Written by Sebastian De Deyne
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on Jul. 15, 2020
Rsync is a command line tool to copy files between different hosts.rsync -a <source> <destination>The -a flag ensures everything’s copied recursively, ensures permissions are copied correctly, an other things.Copy a directory from a remote server to your machine:rsync -av forge@spatie.b…
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on Jun. 22, 2020
Ever since Things 3 came along, it’s been my todo app of choice. Every now and then I check out the competition, but I always swing back.Inspired by Stefan Zweifel’s post, here’s how I use Things on a daily basis.Why Things?Things is one of the most beautiful Mac apps I own. Being that pretty is a…
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on Jun. 8, 2020
I’ve been looking for a way to add captions to markdown images without falling back to raw HTML. It turns out Hugo supports this with render hooks.After writing markdown for the past five years, I’ve only recently learned that the spec has a way to specify a title attribute for images.![Alt text he…
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on Jun. 3, 2020
When you need to set up a service in a Laravel app, service providers are generally the place to be. But, there’s one problem with service providers: they’re global. This usually doesn’t matter, but in multi-section apps this can be problematic.Consider the following: you want the default date form…
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on Jun. 2, 2020
Zipping is easy. Remembering zip's arguments is hard.Create a zip archive from multiple files:zip package.zip README.md LICENSE index.jsCreate a zip archive from a directory:zip website.zip -r sebastiandedeyne-comUnzip contents to a specified directory.unzip website.zip -d sebastiandedeyne-com
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on May. 29, 2020
As developers, we often talk about the importance of learning. Learning is so important to us, that it's worth persuing ways to improve the way we learn.One way to become a better learner is to master the reverse: unlearning. Not the ability to completely forget, but the ability to set something as…