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Importing AWS Infrastructure to Terraform

Moving your existing AWS infrastructure to Terraform may seem tricky. Luckily, terraform import makes it easy.

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Control Repository Size with SVN Sparse Checkout

The beauty of SVN sparse checkout is you can mix depths. For folders where I'm actively working, I can set change their depth setting at infinity.

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Four Ways to Keep Junk Out of Git

Source control is great, but you don’t want it to keep track of everything. Passwords, temporary changes, and desperate debugging edits are best kept out.

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Working with Multiple Cursors in Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code has replaced Sublime Text as my editor of choice, and it has awesome Sublime features like multiple cursors.

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Comparing PostgreSQL Clients – SQLPro vs. Postico vs. TablePlus

I've tried Table Plus, Postico, and SQLPro for Postgres. They're all solid options, and each one is a good fit for different situations.

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Remote Pairing with Visual Studio Live Share

4 tips for using Visual Studio Live Share to make remote pair programming easier on your next project. It's a great tool for the job.

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Replacing Heroku Review Apps on Non-GitHub Projects

Heroku's Review Apps are great if you happen to be using GitHub. We're not. Here's the process and infrastructure our team uses instead.

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Project-Specific Command Line Shortcuts with direnv

How to build a first-class automation toolset that’s ridiculously easy to use with direnv command line shortcuts. It helps me save focus and time every day.

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Git Merging vs. Rebasing: The Beginner’s Guide

Git merging preserves git history and does a 3-way merge between the branches being merged and the last common branch. Git rebasing replays new commits on top of master.

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Avoid Git Peril with –force-with-lease

--force-with-lease checks that the remote branch is in the state that we expect. If there are upstream changes your local repository doesn't know about, the push will be rejected.

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Interactively Pipe Commands Together with the Ultimate Plumber

Piping commands together has never been easier than with the Ultimate Plumber, which allows for interactively chaining multiple commands progressively.

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My Three Note-Taking App Criteria – and Why Boostnote Meets Them All

A note-taking app for developers needs: 1) fast editing, 2) organization and search, and 3) adaptability. Boostnote has all these & has earned a spot in my toolbox.

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