<ill_logic>
Hey all. Been a while since I'v been here. I'm looking to do an external network request. Python for now, probably Golang later. I'm writing the app myself so I don't think the proxy is the best way (is it?). So I'm wondering, is this the current best way? https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm-test-python/blob/master/main.py#L377 Seems a bit involived, is all.
<ocdtrekkie>
I think the "best" way is unfortunately the involved way.
<ocdtrekkie>
I didn't know we had sample code for doing it with Python tho!
<ill_logic>
No worries. So long as that example still works I'll figure it out.
<ocdtrekkie>
When I get my Go app I wanna make going Imma bug Ian on all sorts of capability stuff.
<ocdtrekkie>
You're definitely in a happy place in Go world for good support from Ian for network capabilities. ;)
<ill_logic>
That's good. I've warmed up considerably to Go.
<ocdtrekkie>
I'm trying to put my Google disdain in a box and learn to mess with it. I wrote Tube's Sandstorm auth integration in it.
<ill_logic>
So ... I'll keep forgetting this. Is it that this capability has been here for years, but tiny RSS never got around to using it? Or what was it that changed more recently?
<ocdtrekkie>
Yeah, Ian both updated the package and wrote the proxy.
<ocdtrekkie>
Mostly because he wanted to delete the HackSession hole for it I think.
<ocdtrekkie>
I believe support in Sandstorm was done just before the company shut down, but like, before anyone did good docs and sample code.
<isd>
Yeah, the powerbox was like the last feature that landed.
<isd>
Jacob Weisz: if it helps, you can pretend the language designers are still at bell labs; it's where predecessors (limbo, newsqueak..) were developed anyway.
<isd>
I feel like we talk too much about the companies where $thing was built and not enough about the people who built it.
<ocdtrekkie>
I almost had myself there before the goproxy thing with Drew.
<ocdtrekkie>
Which was very very Googley.
<isd>
Yeah, I've had `export GOPROXY=direct` in my `.bashrc` since before that was even released...
<ocdtrekkie>
re: people who built things rather than companies I saw a lot of Sandstorm.io names today! Jade also posted a blog post and I saw a Nena commit!