TIL is my collection of daily learnings. Each entry is brief, technical, and lightly edited.
Hello World from MCP!
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Input Redirection Operator
I’ve been known to cat README.md | pbcopy a file. There’s a better way: the input redirection operator! ...
Tmux Toggle Sessions
To toggle back and forth between two Tmux sessions, use <leader>-L.
Disable DRF Browsable API
Django Rest Framework includes a UI for interacting with your API. Here’s how to turn it off. ...
Import React and React 17 JSX Transform
I’ve written before about the two competing ways to import React, but after React 17, you don’t need either. ...
Docker Build No Cache
Sometimes your Docker build is cached, and you need to build without cache. ...
Timestamped Branch
Git prevents branches with the same name. But sometimes, I want to re-use a name! Here’s my workaround. ...
Why Keep Binaries Out of Version Control
“Keep binaries out of version control” is a truth I’ve always held, but I recently learned more about why. ...
Set -euo pipefail
My site’s build script has a set command; but what does it do? ...
Django Routing 101
Something I’ve taken a while to get under my fingers is Django’s URL routing conventions. Here’s a brief summary. ...