performance, security improvements and docs fixes :)
The layoffs are definitely because of AI*
*Assholes In charge
....and I just found out you can pitch an idea to Radiolab. Cool, cool.
radiolab.org/pitch-us
Just one spot left for Kind Fork's March meetup kindfork.ca/meetups/mar-...
#yycvegan
I wasn't into podcast series but I've listened to two that are journalism masterpieces:
- Fela Kuti: Fear no Man
- The Other Latif
They are hard to go through. Violence and oppression are at the center but we also meet people who fight against dictatorship and wrongness. Hope isn't lost.
It's not safe. I wouldn't risk it.
That's exactly how I found out about her work, how curious! 😍 I finished listening to the podcast series and went to listen her work.
SANTIGOLD. SO GOOD. How did I only found her work this month? 😍
"I'm there to build cool shit, not discuss the optimal ways to get LLMs to build hypothetical cool shit for me. It's disappointing to see these tools eating up so much of the oxygen in the room when we could be discussing something more enriching."
😮💨
Had an amazing Winter Bike Day with @bikecalgary.bsky.social and @calgaryclimatehub.ca Thank you so much for organizing it.
#BikesAndHearts, this SATURDAY, part of @bikecalgary.bsky.social's #WinterBikeDay. JOIN US!!!
More details: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/bikes_and_he...
#yyc #yycbike
"We know that most of the carbon emissions in the food system comes from meat production so it makes sense for Amsterdam to restrict the advertising of meat as part of its strategy to promote food system change."
<333 change is possible.
plantbasednews.org/news/environ...
Do something nice to someone today, expecting nothing in return other than the joy of being a human being who cares about others ⭐
screenshot of shoulda-matchers warning message about asserting that a boolean column allows boolean values
If you are seeing this shoulda-matchers warning on your tests but don't know where it's coming from, fetch the library's main branch. It includes the model/attr so you can fix the warning :)
github.com/thoughtbot/s...
Imagine if you had using AI!!!!!
Have fun in Brazil! Enjoy the fresh fruits and tapiocas :D
A collage featuring Alex Pretti, smiling in mountain biking gear with his bike in the foreground. Behind him is a cutout of mountains and trees. In the very back is a photo of a Calgary Critical Mass ride – hundreds of people on bikes ride over the flyover in Calgary.
This weekend many cycling groups in the US are organizing rides in honour of Alex Pretti, the man recently killed by ICE in Minneapolis. Pretti was a cyclist and he died a hero. 1/5
Screenshot of a GitHub issue created from a PR comment
I was today's year old when I learned that you can create issues on GitHub from a comment/lines of code/discussion 😅
docs.github.com/en/issues/tr...
Friendly reminder to have a code scanning tool setup.
OWASP has a list of them, including free options for Open Source projects: owasp.org/www-communit...
@stefannibrasil.me and I have been playing around with Vernier. It's an excellent profiling tool. 🌟
github.com/jhawthorn/ve...
The latest faker's version includes this improvement! Nothing like profiling your code to get some quick wins.
Huge thanks to @jhawthorn.com for creating Vernier 🤓
hexdevs.com/posts/optimi...
Winter Bike Day is just three weeks away. This year we’re pleased to be bringing you a screening of the film “Bicicles”. Have a look at the profiles of the four winter bike commuters in the film, and then grab your free ticket now!
#yycbike #yyc #winterbike #freemovie
Vegans of Calgary, reunite! February's meetup is 🎳 + 🍕
Bonus point if you got the movie reference lol
#yycvegan
tickets at kindfork.ca
a screenshot of adding a custom search engine to firefox with -ai as a parameter to prevent AI summaries.
how to remove AI summaries from google: add "-ai" to your search.
Creatig a custom search engine with "-ai" as a parameter is a good option for this. (see screenshot).
Or use duckduckgo:
noai.duckduckgo.com
tech in 2026:
"microwaving frozen meatloaf & the rise of the 1000x chef"
"a zoom with 50 people is not a meeting. It's a webinar."
- @stefannibrasil.me, 2026.
Wise words. 😆