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Digital Garden

Engineering, opinions, deep-dives, and everything in between.

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Digital Garden

The Simplest CSS Grids

Learn the most common CSS Grid layouts with copy-pastable examples for two-column layouts, sidebar navigation, and more.

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  • Using Postgres FOR loop to generate data

    I don't know about you but I often need a 100 of something in my database to properly test a page. Here's how to use Postgres FOR loops to generate test data quickly.

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Demystifying Tools

Practical walkthroughs of common command-line tools and utilities.

Demystifying Tools

Demystifying awk

A practical introduction to awk for printing fields, filtering rows, formatting output, and writing useful one-liners.

Demystifying Tools

Demystifying Git Worktrees

Learn how to work with multiple Git branches simultaneously using worktrees - a powerful feature that lets you check out different branches as separate folders while sharing Git data.

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I, AI

A fictional short story series, 3 of 5 parts published. Psychodeveloper Lili and AI manager Sophie investigate machines that fail in very human ways.

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