Multi Trick Pony: New stuff at Substack

I haven’t been posting anything on Substack for a while.

While trying to re-reboot myself I discovered a bunch of new stuff you can do with Substack.

Polls

Yippee! I can create polls.

Custom Buttons

Wow! I can make a custom botton.

Polls about Custom Buttons

I can combine these two features and do this:

Code

You can write code. This is about as lame as you can get.

async def handle_oauth_flow(config):
    # Start localtunnel
    logger.info("Starting localtunnel...")
    lt_process = subprocess.Popen(
        ['lt', '--port', str(DEFAULT_PORT),'--subdomain', str(DEFAULT_DOMAIN)],
        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
        stderr=subprocess.PIPE
    )
    
    # Wait for localtunnel to start and get the URL
    time.sleep(2)
    lt_url = None
    while lt_process.poll() is None:
        output = lt_process.stdout.readline().decode().strip()
        if 'your url is: ' in output:
            lt_url = output.split('your url is: ')[1]
            break
    
    if not lt_url:
        logger.error("Failed to start localtunnel")
        return False
    config.lt_url = lt_url

Poetry

In case I need to write a poem where spacing matters I can do this.

Roses are red
     Violets are blue
           This preserves spacing
                 Whoop dee doo!!

LateX

This should be called LameteX

\( \int \oint \sum \prod \begin{align*} f(x) &= x^2\! +3x\! +2 \\ f(x) &= x^2+3x+2 \\ f(x) &= x^2\, +3x\, +2 \\ f(x) &= x^2\: +3x\: +2 \\ f(x) &= x^2\; +3x\; +2 \\ f(x) &= x^2\ +3x\ +2 \\ f(x) &= x^2\quad +3x\quad +2 \\ f(x) &= x^2\qquad +3x\qquad +2 \end{align*}\)

Financial Chart

For those interested in financial charts, here’s one

Created with TradingView

And finally