TIL is my collection of daily learnings. Each entry is brief, technical, and lightly edited.
Unpacking MessagePack
SALT messages are encoded with a library called msgpack, the Python implementation of MessagePack. How can we read them? ...
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Directories Ending in .d
Today I learned about why directories in a project might have names ending in ‘dot d’, such as minion.d/. ...
Python String Interpolation
Python string interpolation is available via few of interfaces, as Chris at Hashrocket taught me. ...
Light Bulb Series Encoding
I needed to replace an “A19” light bulb. What does “A19” mean? ...
Vim Jump to Previous Occurrence
In Vim Normal mode, * searches forward for the next occurrence of word. But what goes back? ...
Print Python Function Definition With Getsource
If I’ve defined a function in the Python REPL, I can read its definition with inspect.getsource. ...
Python REPL Help
In the Python REPL, the help function provides a help message about its argument. ...
Jira Standup Mode
Jira recently launched ‘Standup Mode’ feature, and love it! ...
Kill MacOS Processes by Name
I have a cron job that opens a program every day at a certain time. How can I also close it with a cron job? ...
pbcopy, no cat
My friend Josh recently wrote about a common mistake using pbcopy, Apple’s pasteboard utility. ...