#382: A Simple Game

Published Tue, May 7, 2024, recorded Tue, May 7, 2024

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Brian #1: act: Run your GitHub Actions locally!

Why?
- “Fast Feedback - Rather than having to commit/push every time you want to test out the changes you are making to your .github/workflows/ files (or for any changes to embedded GitHub actions), you can use act to run the actions locally. The environment variables and filesystem are all configured to match what GitHub provides.”
- “Local Task Runner - I love make. However, I also hate repeating myself. With act, you can use the GitHub Actions defined in your .github/workflows/ to replace your Makefile!”
Docs: nektosact.com
Uses Docker to run containers for each action.

Michael #2: portr

Open source ngrok alternative designed for teams
Expose local http, tcp or websocket connections to the public internet
Warning: Portr is currently in beta. Expect bugs and anticipate breaking changes.
Server setup (docker basically).

Brian #3: Annotating args and kwargs in Python

Redowan Delowar
I don’t think I’ve ever tried, but this is a fun rabbit hole.
Leveraging bits of PEP-5891, PEP-6462, PEP-6553, and PEP-6924.

Punchline:

from typing import TypedDict, Unpack  *# Python 3.12+*
*# from typing_extensions import TypedDict, Unpack # < Python 3.12*
class Kw(TypedDict):
  key1: int
  key2: bool
def foo(*args: Unpack[tuple[int, str]], **kwargs: Unpack[Kw]) -> None:
  ...