Tweaking website styles with uBlock Origin filters
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Use the :style() operator in a uBlock Origin filter
to apply CSS styles to the targeted elements.
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HTTP headers: Accept vs Content-Type
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I sometimes forget what these two headers do in requests vs responses, so here's a refresher for me.
Pin exact dependency versions
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In a perfect world, minor- and patch-level version bumps don't have breaking changes. In the real world, things are complicated and shit happens.
YouTube's "Show transcript" tool is great for taking video notes
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Incidentally, it's also great for searching for certain words in a video.
Legacy code is code written by other people
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Legacy code means unfamiliar code. Legacy code has much more to do with unfamiliarity than the quality of the code itself.
Video notes: Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell
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This 16-minute video by Henrik Kniberg is a great overview of the agile software development process, but also contains lots of smaller great insights.
I want a chat app with an "unreplied" message state
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Most chat apps have an "unread" message state to keep track of messages I haven't read yet. Why isn't there a different state for messages I haven't replied to yet?
Kayaking is fun
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I kayaked for the first time in my life and quite liked it. Then I ate pizza.
Sprint-centric vs people-centric daily stand-up meetings
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A daily stand-up should focus on the sprint. But it should also be about the team members.
Comment terminal commands to find them later more easily
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If you append a comment (like # foo) to a terminal command,
you can search by the comment text when using Ctrl+R.
Frequency illusion
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That cool thing you just heard about – is it suddenly gaining popularity, or are you just noticing the topic more?
Two types of skills and two types of learning
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Expiring skills vs permanent skills and just-in-time learning vs just-in-case learning.
RFC 2119 in a nutshell
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RFC 2119 defines key words such as "MUST," "MUST NOT," "REQUIRED" and "SHALL" that are often used in specifications. Here's a summary of the key word definitions.