Alex Chan

safari-webarchiver. Save web pages as Safari webarchive files from the command line

dominant_colours. A CLI tool to find the dominant colours in an image 🎨

contributions-graph. A Python clone of GitHub’s Contributions graph

ao3. A scripted Python interface to some of the data on AO3

notes-export. Export HTML copies of Apple Notes

docstore. Organising my scanned documents and reference files with keyword tagging

alexwlchan.net. Source code and plugins for my website, a static site built with Python

backup-slack. A script for backing up your message history from Slack

asexual. 🖤💜 Asexual Pride in GitHub repository languages

backup-pinboard. Create a local backup of your Pinboard backups

scripts. My collection of helpful scripts, personal tools, and shell config

highlight-twitter-alt-text. Tools to highlight the (in)accessibility of my Twitter timeline

overcast-downloader. Download the audio files for every podcast you've listened to in Overcast 🎧

finduntaggedtumblrposts.com. A site for finding untagged Tumblr posts

concurrently. A snippet for running multiple, concurrent invocations of a Python function

safari.rs. Command-line utilities for interacting with Safari on macOS

imessage-archive. Scripts for parsing the iOS message database and getting a useful archive

blink-photo-reviewer. Reviewing my photos from Photos.app with blink diffs and keyboard shortcuts

backup_tumblr. Scripts for backing up your posts, likes and media files from Tumblr

books.alexwlchan.net. A site to track what I've been reading :books:

get_live_text. Get text from an image using Apple's built-in "Live Text" feature

handling-http-429-with-tenacity. An example of how to use tenacity to retry HTTP 429 errors in Python

specktre. Make wallpapers from regular tilings of the plane with the Python Imaging Library

junkdrawer. A repo for things that don't have a better place to go

hurley. Find links between podcasters, a la Kevin Bacon

github-code-search. A proof-of-concept code search for GitHub that de-duplicates results

create_thumbnail. A simple command-line tool for creating image thumbnails

iam-policy-document-tester. Create short-lived, temporary roles for experimenting with AWS IAM policy documents

s3_summary_spreadsheet_script. A script to get a summary spreadsheet of your S3 buckets: how many objects/bytes are in each bucket?

happybackgrounds. Create simple wallpapers and backgrounds based on Font Awesome icons. For @katef

alfred_shortcuts_github. An Alfred workflow that links to GitHub repos I use regularly

scheduled-screenshots. Regular screenshots of the homepage of my website

tex-dockerfile. The Dockerfile I use to run LaTeX

emptydir. Look for empty (or nearly empty) directories and delete them

til. Today I Learned

maths-courses. Printed notes for a selection of my university maths courses

library-lookup. Finding books that are available in nearby branches of my public lending library

download_youtube_likes. Get a list of all the videos you’ve liked on YouTube

q.go. Print debugging to a dedicated file for Go

javascript-data-files. Work with JSON which is stored as a value in a JavaScript file

clipatron. A script to automate video clipping using ffmpeg ✂️ 📼 ✂️

add-cover-to-ao3-files. Add auto-generated cover images to EPUB files downloaded from AO3 (the Archive of Our Own)

tstatic. Serve static websites as nodes in your tailnet

snippets. My text expansion snippets for faster typing

alfred-web-links. A script for creating shortcuts for web links/searches in Alfred

imageviewer. Turning a folder of images into a grid I can scroll in my browser

alexwlchan. My GitHub profile README, plus issues that affect all my repos

detect-use-of-vendored-requests. Detect use of deprecated `from botocore.vendored import requests` in your AWS Lambda functions

rainbow-valknuts. A web app for generating pride-themed Norse valknuts 🌈

terraform-python-lambda. Create a single, standalone Python Lambda for one-off data processing, when I just want to run some Python inside AWS