Watch Me Struggle With Mermaid JS
I'm live-streaming my daily journal before my 9:30 AM call. I'm using NeoVim, OpenAI auto-suggest, and Mermaid JS to work on a data project with a deadline. I'm also using CoPilot AI Pair Programming and Github CoPilot to help me out. I'm avoiding full web stack technologies and changing the background to white. Come join me on my journey as I explore noosphere and create quick diagrams with Mermaid!
Exploring Noosphere with Mermaid JS: Live-Streaming My Data Project Journey Before 9:30 AM Call
By Michael Levin
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
An error at the beginning of my WSL boot sequence:
wsl: Expected '=' in C:\Users\mikle\.wslconfig:4
Hello World! I figured I’d get at least a few minutes of live-streaming of my daily journal before my 9:30 AM call. It’s just a short call on exactly the same topics as where I left off. I didn’t do much yesterday after the live-stream because… I was tired. But today I get clarity on the project and dive into it head-first. I’ve got a deadline (somewhat self-imposed, but will help my employer if I make it).
- It’s a data project
- I will enumerate the data sources
- MOZ Links API
- MOZ Pro product ($99/mo product)
- MOZ Bar (browser extension)
- The MOZ Stat SERP tracking product (high-end / enterprise)
- 3rd Party SEO products, like MOZ competitors
- Anything in Snowflake (much to discuss)
- I will discuss the “tables” that will joined (it’s often about joining tables)
- Conduct test & test assumptions (validation is if the assumptions are true).
- Nail down milestones (measured in days)
- Work with the end result in mind and go backwards.
Commitment & consistency!
Mike Levin: wsl: Expected ‘=’ in C:\Users\mikle.wslconfig:4
Bing: This error message is usually caused by a syntax error in your
.wslconfig file. The error message indicates that there is an expected =
sign missing in line 4 of your .wslconfig file located at
C:\Users\mikle\.wslconfig¹. You can open the file with a text editor and
check if there is any syntax error in line 4.
If you are still having issues after checking your .wslconfig file, you can
try running the command wsl --shutdown to stop all running WSL instances and
then start them again³. If that doesn’t work, you can try uninstalling and
reinstalling WSL³.
I hope this helps!
Source: Conversation with Bing, 4/4/2023
(1) Advanced settings configuration in WSL | Microsoft Learn. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config Accessed 4/4/2023.
(2) Troubleshooting Windows Subsystem for Linux | Microsoft Learn. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/troubleshooting Accessed 4/4/2023.
(3) Is this the correct way to Import a WSL export, overwriting "default .... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63252225/is-this-the-correct-way-to-import-a-wsl-export-overwriting-default-installati Accessed 4/4/2023.
(4) windows - Win 10 WSL won't set default 2 - Stack Overflow. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65004930/win-10-wsl-wont-set-default-2 Accessed 4/4/2023.
(5) WSL: Using A WSL symlink folder from Windows - Stack Overflow. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57580420/wsl-using-a-wsl-symlink-folder-from-windows Accessed 4/4/2023.
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I feel like Mr. Rodgers when I pop into here for a vim journaling session. There’s you, me and ChatGPT. It’s not really ChatGPT but it’s an integration from Github / Microsoft/ OpenAI. So it will suggest something to say.
The world is going to be confused a bit like Mr. Rogers children as we adapt to the new AI realities.
This is my journal. It is being typed in software called NeoVim. It is the same thing as vim in almost all regards, except that it has better ways it integrate with outside software and systems, like this OpenAI auto-suggest you’re seeing try to type stuff on my behalf.
I decided to start a blog because it’s no harder than the daily notes I do to think out loud. It’s kind of like a side-benefit. A by-product of my daily journaling.
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Hi Tushar. This is just my daily work journaling, but now with CoPilot.
I’m working out Mermaid JS for quick diagrams.
The word is noosphere (from the Greek νοος, nous, “mind” and σφαῖρα, sphaira, “sphere”). It is a term coined by the Russian philosopher and scientist Pavel Florensky in 1917. It is a term used to describe the sphere of human thought, the sphere of human consciousness, and the sphere of human communication.
But the “noo” in noosphere is also the same root as “new” in “newness”.
Plenty of people are CoPilot AI Pair Programming. I may be the only one out here pair journaling.
The auto-suggestions are Github CoPilot, which is a plugin OpenAI integration with “vim” (it has to be the NeoVim version of vim, not the original) because NeoVim supports special plugins that allow the grey type-ahead text to appear.
I’m somewhat adverse to “particular” technologies, especially “full web stack” because I get mad at things going obsolete just when you master them.
Mermaid isn’t so bad because markdown isn’t so bad. Timeless, in a way.
I did a bunch of experimenting and instead of changing colors on in Mermaid diagrams, I just change the background to white and lean into the defaults.