Rafał Borowiec

Engineering Manager & AI tinkerer, still hands-on with code. Open Source lover, lecturer, and occasional blogger.

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

So easy:

- Install Ollama: `brew install ollama`
- Start as service: `brew services start ollama`
- Get Llama3: `ollama pull llama3`
- Install Msty app: `brew install --cask msty`
- Open the app: `msty`
- 🎉

(Run local and online LLMs i.e. OpenAI)

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

asdf global java openjdk-21

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

asdf install java openjdk-21

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

Most productive hour of the day? The hour before anyone else starts.

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

I recently did some research on using @playwrightweb with #java, specifically with #junit5 and #gradle. I wanted to share my findings so I compiled them into a blog post. ⤵️

https://t.co/7N3fqKGU8g

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

@tnurkiewicz @GitHubCopilot @intellijidea Are you using it at work or for hobby projects?🤔

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

💡Create an IntelliJ launcher script so you can start IntelliJ from CLI: `⌘+⇧+A` and then search for `Launcher`, choose name of the launcher script, restart the terminal and now you can start your IDE from a directory with `ij .` (or the name you have chosen). Pretty handy.

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

“Many try to follow ninja paths. Few succeed.”

🥷🏿https://t.co/JzfSjTGqqW

#javascript #programming #bestpractices

[GitHub @github]

🤫 New shortcut: Press . on any GitHub repo.

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

🧹 Nothing new, but closing an account is much much harder than signing up for the new one. Due to spring's cleanup I closed as much as 33 different accounts that I do not need anymore. 💪

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

I really enjoyed this article: "Things I Wished More Developers Knew About Databases" ⤵️
https://t.co/qghf88g6Xa

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

"When downloading and using a package from any of these sources, you are essentially trusting its publisher to run code on your machine. So can this blind trust be exploited by malicious actors?"👇https://t.co/lapt1O2os7

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

The Mitochondria in Startups by @sarahtavel https://t.co/zWpJfMW872 (via @sebanpl)

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20+ years old but it still blows me away #leftfield 👉 https://t.co/Zmlzv3J7fe

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

The 12 Agile Principles: What Are They and Do They Still Matter? https://t.co/kwe3gadAfP

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@javinpaul https://t.co/cfkR50QEnz

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

Quite interesting documentary on how the music industry has changed since the invention of MP3 👉 https://t.co/oHAf9RzMNK

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

Some crazy JavaScript examples with explanation how they work: "Just because it's fun to learn something that we didn't know before" 👉 https://t.co/a7LqrI76IU

[Rafał Borowiec @kolorobot]

MongoDB, like any database, is a big and complex thing. Although it's very easy to get started, if you don't go and read the manual at some point, you're going to struggle."

"Everything You Know About MongoDB is Wrong!" 👉 https://t.co/2uLBDbX53H

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@haveibeenpwned It's been a year since I set up my email in a privacy-oriented way that enables me to track breaches to particular entities. My Cit0day data came from @Cyfrowe_pl online shop. I described my setup here: https://t.co/XBYa96yK3n CC @troyhunt @niebezpiecznik @Sekurak @Zaufana3Strona