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Tips

Shortcuts, workflows, and practical notes.

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Tips

Google Apps forwarding

Google Apps has no traditional email forwarders, but with a few steps you can configure its Groups feature to forward mail to any addresses you like.

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Tips,  Docker,  Blogging

Running Ghost inside docker behind nginx

How I run my Ghost blog inside a docker container behind an nginx reverse proxy, with the full docker-compose and nginx config.

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Tips,  Tools

Listing global npm installed packages

If you are moving your global packages over to yarn, a single npm command lists every globally installed package with its version.

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Tools,  Security,  Tips

Removing sensitive data from github

I accidentally pushed an API key to github, so here is how to scrub sensitive data from git history using the BFG repo cleaner.

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Tips,  Tools

Removing remote and local git tags

One-liner commands to bulk delete unwanted git tags matching a pattern from both the remote repo and your local clone, using awk and xargs.

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Tools,  Tips

Git rerere to the rererescue

Enabling git rerere makes git remember your conflict resolutions, so repeated rebases of a feature branch stop asking you to fix the same conflicts.

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Lifehacks,  Tips

I just discovered the best laptop sticker residue remover

Baking soda mixed with rubbing alcohol removes laptop sticker residue in seconds, after nail polish remover, vinegar and alcohol alone all failed.

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Tips,  Tools

Batch resize pictures on Mac using Preview

A quick step-by-step way to batch resize images on a Mac using nothing but Preview, plus ImageOptim to shrink them for the web.

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Tips

Help the Helpdesk! Send Info.

A small trick that makes app support better — prefill your mailto contact link with device and user info so the helpdesk skips the back-and-forth.

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Tips,  Hobbies

Keeping an old car in great shape when nobody else sweats the details

Old does not mean good enough. What happened when I stopped trusting other people's checklists and kept my Astra OPC running like clockwork.