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An Emacs Keyboard Shortcut for Changing the Font Size

When I started using Emacs, one of my biggest annoyances was actually how much friction there was changing its font size. Here’s how I fixed that.

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Amethyst & chunkwm – Comparing MacOS Tiling Window Managers

The list of complaints about these tools is longer than I'd like, but the pain is worth it. Since installing them, I've felt the more productive than ever.

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A Simple Approach to Comparing Database Structures

We run our tool nightly to detect mismatches in records between the two systems. On the surface, this seems like a simple task. But the data structures between the two systems are

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What’s the AWS IoT Suite Like? – A Dozen Lego Kits Mixed Together

Amazon comes into the IoT game strong. You can build just about anything, but first you have to spend a lot of time sorting through pieces and searching for what you need.

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Six Editor Features You Shouldn’t Live Without

When it comes to my choice of editor, I'm a nomad. I'm always switching around based on the needs of my current project. But I've found a few essential editor features I can't live

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Modifying Your Git History? Here Are a Few Things to Think About

Avoiding lost code is one of the major benefits of version control, so using Git features that might cause data loss should only be done with careful consideration.

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Swift Tool Belt, Part 8: Extending UIButton with Background Color for State

This extension adds a bit of functionality that's missing from UIButton in Swift—adding the ability to set the background color for different button states.

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12 Emacs Keybindings Worth Learning

Learning a few Emacs Keybindings can make you more effective in a variety of places, even if you don't use Emacs as your editor. The most basic are shortcuts that let you move your

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Using Fuzzy-Find to Enhance Git Add

Fuzzy-find is not just for locating files in a directory. It can also be used to make git operations faster.

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Headless Chrome with Testem on VSTS-Hosted Agents

With Chrome in CI, our builds are faster and more reliable, and we’re able to raise our target language level, which had been held back for PhantomJS.

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Three Command Line Utilities to Reduce Everyday Frustrations

Cut through tangled jungles of JSON, search massive codebases faster than you can blink, and find files by name with less fuss using these three command line tools.

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Swift Tool Belt, Part 7: Extending UIBarButtonItem

Set accessibility properties from Xcode's interface builder, and gain the ability to hide a bar button item—using an extension to UIBarButtonItem.

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