Tips

Using llm and files-to-prompt to run a TDD loop.

A reference of how I have things configured.

Two recommendations for using Copilot effectively.

A few how-to guides on auditing 1Password team accounts.

Record your explanations somewhere permanent.

A reference post of Vim’s lists and tips on using them effectively.

A useful cnoremap for Python development.

Using dynamic blocks to implement a maintenance mode.

HCL allows comments, which is useful.

A super-useful Vim mapping for grabbing Github URLs.

Topics: code smells, pop-culture, blogging and work habits.

Topics: development, tools and effective teams.

The nouns of your Vim thought stream.

A series of short stories.

The simplest way to run both in a project.

A common, frustrating problem.

Write-up of a painful morning.

The overarching principle for writing maintainable code.

Using the API to pull simple reports.

Working notes based on reviewing several thousand pull requests.

Some quick ways to hide the clutter.

A note-to-self on avoiding DST issues when joining between tables.

Two tips for better debugging of Bash scripts.

Two gotchas that I wasted time on.

An easy way to remember the order arguments get injected.

A useful metaphor for the maintainability of a codebase.

Using the Github API to quickly jump to a PR detail page.

Another note-to-self on how to use JQ.

This is really just a reference on how to combine JQ’s select filters.

A simple heuristic for preferring the imperative mood

Quick tip on tweaking the output of psql

Slightly useful tip for SSHing onto EC2 instances

Quick tip on avoiding accidental data loss

A simple Travis test to avoid frustration

Using postmkvirtualenv to prime postactivate

A simple how-to for feeding Django metrics into Zabbix

Git aliases for grabbing Github links

Using CI to avoid pain for new team members

Lightning-fast :grep searching in Vim

Git tips for writing release notes

Another note-to-self

Commit message pedantry taken to a new level

Harder than it should be

Using a setting to control where file logs go

Radio buttons can be tamed

Shiny badges using crate.io

Cleaning up after yourself

A decorator for the testing puritan

Because I have to look this up every time

A better workflow using Hub

Using ‘USING’ to cast correctly

The recommended way of debugging SQL problems

Notes from an internal git workshop

Allowing external parties to sFTP securely

Superior functional tests for Django

Using models for audit and clarity

Using macros to automate the boring stuff

No more embarrassing emails from example.com

Encoded slashes have a hard time getting through to Django

Using ’extra_tags’ to flag up HTML-safe messages

A rare sighting of the ‘reload’ function in the wild

Using dynamic imports to leverage Django’s localflavor

Using Python to fetch and convert YouTube videos for syncing to iPhone

Yet another git tips article

Spoofing a HTTPS request using the Django test client

South provides a better way

Using Fabric with git-flow

MySQL’s DNS lookups can cause serious problems

Keeping your tabs organised

This doesn’t stick in my head

Always get the latest version

Undocumented option required to avoid STDERR

Use the source

Providing simple coloured feedback

Using the fu to enhance mysqldump

Trickier than you might think

Using the fu with with phing to prevent further embarassments

Returning false to indicate an error is wrong

Structuring a javascript file for repeating use and customisation

A phing pattern for deploying cron scripts

A lazy way of generating an FAQ

Simple introspection methods

Using Phing to command a Nabaztag

Using a filterchain to set a cache-busting query parameter

Big productivity boost from using readline

Sending messages

Simple PHP extension to Phing for Tweeting

Using Phing’s FtpDeployTask to good effect

A simple bash script for pushing MySQL stats in Ganglia

Using the commandline to build a string of CHECK commands

Simple class-based wrapper to using cookies

Using mod_rewrite to redirect based on the date

Using PHP’s DomDocument to create large XML files

watching mysqladmin ftw

Simple trick to watch progressive updates to a file