git submodules: exploring the add api

2021-07-25

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Git Submodules can be really useful, but they’re not always straightforward to use. Today, I want to explore the API a bit. The full API…

yaml: adding line breaks

2021-07-25

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As part of my project to create a personal wiki, I wound up modifying the frontmatter on nearly every one of my 900+ notes. This was because…

jest: expect tothrow

2021-07-24

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When testing code that you expect to fail with Jest, you need to wrap the function. This is called out explicitly in the docs. Note: You…

src refspec xxx does not match any

2021-07-24

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I ran into an interesting problem today when I bootstrapped a new project with TSDX. The actual steps I took to create the problem seem…

julia evans and building impossible programs

2021-07-23

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In her talk, Building Impossible Programs, Julia Evans discusses three myths related to building side projects and proposes strategies for…

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