TIL is my collection of short, technical daily learnings. 198 and counting.
Ease Into CI Rigor With Globs
When adding CI checks, you can gradually increase rigor while easing your codebase into a better place. ...
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Overwrite vs. Append
I use the append >> and overwrite > redirection operators all the time. Today I’d like to share a simple mental model I’ve developed for remembering which is which. ...
Git Apply Diff
One of my favorite Git tricks is shoveling changes to a Git diff and then applying them later. ...
Docker Service Healthy
Docker gives you a way to control startup, while codifying that one container depends on others. ...
Docker Compose Override
Need to override some Docker configuration locally? Too easy! ...
Installing Vim on a Remote Server
Vim-tiny is a great choice for remote server work. ...
Initialize With npm init
Most JavaScript projects come with a package.json. But what if you want to make a new one? ...
Gibibyte is Not a Gigabyte
“The server is 200 GiBs.” “Don’t you mean GBs?” “No, I don’t!” ...
MySQL Binlogs
I recently dug into the wonderful world of MySQL binlogs! Here a few learnings. ...
Recognizing ASCII
When you see a list of numbers in a log or stack overflow, it’s often ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)! Here’s how to recognize and read it. ...