Demystifying awk
A practical introduction to awk for printing fields, filtering rows, formatting output, and writing useful one-liners.
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2026
Winter 2026
- Winter 2026Demystifying Tools
Demystifying awk
A practical introduction to awk for printing fields, filtering rows, formatting output, and writing useful one-liners.
- Winter 2026Digital Garden
17 Side Projects I Built With Claude Code in Two Months
A look at 17 side projects I built in about two months with Claude Code -- from TUI apps in Rust and Go to browser games and AI agent tooling.
- Winter 2026Demystifying 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.
- Winter 2026Digital Garden
Common React Hooks Antipatterns and Gotchas
Learn about common React Hooks antipatterns and how to avoid them for better code quality.
- Winter 2026Digital Garden
The Simplest CSS Grids
Learn the most common CSS Grid layouts with copy-pastable examples for two-column layouts, sidebar navigation, and more.
2025
Summer 2025
2024
Winter 2024
- Winter 2024Digital Garden
Throwback Thursday -- The Site Through Time
A look at the site through time, from its inception to now.
2020
Autumn 2020
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- Summer 2020Digital Garden
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.
Spring 2020
Winter 2020
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Spring 2018
- Spring 2018Digital Garden
How to "grep" in PowerShell
New to PowerShell? Here's how to "grep" using built-in PowerShell utilities.
- Spring 2018Digital Garden
How I Structure My JavaScript File
Check out my practices and recommendations on writing JavaScript files that I've learned through writing JavaScript for years.
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Demystifying Tools
Practical guides to command-line tools
Practical walkthroughs of common command-line tools and utilities.
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.
Demystifying ffmpeg
The basics of ffmpeg
Demystifying the Find command
The Find command made simple
Demystifying GREP
Cheatsheet: search for a keyword in a file
Demystifying Rsync
Rsync made simple
Demystifying the TAR command
The cheatsheet for tar