TIL is my collection of short, technical daily learnings. 193 and counting.
Installing Vim on a Remote Server
Vim-tiny is a great choice for remote server work. ...
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Initialize With npm init
Most JavaScript projects come with a package.json. But what if you want to make a new one? ...
Gibibyte is Not a Gigabyte
“The server is 200 GiBs.” “Don’t you mean GBs?” “No, I don’t!” ...
MySQL Binlogs
I recently dug into the wonderful world of MySQL binlogs! Here a few learnings. ...
Recognizing ASCII
When you see a list of numbers in a log or stack overflow, it’s often ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)! Here’s how to recognize and read it. ...
Who Owns This Program?
I’ve got a command docker on my machine. I need to upgrade it. So, who owns it? ...
Writing the DOM with fs
How can I output the entire DOM to a file in a JavaScript test? ...
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)? ...