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Stuff I learned

SIL

This is a collection of stuff I learned, primarily to keep for reference and easy look-up. I put them here in the hope that they may be useful for others as well.

39 entries so far, divided into the following categories:

• CSS
• Git
• GitHub
• HTML
• JavaScript
• Linux
• Mac OS X
• Nuxt
• Software development
• Super User
• Yarn
• Health

CSS

• Add content with ::before and ::after

Git

• Change author info retroactively
• Clone branch
• Delete unpushed commit
• Ignore file mode changes
• Init repository
• Merge
• Rename remote branch
• Sync a fork
• Verify signed commits

GitHub

• Using the API

HTML

• Attribute srcset

JavaScript

• Determine equality of two objects
• Device pixel ratio
• wtf.js: Assignment

Linux

• Apache
• Copy files: One to many
• Cronjobs
• Determine the IP address of a domain
• Download a file from the command line
• Download a file via SSH
• FTP
• Get info about executables
• Invisible cursor
• Move hidden files
• Search with grep
• Trash folder
• Working with directories
• Working with GPG keys
• Working with text

Mac OS X

• Type or edit path in finder

Nuxt

• Client-only script

Software development

• Semantic versioning

Super User

• Ad hoc peer-to-peer file transfer

Yarn

• Publishing packages to npm
• Run locally installed packages
• Why is this package installed?

Health

• Disposal of medicine
• Processed food

About the idea

I took this idea from Josh Branchaud (who himself had taken it from others) and first heard about it on Hacker News. I didn't want to constrain myself to write once daily, so I get to add things irregularly here.

License

© 2016-2021 Andrej Stieben

This repository is licensed under the CC-BY-NC 4.0 license.