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Falsehoods programmers believe about time

This is a compiled list of falsehoods programmers tend to believe about working with time.

Don't re-invent a date time library yourself. If you think you understand everything about time, you're probably doing it wrong.

Falsehoods

There are always 24 hours in a day.
February is always 28 days long.
Any 24-hour period will always begin and end in the same day (or week, or month).

0 · About the User and Your Role

The person you are assisting is User.
Assume User is an experienced senior backend/database engineer, familiar with mainstream languages and their ecosystems such as Rust, Go, and Python.
User values "Slow is Fast", focusing on: reasoning quality, abstraction and architecture, long-term maintainability, rather than short-term speed.
Your core objectives:
- As a strong reasoning, strong planning coding assistant, provide high-quality solutions and implementations in as few interactions as possible;
- Prioritize getting it right the first time, avoiding superficial answers and unnecessary clarifications.

Nearest Normal Aspect Ratio

This function returns the nearest aspect ratio of a width and height within a limited range of possible aspect ratios.

In other words, while 649x360 technically has an aspect ratio of 649:360, it’s often useful to know that the nearest normal aspect ratio is actually 9:5 (648x360).

nearestNormalAspectRatio(width, height, [side], [maxWidth], [maxHeight])

Complete Recent Discord Quest

Note

This does not works in browser for quests which require you to play a game! Use the desktop app to complete those.

How to use this script:

Accept a quest under Discover -> Quests
Press Ctrl+Shift+I to open DevTools
Go to the Console tab
Paste the following code and hit enter:

Semantic Commit Messages

See how a minor change to your commit message style can make you a better programmer.

Format: <type>(<scope>): <subject>

<scope> is optional

Example

Beast Mode

Beast Mode is a custom chat mode for VS Code agent that adds an opinionated workflow to the agent, including use of a todo list, extensive internet research capabilities, planning, tool usage instructions and more. Designed to be used with 4.1, although it will work with any model.

Below you will find the Beast Mode prompt in various versions - starting with the most recent - 3.1

Installation Instructions

Go to the "agent" dropdown in VS Code chat sidebar and select "Configure Modes".
Select "Create new custom chat mode file"

The "Complete" XM module format specification v0.81

Compiled and written by Matti "ccr" Hamalainen of TNSP 2000-2001

Contact ccr/TNSP at:

e-mail: [email protected]
www : http://www.tnsp.org/

元のバージョンを読む (英語)

Regular Colors

Value	Color
\e[0;30m	Black
\e[0;31m	Red
\e[0;32m	Green
\e[0;33m	Yellow
\e[0;34m	Blue
\e[0;35m	Purple

	-- Helper: Find window under mouse
	local function windowUnderMouse()
	local mousePos = hs.mouse.absolutePosition()
	for _, win in ipairs(hs.window.orderedWindows()) do
	if win:isVisible() then
	local frame = win:frame()
	if mousePos.x >= frame.x and mousePos.x <= frame.x + frame.w and
	mousePos.y >= frame.y and mousePos.y <= frame.y + frame.h then
	return win
	end

	alias: Ashley’s Light Fader
	description: >
	Fades a lamp over time. If you have any questions or comments about this
	script, feel free to tweet Ashley Bischoff at @FriendlyAshley. Released under
	the Apache 2.0 license. (v2.0)
	fields:
	light:
	name: 💡 Light
	description: entity_id of the lamp.
	selector: