2025-04-10 Thu

• Bulk Document LLM Conversion

  • Similar to PDF/Tool/CLI/PDF To Markdown Tools, I wanted a tool that could work with pptx, docx, as well as PDF - AI/LLM/Technique/Convert PDF PPTX DOCX dir to Markdown

• Knowledge Gardener

  • Person/Emily F. Gorcenski

    • Person/Emily F. Gorcenski/Blog/25/04/05 Owning my own data 1 - self-hosting calendar

• Python/Async/AsyncIO with FastAPI

  • #Filed
    • FastAPI/Concept/Starlette BackgroundTasks with FastAPI and AsyncIO - Deep Research
    • FastAPI/background_tasks
      • FastAPI/Docs/Tutorial/Background Tasks
        • starlette/background/BackgroundTask
    • StackOverflow/22/03/FastAPI runs API calls in serial instead of parallel fashion
      • • My Notes**
          • The original poster's example comes from the Py/asyncio docs, which is also explained in YouTube/Code Collider/24/03/How FastAPI Handles Requests Behind the Scenes.
          • The top answer comes from StackOverflow/User/Chris and is voted up 270+ times, it's basically an Essay on how FastAPI is implemented with Py/asyncio. As people said in the comments, "Better answer than entire emojis-ridden FastApi documentation" See my formatting below.
          • I came here looking for an answer to what the limitations were for using FastAPI/BackgroundTasks vs when I should be managing my own Py/asyncio event loops, in particular, after reading FastAPI/Docs/Tutorial/Background Tasks here:
            • • From starlette/background/BackgroundTask Starlette Docs:
                • Tasks run in order

                  • The tasks are executed in order. In case one of the tasks raises an exception, the following tasks will not get the opportunity to be executed.
                    

                • Tasks run after response is sent
                • Multiple tasks supported via add_task
    • StackOverflow/23/01/FastAPI Starlette How to handle exceptions inside background tasks

• Learning

  • Google/Learn About learning.google.com

• Agents

  • Google
    • Google/adk google Agent Development Kit just came

• Books

  • Book/Talk
    • HBR/IdeaCast/25/03/25 The Keys to Great Conversation - ep1019

• Project - Conway's Game of Life in GitHub Bio

  • mise/How To/Use 1Password runner only in dev

• #Discovered

  • VSCode/Extension/mise-vscode for integrating with mise
    • • High level info about mise-vscode

        • This VSCode extension provides an easy way to manage mise tasks, tools, and environment variables directly from your editor.
          

        • It can automatically configure other extensions to use tools provided by mise in your current project.
          

        • [!NOTE] The extension includes default settings that you might want to change. See the configuration guide to customize your setup.
          

  • VSCode/Extension/OpenVSX

    • About OpenVSX

      • Open VSX is an open-source registry for VS Code extensions. It can be used by any development environment that supports such extensions. See this article for more information.
        

      • This service is operated by the Eclipse Foundation under the responsibility of the Open VSX Working Group. The Open VSX Working Group ensures the continued sustainability, integrity, evolution and adoption of the Open VSX Registry. It provides governance, guidance, and funding for the communities that support its implementation, deployment and maintenance.