TIL is my collection of short, technical daily learnings. 207 and counting.
Writing the DOM with fs
How can I output the entire DOM to a file in a JavaScript test? ...
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Git Porcelain and Plumbing 🚽
Git has two kinds of commands: “porcelain” and “plumbing”. ...
Calculating With Bc
Today I accidentally I found a calculator on my computer, bc. Let’s look at it! ...
Rebuilds on Write With Nodemon
I’ve been hacking on a TypeScript file all day, but I need transpiled JavaScript for any testing. How did I reduce cycle time (and mitigate many chances to forget to build at all)? ...
MCP Stdio and Stdout
In MCP server code using stdio, you can’t use any functions that print to stdout. ...
TSC Watch
Watch and re-transpile any TypeScript file with: tsc file.ts --watch ...
Observable Exceptions That Don't Crash
Throwing a JavaScript Error test to your observability tool? There’s a better way. ...
npmrc "engine-strict"
Suppose your package.json specifies a Node engine of greater than or equal 24. Does this mean all engineers on your team will use Node 24? No, unless you use this one weird trick! ...
Hello World from MCP!
Hello World! Today I’m posting a TIL using MCP (Model Context Protocol). ...
Input Redirection Operator
I’ve been known to cat README.md | pbcopy a file. There’s a better way: the input redirection operator! ...