There are a number of ways to check if a file or directory exists in Node, but one of the simplest is the synchronous method on the module…

The command for Git is still experimental, but is a more intuitive solution to some of the problems I’ve come across regularly. Similarly…

Update: I wrote a follow up to this post that takes a slightly different approach by using source maps for better debugging and focuses on…

What Is Pruning? Pruning is part of the Git’s garbage collection. It’s a way to prune references to unreachable or “orphaned” Git objects…

A few months ago I wrote about wanting to get more familiar with when I was learning to write better commits. I didn’t follow up on my…