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Working with git? These aliases will save you hours
I was just watching a friend of mine work with git, and he'd always type all the git commands in full, like git status and git push. I realized that he must not be the only one to do so, so I decided to write this quick blog post and encourage everyone to create Huffman coded aliases for the most commonly used...
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What’s New In Emacs 24
Part one of my annotated NEWS file for Emacs 24
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Announcing my first e-book "Awk One-Liners Explained"
Buy it now for just $19.99 Hello everyone! I have awesome news – I just wrote my first e-book ever. It's called Awk One-Liners Explained and it's based on the Awk One-Liners Explained article series that I wrote here on my blog a few years ago and that has been read over 2,000,000 times. I went through all the...
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A Note About Git Commit Messages
I want to take a moment to elaborate on what makes a well formed commit message. I think the best practices for commit message formatting is one of the little details that makes Git great. Understandably, some of the first commits to rails.git have messages of the really-long-line variety, and I want to expand on why…
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How To: WordPress to Jekyll
I decided to migrate my blog from WordPress to Jekyll. I designed a new layout, imported my database and created some custom features to get it all to my liking.
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The 10 commandments of good source control management
Ah source control, if there’s a more essential tool which indiscriminately spans programming languages without favour, I’m yet to see it. It’s an essential component of how so many of us work; the lifeblood of many development teams, if you like. So why do we often get
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A git Primer
Definitions git‘s Index Branches Remote Repositories Merges Managing a Website Using git Tags Essential Commands git is a wicked-powerful distributed revi
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Arduino Controlled Dishwasher
Explore the rise of retrofication in the automotive industry, blending classic design with modern technology for sustainable solutions and reducing environmental impact.
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Sleep hacks: How to Become an Early Riser
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. – Aristotle