Every day is a school day
This is a catalogue of notable things David Winterbottom has learnt (since July 2020).
There have been 142 TILs so far — recent topics include Git, Python, iOS and Vim.
You can browse posts chronologically or by tag.
Recent learnings
- How to find the files from a commit that deleted a given pattern on
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Python’s
envparselibrary has counter-intuitive boolean casting on -
About Git’s
diff.relativeconfig option on - How to effectively scan files using an iPhone on
- How to delete all buffers in Vim on
- Factory boy can be used to build dicts on
- Django settings prefixed with an underscore are private on
- How to reset an SSH session on
- How to easily copy annotated screenshots to the clipboard on macOS on
- The names for macOS keyboard meta-characters on
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About
git merge-baseon - You can have SSH sessions via AWS Session Manager on
- Django doesn’t flush caches between tests on
- How Django’s management commands need to be type hinted on
- File-level flake8 comments ignore all errors on
- Git aliases that run an external command are run from the repository root on
- That Pytest’s “keyword expression” filtering supports Python conditionals on
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That FreezeGun doesn’t work with Pytest fixtures (unless you use
pytest-freezegun) on - About Chrome’s named windows on
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About
mypy’s unreachable code functionality on
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