update scripts for Hacker News

.github/workflows/ask-hn-freelancer.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule
     # https://crontab.guru/
-    - cron:  '45 15 5 * *'
+    - cron: '45 15 5 * *' # UTC time
   workflow_dispatch:
     # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#workflow_dispatch
     # You can trigger this workflow manually using the GitHub CLI:

.github/workflows/hn-links-to-telegram.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule
     # https://crontab.guru/
-    - cron:  '55 10 * * 1'
+    - cron: '55 10 * * 1' # UTC time
   workflow_dispatch:
     # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#workflow_dispatch
     # You can trigger this workflow manually using the GitHub CLI:

flake.nix

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         # depends on jsdom, which depends on canvas.
         # On Linux, canvas requires the shared object file libuuid.so, and we
         # must explicitly require the package libuuid otherwise the build fails.
-        buildInputs = [pkgs.libuuid];
+        # buildInputs = [pkgs.libuuid];
 
         shellHook = ''
           echo "🌐 personal website dev shell"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         # LD_LIBRARY_PATH the path to that package, so the linker can find
         # libuuid.so. On NixOS the path to libuuid.so is not added to the linker,
         # so we must add it manually.
-        LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [pkgs.libuuid];
+        # LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [pkgs.libuuid];
         # See also:
         # https://discourse.nixos.org/t/node-libuuid-so-1-not-found/34864
         # https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas/issues/1893#issuecomment-1096988007

scripts/hacker-news/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Scripts that I use to search and post stuff on Hacker News.
 
+> :warning: **Steampipe on NixOS**
+>
+> Some scripts use Steampipe and a [Steampipe](https://github.com/turbot/steampipe) plugin to run a query. As explained in [this issue](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/215945), using Steampipe is a bit of a mess. The easiest way is to run it in Docker.
+
 ## Search
 
 ### Search jobs on HN
@@ -36,9 +40,9 @@ Retrieve the item ID of the Hacker News story `Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freel
 
 ```sh
 # posted this month (there might not be one yet)
-node scripts/hacker-news/whoishiring-item-id.cjs
+node scripts/hacker-news/whoishiring-item-id.mjs
 # posted in June 2023
-node scripts/hacker-news/whoishiring-item-id.cjs 'June 2023'
+node scripts/hacker-news/whoishiring-item-id.mjs 'June 2023'
 ```
 
 ## Post

scripts/hacker-news/job-links.mjs

@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ import path from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import defDebug from 'debug'
 import yargs from 'yargs'
-import { defRenderTelegramErrorMessage, EMOJI, sendOutput } from '../utils.mjs'
+import {
+  defRenderTelegramErrorMessage,
+  EMOJI,
+  sendOutput,
+  steampipe
+} from '../utils.mjs'
 
 const debug = defDebug('hn:job-links')
 
@@ -48,7 +53,11 @@ const searchJobsOnHackerNews = async () => {
   debug(`use SQL query found at ${filepath}`)
   const sql = fs.readFileSync(filepath).toString()
   debug(`execute this SQL query with steampipe:\n${sql}`)
-  const buf = execSync(`steampipe query "${sql}" --output json`)
+
+  const buf = execSync(`${steampipe} query "${sql}" --output json`)
+  // const buf = execSync(
+  //   `${steampipe} query "select title from hackernews_job;"`
+  // )
 
   return {
     app_id,
@@ -68,9 +77,10 @@ const renderTelegramMessage = (d) => {
   s = s.concat('<b>Description</b>')
   s = s.concat('\n')
   s = s.concat(d.description)
+  console.log('=== d.links.rows ===', d.links.rows)
 
   s = s.concat('\n\n')
-  const entries = d.links.map(anchor)
+  const entries = d.links.rows.map(anchor)
   s = s.concat('<b>Job links</b>')
   s = s.concat('\n')
   s = s.concat(entries.join('\n\n'))

scripts/utils.mjs

@@ -104,3 +104,16 @@ export const defRenderTelegramErrorMessage = (
     return `${s}\n\n${footer}\n`
   }
 }
+
+// Running the Steampipe binary on NixOS is a bit of a mess, so on NixOS we run
+// it in a Docker container as a workaround.
+// https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/215945
+export const steampipe =
+  process.env.HOME === '/home/jack'
+    ? [
+        `docker run --rm`,
+        `--mount $"type=bind,source=/home/jack/steampipe/config,target=/home/steampipe/.steampipe/config"`,
+        `--name steampipe`,
+        `turbot/steampipe:latest`
+      ].join(' ')
+    : 'steampipe'