Multi-Instance Subtemplates in Lua
· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
Multi-instance subtemplates are common in MediaWiki; when we're using Lua, they can be much more powerful than in wikitext.
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· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
How I created a global site banner on Leaguepedia using the extension Header Footer and some JavaScript, but no api calls
Run Pywikibot in Windows Subsystem for Linux
· ☕ 12 min read · ✍️ River
How to configure PWB for third-party wikis, specifically in Windows Subsystem for Linux
Your URL bar is a CLI
· ☕ 9 min read · ✍️ River
When working with wikis, you can use your URL bar as a CLI-like interface for navigation, making your life a lot easier and more efficient!
CompoundRole
· ☕ 18 min read · ✍️ River
A bunch of things I did wrong because learning is fun!
How to rename Cargo tables safely
· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
Cargo actually provides a way to cleanly rename tables without any "downtime," but it's not obvious or documented how to do this.
Bot passwords & you (& your bot (& you))
· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
What's a bot password? What's the difference between bot accounts and bot passwords? Why do I need all this anyway?
Don't use _pageName
· ☕ 10 min read · ✍️ River
Sometimes it can seem convenient to use the built-in _pageName field that Cargo provides; however, _pageName is a metadata field, and you should take care to use it only as such.
Die, DisplayPort!
· ☕ 3 min read · ✍️ River
DisplayPort sucks in a multi-monitor setup and I'm celebrating not using it anymore.
Serving Flask from a non-root location with Nginx
· ☕ 5 min read · ✍️ River
I couldn't find much documentation on how to serve Flask with uWSGI and Nginx from a non-root location, so, here's some.
Vscode 2
· ☕ 2 min read · ✍️ River
In which I report a bug and discover I have to write an extension, sigh
A new-tab-in-container Firefox hotkey
· ☕ 3 min read · ✍️ River
A new AutoHotKey mini-adventure, in which I want a hotkey to create a new tab in a specific container, but here there be dragons!
Use cases for Highlight Links in Category
· ☕ 7 min read · ✍️ River
Highlight Links In Category has a number of incredibly nice use cases; here I give some examples.