A route connecting #KualaLumpur and Bangkok will make it possible to link it to other regional #HSR lines to form larger networks that will reach Laos and China.
No one'd care abt my development projects that only I have knowledge/context of lol but I'm documenting this anyway.
I have a project I regrettably named Rizz which tracks an #RSS feed and posts update on #Mastodon.
I have another project named WaktuSolat that tracks "local" #Islamic prayer times and posts them daily on Mastodon.
Both of them are separate projects, with 2 different code bases, but largely share the same code. Updating them can be tedious, fortunately, they're simple projects hence, very stable so updating them need not be frequent. But as the projects grew, I have more ideas of feature enhancements so I thought to create a "framework" (I'm SUPER bad with programming terminology so idk if this is even appropriate) of sort that I could build these 2 projects on so that updates to said framework would benefit both of these projects automatically.
So I created a new project, again, cringingly named Mango (Mastodon-#Django). I then merged both of Rizz's and WaktuSolat's code bases into it and reworked it almost in its entirety in order to somewhat set a "standard" the 2 projects (and future ones) could/should conform to for everything to work. Caused me more gray hair than I thought it would and finally, its 0.1.0release is done and ready.
So now both Rizz (example: @lowyat) and WaktuSolat (example: @waktusolat) have been upgraded and ported to use Mango version 0.1.0. On the surface, things should largely be the same but with some added features:
Both projects now support posting to multiple Mastodon accounts. Useful if I'd want to mirror an account for whatever reason such as if 1 instance gets blocked (i.e. mastodon.social), I could mirror future posting to another backup account (i.e. botsin.space).
Both projects now support tracking multiple feeds. Useful for cases such as, for Rizz, if I want it to post news from a particular news site from both its English and Malay feeds - or if I want to create a "general" Tech account that posts news from multiple sites specific to tech.
Both projects now support updating its Mastodon accounts' profiles such as its name, bio, links, etc. This is especially helpful for my future plans of letting my friends on the #Fediverse to provide their own Masto accounts for me to deploy Rizz/WaktuSolat for them on my #Kubernetes cluster.
Other boring/reliability stuffs such as better implementation of ensuring to adhere to Masto's 500 char limit, more reliable parsing of feed tags, slightly better algo at mimicking a more organic rate of posting (i.e. post some instead of all existing updates), and so on.
Other things worth noting:
WaktuSolat actually supports updating/posting prayer times of everywhere in #Malaysia, and also in #Indonesia, but my account posts only for #KL for now.
Since #COVID19's hot again, I'm planning to start a new project for it, also based on Mango. That would likely only include Malaysian numbers.
Celebrating #seagrass with new works by #gamelan group #RhythmInBronze in #SeruanSetu - "Secret Gardens of the Sea". Composers, musicians, videographers, directors & production team first spent several days with the #fishers of #TanjungKupang to understand the habitat & its vital role.
"building a community of arts practitioners dedicated to environmental #conservation, and creating new work...
...the Malay #gamelan instrument is synonymous with rhythmic patterns that emulate the sound of ocean waves..." #Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, Music Director of #RhythmInBronze, Dr #JillianOoi. #SeruanSetu, #KL performances 24-27Aug, conference 29Aug.
Das Wort beschreibt die Stadt am treffendsten. Doch damit euch nicht zu heiß wird in Kuala Lumpur, habe ich niedliche Äffchen eingebaut. Und todbringende Mücken.
'Architectural Musicality' (2022) -- a Layover in the International Airport Affords Me an Arresting Visual Moment of Shapes in the Domestic Terminal at Sunset, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia