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To Yarn and Back to Npm Again
Yarn solved the annoying problems we faced using npm, but it came with issues of its own. Here are the problems of Yarn and solutions that we landed on.
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The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 283 posts.
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Automatic Machine Knitting of 3D Meshes
This Carnegie Mellon Textiles Lab web page is now available at https://textiles.cs.cmu.edu/publications/2018-autoknit/ .
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Something about functions in Bash (2017)
Here's something you didn't know about bash functions. Usually when you write a function you do this: function name () { ... } Right? I know you do, because that's how everyone writes functions. Well, here's the thing. In bash { ... } doesn't mean "function's body" or "function's scope" as in JavaScript or C. It's...
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Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes
Program a Linux GUI that runs on Ubuntu, Arch Linux and Fedora. In less than five minutes, your friends will be able to download and install your app.
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Minimodem – General-purpose software audio FSK modem (2016)
Minimodem can play and capture audio modem tones in real-time via the system audio device, or in batched mode via audio files.
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On undoing, fixing, or removing commits in git
This document is an attempt to be a fairly comprehensive guide to recovering from what you did not mean to do when using git. It isn't that git is so complicated that you need a large document to take care of your particular problem, it is more that the set of things that you might have done is so large that different…
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Designing an email-only Slack interface
On the design of Stop Slacking , which lets you interact via email with the poor souls trapped in the endless, no-agenda meeting that is Slack.
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Mill: Better Scala Builds
Mill is a new build tool for Scala: it compiles your Scala code, packages it, runs it, and caches things to avoid doing unnecessary work. Mill aims to be better than Scala's venerable old SBT build tool , learning from it's mistakes and building upon ideas from functional programming to come up with a build tool that…
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Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows
Today we are pleased to announce the general availability of the Microsoft Whiteboard app for Windows 10. Whiteboard gives teams a freeform, intelligent...
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Working on an iPad Pro as my main computer
tl;dr I can do all of my programming and system admin work with an iPad Pro because I work on remote servers over ssh, and I prefer using the Unix/Linux command line.
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Chrome developer tools to master
With the advent of modern frameworks, ES6 and the increasing risk of security everyday, knowing how to use Chrome developer tools can give you a major boost in productivity and help in easy diagnosis of a website’s performance. This article aims to give an overview of different features available in Chrome developer…
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Lossy GIF compressor
This is an encoder (based on gifsicle ) which implements lossy LZW compression. It can reduce animgif file sizes by 30%—50% at a cost of some dithering/noise.
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Download all of your GitHub data
Now you can request an archive of your data from your account settings page.
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More Things I Wish I’d Known About Bash
My previous post took off far more than I expected, so I thought I’d write another piece on less well-known bash features.
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iOS 12: Core Data External Binary Data Storage Becomes Corrupt
On iOS 12, binary data stored in Core Data with the External Storage option gets corrupted/goes missing on every second save of the context.
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Introducing Azure DevOps
Today we are announcing Azure DevOps. Working with our customers and developers around the world, it’s clear DevOps has become increasingly critical to a team’s success.
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Build a Focus System for Better Work/Life Balance as a Web Developer
An unproductive day leads me to feel like I need to keep working. A focus system can help your days as a developer feel productive, freeing up your personal time for things you enjoy.
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When Does Work Actually Get Done?
Work gets done at 11AM on a Monday in October. At all other times of day, we're basically slacking from our most productive.
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Oculus GoBlack – How to Make Your Oculus Go Better
Oculus Go, like all products, is the result of a series of compromises around cost, schedule, quality, and competence. It is clearly the best standalone VR platform on the market, but anyone …
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Redshift – A better flux program for Linux (2014)
F.lux is a wonderful tool for helping eye strain. People who stare at computer screens all day (like myself) can experience quite a bit of eye strain due to the harsh lights screens emit. One solution is to wear yellow tinted gamer goggles. I chose the cheaper route, installing software to adjust the color temperature…
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