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Hi Friends, Today, we’re diving into the often under-appreciated Often used to find out who last modified a line of code,
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Every once in a while I send hand picked things I've learned. Kind of like your filter to the tech internet. No spam, I promise!
Focus is a huge problem in modern days. These days, lots of apps and websites try to grab our attention and keep us hooked. Most of us know we should resist these distractions. But instead of making a plan, many people just wing it. I used to do that too. But I’ve had enough. Another Instagram post, YouTube short, or funny meme won’t make me feel good about my day. In fact, they: Make my workday longer. Slow down my progress, bit by bit. So, I put together some tools and rules to help me stay...
Hi friends, On July 15th, 2019, I messed up bad. Real bad. I wanted to finish a project quickly, and show a quick POC to a customer I was working with. To make a long story short, I pushed a container, to a public repo, containing admin credentials to an AWS account. I thought of myself as a senior consultant, who delivers, fast, with no mistakes. Man I managed to break that reputation. The silver-lining however, is that I learned my lesson. So deeply so, that I’ve implemented these same...
Hi friends, Today we’re going to explore a lesser-known but incredibly powerful feature of Git: git rerere. This feature is particularly useful for anyone who frequently manages branches and encounters merge conflicts. * not a real magician What is git rerere? The git rerere feature stands for “reuse recorded resolution.” It helps to automate the resolution of merge conflicts by remembering how you’ve resolved them in the past. When enabled, git rerere kicks in as soon as a conflict occurs...