TIL is my collection of short, technical daily learnings. 192 and counting.
Initialize With npm init
Most JavaScript projects come with a package.json. But what if you want to make a new one? ...
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Gibibyte is Not a Gigabyte
“The server is 200 GiBs.” “Don’t you mean GBs?” “No, I don’t!” ...
MySQL Binlogs
I recently dug into the wonderful world of MySQL binlogs! Here a few learnings. ...
Recognizing ASCII
When you see a list of numbers in a log or stack overflow, it’s often ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)! Here’s how to recognize and read it. ...
Who Owns This Program?
I’ve got a command docker on my machine. I need to upgrade it. So, who owns it? ...
Writing the DOM with fs
How can I output the entire DOM to a file in a JavaScript test? ...
Git Porcelain and Plumbing 🚽
Git has two kinds of commands: “porcelain” and “plumbing”. ...
Calculating With Bc
Today I accidentally I found a calculator on my computer, bc. Let’s look at it! ...
Rebuilds on Write With Nodemon
I’ve been hacking on a TypeScript file all day, but I need transpiled JavaScript for any testing. How did I reduce cycle time (and mitigate many chances to forget to build at all)? ...
MCP Stdio and Stdout
In MCP server code using stdio, you can’t use any functions that print to stdout. ...