Nik Kantar

Hi, I’m Nik. 👋 I live in Los Angeles, California ☀️ with my wife ❤️ and our cats and dogs 🐾.

I’m a software engineer working primarily with Python 🐍, and am the PyBeach (npub1yxf…f8pc) chair 🪑 and a SoCal Python (npub13un…ppsz) organizer 🎤.

I do CrossFit 💪 and olympic weightlifting 🏋️‍♂️, ride bicycles 🚴‍♂️, pretend to read 📖, pretend to write 🖋️, listen to too many podcasts 🎙️, and still wear a mask 😷 because COVID isn’t over 🦠.

I often put bonus content in media alt text 🖼️.

Website/blog: https://nkantar.com
Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/nkantar
GitHub: https://github.com/nkantar

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NIP-05 Address

nik_at_nkantar.social@momostr.pink

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Last Notes

2024-09-15 19:29:00

That the default place for selling random crap is Facebook Marketplace—the most walled of gardens—really sucks.

2024-09-09 17:49:59

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OK, Craig Federighi looks like at least somewhat human.

2024-09-09 17:48:33

Watching the Apple thing and cannot unsee how uncomfortable and stiff literally everyone looks.
Someone please take a step, or even just a breath!
Blink twice if you’re being held against your will, presenters!

2024-08-30 16:03:27

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I was today years old when, after checking .org a time or two in the past for whatever reason, I finally realized it’s fedidevs.com. :facepalm:

2024-08-29 03:51:08

Capitalism has broken me: I took the day off because I wasn’t feeling well, and now I feel bad for not being productive.

2024-08-27 03:59:18

A font, but it’s just your platform default with letters all jumbled up.

2024-08-09 03:59:33

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I guess I’ll have to learn not to touch the file name directly? 😁
https://cdn.masto.host/nkantarsocial/media_attachments/files/112/930/060/168/924/160/original/9d1aed55e4597aff.mp4

2024-08-09 03:53:50

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I might need a plugin to auto-slugify the file name based on the heading, since it’s always driven me nuts that I can’t use forward slashes, backslashes, or colons. I hope that’s a thing.

2024-08-09 03:48:06

Once again I am trying Obsidian, this time as a draft blog post editor.

2024-08-08 16:40:31

I really like the concept of prefixes, leader keys, etc., and wish more software used them. Global shortcuts are such a limited namespace, full of collisions!
And as a bonus, command palettes are fantastic, too. Spotlight and Sublime Text introduced them to me, and now they’re generally my main way of interacting with any application that supports them.
Keyboard based muscle memory is such a wonderful thing.

2024-08-06 14:25:56

It’s oral surgery day, and the worst part is that I’m not even allowed to have coffee beforehand. 😒

2024-08-05 00:14:28

Possibly my favorite olympic moment so far: Noah Lyles winning gold after correctly stating that NBA champions aren’t world champions since the NBA is a North American only league. The fans went berserk at him and hate watched him become an actual world champion. Just fantastic. 10/10 no notes :omega_lul:

2024-08-04 17:55:50

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It’s the only one that didn’t work out of ten. I recall this issue before, but since I don’t currently use it, I never followed up. Turns out time alone didn’t resolve this, so I did as I was told and sent an email. 🤞
Funniest part: my domains are registered through Porkbun and I just wanted to migrate DNS from DNSimple to it. I guess they seem to use Cloudflare underneath? 🤷‍♂️

2024-08-04 17:48:18

Trying to change nameservers for one of my domains… 😳
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2024-07-07 17:23:27

OK, putting the iPad in a reusable bag to keep it clean while cooking is such a money move.
https://cdn.masto.host/nkantarsocial/media_attachments/files/112/746/365/094/001/123/original/f23e0d306b862f0e.jpeg

2024-06-23 16:30:55

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I’ve used it to pressure cook meats, steam veggies, and make rice for the most part, but I’ve also used it for bacon and that worked too! It does the job of a stove for me since ours is covered to make extra counter space.

2024-06-23 04:03:22

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I’ve been making just simple Instant Pot recipes because our kitchen is tiny and the IP helps limit scope. It’s not the worst thing I have to do on a regular basis, but I still wish I could magically have good food available without the cost of constantly eating out. 😁

2024-06-23 03:33:53

I wish I enjoyed cooking more. 😅

2024-06-06 15:55:32

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From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, it’s never dull here. 😂
Though sometimes it’s tough to watch the game being played lazily, which is all the more magnified under the bright lights. 🥲

2024-06-01 02:48:11

I’ve started getting into cooking, and WHAT IN THE UNHOLY FUCK IS WRONG WITH ALL THE RECIPE WEBSITES?!

2024-05-31 02:28:45

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That all makes sense. I’ve got Alfred_5.5_2257.dmg in ~/Downloads already, will give it a whirl. If I end up liking it, I’ll likely get the Powerpack Mega Supporter license to support sensible software built by small teams.

2024-05-31 02:17:55

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Curious to see where this goes for you. I’m leaning toward giving Alfred a go, having used and enjoyed v2 back in its day.
The heavy AI focus of Raycast is an enormous turnoff for me, and Quicksilver and Launchbar seem less feature-complete by comparison.