TIL is my collection of short, technical daily learnings. 254 and counting.
Docker Build No Cache
Sometimes your Docker build is cached, and you need to build without cache. ...
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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. ...
Tail Docker Logs
Here’s how you tail a Docker log. docker logs --follow <container_name> See docker logs --help for more.
MySQL Vertical Result
MySQL’s display is tabular: ...
Docker Compose Watch
One of my projects features a Dockerized API. The dev process was: write a file, rebuild container, and restart container. There’s a better way! ...
Git Apply a Commit in Reverse
Sometimes I’ll be looking at a Git commit online, and want to put my dev environment in a world where the commit is un-applied. This can be achieved by applying it in reverse. ...
Origin of the Term Cherry MX
I’ve been buying keyboards with Cherry MX switches for a decade, browns and a few blues. Today, I learned that MX stands for “Mechanical X-Point”– “X” for the x-shape of the keyboard stem you can see when you remove the keycap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_AG