Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jun 25

Analysing FIT data with Perl: interactive data analysis

#perl

13 min read

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jun 25

Analysing FIT data with Perl: producing PNG plots

#perl

25 min read

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jun 10

Analysing FIT data with Perl: basic beginnings

#perl

21 min read

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 28

German Perl/Raku workshop 2025: a retrospective

#perl #raku

13 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 18

Building Map::Tube::<*> maps, a HOWTO: alternative connections

#perl #git

8 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 11

Building Map::Tube::<*> maps, a HOWTO: routing relative reality

#perl #git

14 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 2

Building Map::Tube::<*> maps, a HOWTO: weaving a web

#perl #git

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10 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 2

Building Map::Tube::<*> maps, a HOWTO: extending the network

#perl #git

12 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 17

Building Map::Tube::<*> maps, a HOWTO: first steps

#perl #git

2

26 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 15

Introducing `DBIx::Class::ResultSet::PrettyPrint`

#perl

7 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 15

Replacing Debian LaTeX packages with vanilla TeX Live

#latex #debian

28 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 15

Merging Git repositories into subdirectories of another

#git

12 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 15

Getting tram stops in Hannover from OpenStreetMap

#python #openstreetmap #gis

32 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Mar 20

Self nerd-sniping with macaroni cheese

#maths #python

18 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Mar 20

Fetching YouTube channel RSS feeds with Python

#python #rss #youtube

5 min read

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Mar 20

Avoid `git push –tags`

#git

5 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Mar 20

Creating dev.to-compatible cover images with ImageMagick

#imagemagick

5 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Mar 20

Quick notes about writing LaTeX on dev.to

#latex

6 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Feb 5

Filling in PDF forms with Python

#python

29 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Feb 1

Finding the last N rows of a database table in SQL

#sql

4 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Feb 1

Putting book part information into page headers in LaTeX

#latex

13 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Feb 1

Announcing `Algorithm::CurveFit` version 1.06

#perl

2 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Feb 1

Calculating the volume of a cup via rotational solids

#highschool #maths

9 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Oct 16 '24

Table subset searching with a list and DBIx::Class

#perl

2

3 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Oct 12 '24

Book review: A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms

#bookreviews

3 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Oct 2 '24

A dinosaur learns poetry

#python

13 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Sep 30 '24

Resizing the disk on a Vagrant virtual machine

#linux #vagrant #virtualbox

20 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Sep 30 '24

Avoiding Ansible `apt_key` on Debian

#ansible #debian #linux

12 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Sep 10 '24

"The Enterprise" amusement park ride

#highschool #physics #maths

10 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Sep 4 '24

Book review: Practical Object-Oriented Design

#bookreviews

5 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Aug 28 '24

Using a Garmin Edge 530 head unit with Linux

#linux

9 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Aug 22 '24

Fixing a fifteen-year-old curve fit bug

#perl

2

25 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Aug 14 '24

Resurrecting tmux sessions after restart

#tmux #linux

5 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jul 20 '24

Car crash calculation counsel

#physics

10 min read

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jul 13 '24

Test that forking code!

#git #bash #python

15 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jul 13 '24

Throwing a javelin and finding where it lands

#highschool #maths #python

23 min read

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jun 25 '24

Adding Shields.io badges to your GitHub profile

#howto #github

18 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jun 19 '24

Basic Python project setup

#python #bash

6 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jun 12 '24

Unnecessary upload evasion with lftp mirrors

#linux #devops

4 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Jun 5 '24

Evaporating a pot of water

#physics #python #school

14 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 29 '24

Correcting iBus/X-Windows compose key conflicts

#linux

9 min read

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 1 '24

Breaking spaces in vim

#vim

2 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 25 '24

Better date mocking in Python tests with FreezeGun

#python #testing

9 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 14 '24

Avoiding stringy eval in Perl

#perl

1

6 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 7 '24

Sailplane glide distance

#physics #science #school

7 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 26 '24

Letting mere mortals run Windows PowerShell scripts

#windows #rakulang

9 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 26 '24

Starting `ssh-agent` in Windows PowerShell

#windows #git #ssh

2 min read

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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

May 22 '24

Building and testing Raku in AppVeyor

#rakulang #windows #ci #testing

20 min read

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 25 '24

Hotel hotspot hijinks

#perl

8 min read

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

Apr 29 '24

Bash-ing our way to a project’s base directory

#bash #linux

5 min read

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