Blogs

Vim Global Command

How the Vim global command runs any Ex command on every line matching a pattern, and what that unlocks.

A Faster Vim Workflow With Buffers and Args

How to build a faster Vim editing workflow around buffers and the argument list instead of tabs and windows.

Learning Vim Regex

A practical tour of Vim regex, covering the subset you will actually use and why the knowledge carries over to sed, awk and grep.

Vimgrep Tips and Tricks

Searching across files with Vim's built-in vimgrep, how it differs from grep, and when it beats a plugin.

The Easy Way to Copy Text in Tmux

How to copy text in tmux with the keyboard using copy mode, instead of fighting it with a mouse.

Tmux Tutorial for Beginners

What a terminal multiplexer does, and how to start working with tmux sessions, windows and panes.

What Is Inside My Vimrc

How to split a growing vimrc into multiple files with source, and what belongs in each one.

How to Use Rsync to Backup Your Files

Why rsync transfers only what changed, and the flags you need to back up files between directories or machines.

Hard Link Vs Symbolic Link 101

What an inode is and how hard links and symbolic links really differ, with commands to run as you read.

Debugging a Rails App in Vim With Vimspector

A working Vimspector setup for stepping through a Rails app in Vim, built up from a fresh Rails application.

Reducing a Screenshot Size in Mac

Using ImageMagick to cut retina screenshots down from 2-4MB to a sensible size.

Debugging in Vim with Vimspector

Setting up Vimspector to debug Node files, client-side apps in Chrome, Jest tests and Express servers without leaving Vim.

Executing a Command in Multiple Files in Vim

Eight ways to run one command across many files in Vim, from argdo and bufdo to windo and tabdo.

Interface Segregation Principle

The SOLID principle that an interface should never force a client to implement methods it does not need.

Liskov Substitution Principle

The SOLID principle that a subclass must work anywhere its parent does, explained with a duck that breathes fire.

What Do Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability Mean?

Definitions of the three concerns that shape good software, and what each one asks of your system.

Open Closed Principle

The SOLID principle that a class should be open to extension but closed to modification, worked through a password validator.

Single Responsibility Principle

The SOLID principle that a class should do exactly one thing, and the question to ask before adding another method to it.

Micro-services vs Monolith Architecture

micro services vs monolith architecture

Loose Coupling Basics

What coupling between components actually measures, and why loosely coupled services are easier to change and scale.

What the heck are MIME types?

what are MIME types

HTML5 Feature Detection

Why asking whether a browser supports HTML5 is the wrong question, and how to detect individual features like canvas, video and local storage.

Cookies vs Local Storage vs Session Storage

What cookies, local storage and session storage each solve, and how they differ in lifetime, capacity, and whether they reach the server.

Scalability For Beginners

What scalability really means, including the half everyone forgets: scaling back down when traffic falls.

Keep your front-end servers stateless to make them scalable

Why storing user state on front-end servers breaks once a load balancer is involved, and where that state belongs instead.

Redis For Beginners

What Redis is, why an in-memory key-value store is so much faster than SQL, and why it complements rather than replaces a relational database.

How to search faster in Vim with FZF.vim

How to configure Vim to do search faster

Why I use Vim

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Organize data on-the-go with Linux sort

Organize data on the go with linux sort

The Only Vim Insert-Mode Cheatsheet You Ever Needed

Vim insert mode cheatsheet

Learn how to use vim undo to time travel

Learn how to use vim undo to boost productivity and travel across time

Working with vim and git

How to work with git inside vim

How to use tags in Vim to jump to definitions quickly

How to use tags in Vim

How to search and open files in Vim without plugins

How to open and search for files in Vim without plugins

Using buffers, windows, and tabs efficiently in Vim

how to use buffers, windows, tabs efficiently in Vim

What does 2>&1 mean?

What does 2>&1 mean

How to use Vim Packages

How to use Vim 8 packages feature

How to make API request from command line with CURL

Getting started with cURL HTTP request

How to Use Command Line Find

How to use command line find to search for files

Introduction to Awk

How to use awk programming language

Basic Vim Mapping

How to create vim mapping

Discovering Vim Global Command

Learn how to use global command to save you time

How to Learn Vim in 2020

How to learn Vim right now

Introduction to Vim modes

How to use vim normal, insert, and visual mode effectively

Introduction to Ed Editor

Introduction to Ed line editor

Mastering Vim grammar

Master Vim language's grammar

Setting up redirect on firebase

Redirect your old URL

HTML forms 101

Basic HTML forms

How to load external script in Nuxt app

Loading external script to Nuxt page

How do you exercise?

Share your fitness secrets

Proto and Prototype in Javascript

What are proto and prototype in Javascript?

Devs, make sure your page is searchable!

Use google search console to index your page

CSS Selectors Cheat Sheet

CSS Selectors Cheatsheet

Static Site Hosting 101

Host your static site

Connecting React with Redux

Connecting Redux with React app

Redux 101

Intro to redux

How to download all your DEV articles in markdown format

fetch all your DEV with this simple script

Automate typing with Vim macros

Level up your vim superpower with macros

Type less and save time with Vim's global command!

Procrastinators everywhere shall rejoice!

Javascript Promise 101

I promise it is not as hard as you think

Execute command line commands from inside vim

Power! Unlimited Power!!

Javascript call and apply 101

They are more like twins

Javascript bind 101

You are bound to use it eventually

Javascript this 101

What''s this?

Javascript reduce 101

Learn how reduce in JS works

Best Way to Navigate Files in Vim

Once you get good at vim navigation, your life will change

Moving around in Vim

I like to move it, move it, I like to move it, move it

Scratch notes in vim

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Share your methods to measure and improve personal productivity!

How can we achieve more with less effort?

Quick vim tips to generate and increment numbers

Too lazy to type each one of them numbers

How To Search And Replace String Across Multiple Files in Vim

AKA how to impress your coworkers with this vim sorcery

Gentle introduction to git merge and git rebase

These two similar, yet different

Learn git-grep to boost your command line search!

Learn git-grep and become more powerful than you can possibly imagine

Setting up vuepress with tailwindcss

Vuepress + tailwindcss are meant to be together

Quick tips for searching in vim

Search even faster in vim with these tips

Use different registers in Vim for faster workflow

Vim has many registers. Cash register is not one of them

Start using memoization to reduce computing time in Javascript

Intro to javascript memoization and making things go faster

Do you know Vim can execute normal mode command while in insert mode?

When I did, it changed my vim editing life - for the better

Use Vim's dot command to do repetitive tasks faster

Dot command sets vim apart from many editors

Using Promisify to avoid Javascript callback spaghetti

It comes down to callback and asynchrony JS

The only two things you need to know about PATH command line

Quick introduction on PATH

What the heck are CJS, AMD, UMD, and ESM in Javascript?

These fancy JS buzzwords, what do they mean?

Bundle Your Javascript Code From Scratch

Lessons from building bundler from scratch

Intro to Virtual DOM

What IS VDOM?

Why reading code is a habit all beginning developers should cultivate

But first, read this article

Lazy Loading With IntersectionObserver API

Trigger events as you scroll