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I am current rebuilding the chess section of my capsule. The new code will be written in Python, and for practice, I'm re-implementing the other CGI scripts on my capsule to use Python instead of Bash.
So far I've rewritten two scripts: my age in miles and the capsule guestbook. The age in miles script was extremely easy to rewrite, but I wanted the guestbook script to follow the same principles the chess site will. To that end, I write each entry in the guestbook to a SQLite database, then regenerate the guestbook gemtext page from the rows in the database.
I will work on rewriting my weather script this weekend, the only other CGI script I currently have besides chess. It will use the same principles, storing ZIP codes and grid data from the National Weather Service in a database. I am also changing the data stored in the backend to make the script run faster.
At the moment, I still aim to have the chess section of my capsule back online by 2022-08-01. Between moving, job training and time out of town, I may not reach that goal. However, the practice I'm getting by rewriting my other CGI scripts should help me get chess up and running faster.
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[Last updated: 2022-07-02]