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Rethinking My Terminal Workflow
I started playing around with Zellij recently. It’s a tmux-like tool that runs inside the terminal and helps manage multiple panes and tabs in one place. I’m …
Workflows
Technical tutorials, how-tos, and tinkering projects.
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Building Postbox
I’m building a small publishing system called Postbox. It’s personal infrastructure for my blog. The Setup
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Testing post via email after transferring domain to porkbun
Hover got too expensive. Moving things to Porkbun. So far so good. PS: This blog was published via email using Simple Butler Service.
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Creating Reusable Prompts in Claude
I’ve been using Claude a lot to refine code, generate checklists, and just generally help me move faster.
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Fwd: Testing blog
This is some random text. I’m tapping into my email. Hopefully it should show up on my blog soon.
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Emailed Posts Now Get a Footnote on ajot.me
I have a little service set up for ajot.me that lets me publish posts just by sending an email. I email my content to a special address, and the post goes live …
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Updating Hugo Blog via email
This blog post was published to my Hugo blog simply by sending an email. Pretty cool. Huh!
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Setting Up Environment Variables
Setting Up Environment Variables to store API Keys Safely in Python Virtual Environments Introduction Working with APIs often involves handling sensitive keys. …
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Setting up default hugo frontmatter
I’ve been using Hugo for my personal website, ajot.me, since migrating from Ghost, and I’ve really liked it thus far.
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Chain of Thought Prompting: A Powerful AI Technique
Chain of Thought Prompting: A Powerful AI Technique Chain of Thought (CoT) prompting is a technique that dramatically improves an AI’s ability to solve …
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A Weighted Points System for Cricket World Cup 2023
The 2023 Cricket World Cup is in full swing, and like many fans, I wanted to keep track of the points table.
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Exporting Media from Ghost CMS hosted on Digital Ocean
I recently moved my website from Ghost to Hugo. Ghost provides a built-in export function for content in JSON format (found in Labs under Settings), but it …
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Technical Writing Assistant Prompt
Technical Writing Assistant Prompt This is a prompt I use when I need help with technical writing tasks. It’s designed to help improve clarity, identify …
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Automating Weekly Review Date Headers with AppleScript and TextExpander
While reviewing my week in Day One, I like to kick things off with a heading that reads something like "Week of Date 1 to Date 2." Sounds simple, right? But …
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Quickly Cycling Through and Fixing Spelling Errors in VS Code Markdown Files
I wanted to cycle through and fix all spelling errors in a VS Code markdown file. I already had the spell-checking extension installed but couldn't figure out …
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Connecting ChatGPT to Google Drive
I recently built my very first app using ChatGPT's API. Just followed @greggyb's super helpful guide to write my first ChatGPT app that queries a PDF …
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Automating Python Project Setup: A Shell Script to Create New Projects Quickly
As someone who loves experimenting with Python libraries and APIs, starting new projects quickly is important. Setting up these projects can sometimes be …
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Export todos from Things app using AppleScript
I had a bunch of todos in the Things app that I wanted to move to my notes. Manually copying them from the app didn't grab the notes in the todo, which was …
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Changing the Number of Posts Displayed Per Page in Ghost CMS
So, I wanted to customize the number of posts displayed per page on my Ghost CMS website using the Dawn theme. The default setting was showing only 5 posts, and …
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How to Globally Ignore .DS_Store Files in Git Repositories on a Mac
So, I got tired of adding `.DS_Store` to every git repo on my Mac. I was pretty sure there would be a better way to handle this on a global way on my Mac, so I …
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Resolving a 504 Timeout Error on Ghost with Digital Ocean
Woke up to a 504 error this morning. It's hosted on Digital Ocean, so I reached out to support, which wasn't very helpful. They basically said this, and then …
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Creating Custom Workflows in Warp.dev
I've been playing around with warp.dev, which is a new terminal app for Mac (Windows coming soon it looks like) with a focus on improving developer …
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Speeding Up Terminal Load Time: How I Fixed a 90-Second Delay by Cleaning Up .zshrc File
This answer on Reddit helped troubleshoot. I just commented everything, and it made the load lightening fast. Then, on a closer look, I found this mess. No idea …
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My Sublime Text 3 Setup: Aliases, Themes, and Terminal Fixes
Adding an alias to zshrc file Wanted to add an alias to quickly open Sublime Text editor from the command line. Here's how -
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Playing with APIs in Postman: Getting Code Samples and Curl Commands Quickly
Now that I am playing around a bit more frequently with APIs, especially Twitter’s v2 API, and Airtable’s API, I have found myself playing around a lot more …