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BlogsThought pieces, opinion and long-form essays on the world of tech.3 postsTutorialsStep-by-step technical guides you can follow start to finish.3 postsToolsReviews, comparisons and walkthroughs of the tools developers actually use.3 posts

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ToolsSeptember 15, 2026

ripgrep: why it replaced plain grep for me

A fast search tool that respects your .gitignore. A quick walkthrough of why it beats grep.TutorialsSeptember 15, 2026

Schedule scripts on a timetable with cron

Set up a recurring backup with cron, crontab syntax, and logging. Real, copy-pasteable commands.TutorialsSeptember 15, 2026

Git essentials: branching, staging, and undoing your mistakes

A hands-on walkthrough of commit, branch, reset, and reflog. Including how to survive a hard reset.BlogsSeptember 15, 2026

The quiet comeback of small models and edge AI

Bigger was the story for years. Then 2024 arrived and the industry changed course.ToolsSeptember 15, 2026

Getting started with jq: parsing JSON on the command line

jq turns piles of JSON into formatted, filtered output. Real commands to learn the essential filters.BlogsSeptember 15, 2026

Write the documentation first

Docs feel like the chore at the end. Treating them as the starting point changes the code you write.BlogsSeptember 15, 2026

How the static website came back

The web spent fifteen years putting databases in front of everything. Then it reversed course.ToolsSeptember 15, 2026

SQLite vs PostgreSQL: two very different databases

They both speak SQL, which is about all they share. Here is when to reach for each.TutorialsSeptember 15, 2026

The command line: grep, pipes, and file permissions

Three Unix tools that do the heavy lifting in any terminal: searching, chaining, and controlling access.