AddyOsmani.com - Stick to boring architecture for as long as possible
https://addyosmani.com/blog/boring-architecture/

How to use multiple databases in SQLAlchemy?
https://notes.yshalsager.com/en/notes/programming/How-to-use-multiple-databases-in-SQLAlchemy/

You Might Not Need jQuery
https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

#TIL

fatsort is a linux cli tool that can be used to sort media and files on sd cards to be used in media players to preserve audio files sorting.

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Said al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said (to him):

Abu Said, whoever cheerfully accepts Allah as his Lord, Islam as his religion and Muhammad as his Apostle is necessarily entitled to enter Paradise.

Sahih Muslim (1884)

#TIL

In #LibreOffice Writer, changing all images anchors or size in a document can be done using PicTool extension.

E-Book Converter Bot became two years old!

Two years ago on this day I completed the development of E-Book Converter Bot (@ebook_converter_bot) first version, which is a Telegram bot for converting different text book formats (from Word document or EPUB to Kindle KFX format for example and vice versa).

It aims to serve users of e-readers, especially those who do not have a computer or have little technical experience and cannot perform the conversion using specialized programs.

Today, the number of bot users has reached more than 14000 users, and the number of books converted through the bot is more than 100000 books.

Over the past two years, I have added many features and updates to the bot and the development is ongoing.

The bot is open source and written in Python. All technical details can be found here: https://github.com/yshalsager/ebook-converter-bot

To use the bot, all you have to do is sending the file you want to convert to the bot and it will ask you to choose the format to convert to and then send the converted file. The bot can also be used in groups by replying to any file with the command

https://t.me/ebook_converter_bot

DevTools Tips
https://devtoolstips.org/

Release notes from calibre-with-kfx:
https://github.com/yshalsager/calibre-with-kfx/releases/tag/20230910-0105

Built using:
base: python:3.11-slim-bookworm
calibre: v6.26.0
kfx_input: 2.5.0
kfx_output: 2.3.0
kindle_previewer: 2023-05-16
wine: 8.0.2~bookworm-1

And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."

https://quran.com/21?startingVerse=97

﴿ أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ عَبَثٗا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَيۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ۝ فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ ۝ ﴾ [المؤمنون: 115 - 116]

[Al-Mu’minūn - 115] "Did you think that We had created you in play (without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us?"

[Al-Mu’minūn - 116] So Exalted be Allah, the True King, La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Lord of the Supreme Throne!

https://quran.com/23?startingVerse=115

﴿ وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةِۭ بَطِرَتۡ مَعِيشَتَهَاۖ فَتِلۡكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡ لَمۡ تُسۡكَن مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗاۖ وَكُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ۝ وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبۡعَثَ فِيٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولٗا يَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهۡلِكِي ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهۡلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ ۝ ﴾ [القصص: 58 - 59]

And how many a city were there which were ungrateful for Allah’s blessings on them, then they exceeded the bounds in sins and disobedience, so I sent a punishment to them and destroyed them through it. So these are their dwellings in ruins, with people passing by them. They were not inhabited after those who lived in them, except for a few travellers. And it is I who will inherit the heavens, the earth and everyone in them.

O Messenger, your Lord did not destroy the cities until he had given opportunity to their inhabitants by sending Messengers to their main cities, just as He sent you to the Mother of Cities. And I was not one to destroy the people of the cities when they were firm on the truth. I only destroy them when they are unjust through disbelief and committing sins.

https://quran.com/28?startingVerse=58

calibre-with-kfx New update:

calibre: v6.27.0
kindle_previewer: 3.73.0 2023-09-21

https://github.com/yshalsager/calibre-with-kfx/releases/tag/20230923-1151