Reorder commands: commit before pull --rebase

Co-authored-by: jbranchaud <694063+jbranchaud@users.noreply.github.com>

README.md

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ A collection of concise write-ups on small things I learn day to day across a
 variety of languages and technologies. These are things that don't really
 warrant a full blog post. These are things I've picked up by [Learning In
 Public™](https://dev.to/jbranchaud/how-i-built-a-learning-machine-45k9) and
-working across different projects via [VisualMode](https://www.visualmode.dev/).
+pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://visualmode.kit.com/newsletter).
 
-_1743 TILs and counting..._
+_1715 TILs and counting..._
 
 See some of the other learning resources I work on:
 
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Clean Up Your Brew Installations](brew/clean-up-your-brew-installations.md)
 - [Configure Brew Environment Variables](brew/configure-brew-environment-variables.md)
 - [Export List Of Everything Installed By Brew](brew/export-list-of-everything-installed-by-brew.md)
-- [Install From Nonstandard Brewfile](brew/install-from-nonstandard-brewfile.md)
 - [Install Go Packages In Brewfile](brew/install-go-packages-in-brewfile.md)
 - [List All Services Managed By Brew](brew/list-all-services-managed-by-brew.md)
 
@@ -158,10 +157,8 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 
 ### Claude Code
 
-- [Allow Edits From The Start](claude-code/allow-edits-from-the-start.md)
 - [Monitor Usage Limits From CLI](claude-code/monitor-usage-limits-from-cli.md)
 - [Open Current Prompt In Default Editor](claude-code/open-current-prompt-in-default-editor.md)
-- [Resume Specific Session](claude-code/resume-specific-session.md)
 
 ### Clojure
 
@@ -351,7 +348,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Count Number Of Commits On A Branch](git/count-number-of-commits-on-a-branch.md)
 - [Create A New Branch With Git Switch](git/create-a-new-branch-with-git-switch.md)
 - [Delete All Untracked Files](git/delete-all-untracked-files.md)
-- [Determine Absolute Path Of Top-Level Project Directory](git/determine-absolute-path-of-top-level-project-directory.md)
 - [Determine The Hash Id For A Blob](git/determine-the-hash-id-for-a-blob.md)
 - [Diffing With Patience](git/diffing-with-patience.md)
 - [Dropping Commits With Git Rebase](git/dropping-commits-with-git-rebase.md)
@@ -427,7 +423,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Show What Is In A Stash](git/show-what-is-in-a-stash.md)
 - [Single Key Presses in Interactive Mode](git/single-key-presses-in-interactive-mode.md)
 - [Skip A Bad Commit When Bisecting](git/skip-a-bad-commit-when-bisecting.md)
-- [Skip Git Hooks As Needed](git/skip-git-hooks-as-needed.md)
 - [Skip Pre-Commit Hooks](git/skip-pre-commit-hooks.md)
 - [Staging Changes Within Vim](git/staging-changes-within-vim.md)
 - [Staging Stashes Interactively](git/staging-stashes-interactively.md)
@@ -505,7 +500,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 
 ### Heroku
 
-- [Check Ruby Version For Production App](heroku/check-ruby-version-for-production-app.md)
 - [Connect To A Database By Color](heroku/connect-to-a-database-by-color.md)
 - [Deploy A Review App To A Different Stack](heroku/deploy-a-review-app-to-a-different-stack.md)
 - [Diagnose Problems In A Heroku Postgres Database](heroku/diagnose-problems-in-a-heroku-postgres-database.md)
@@ -551,7 +545,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Focus The URL Bar](internet/focus-the-url-bar.md)
 - [Get Random Images From Unsplash](internet/get-random-images-from-unsplash.md)
 - [Grab The RSS Feed For A Substack Blog](internet/grab-the-rss-feed-for-a-substack-blog.md)
-- [Hide Overflowing Text For Google Sheets Column](internet/hide-overflowing-text-for-google-sheets-column.md)
 - [Search Tweets By Author](internet/search-tweets-by-author.md)
 - [Show All Pivotal Stories With Blockers](internet/show-all-pivotal-stories-with-blockers.md)
 - [Verify Site Ownership With DNS Record](internet/verify-site-ownership-with-dns-record.md)
@@ -720,7 +713,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Capture Screenshot To Clipboard From CLI](mac/capture-screenshot-to-clipboard-from-cli.md)
 - [Check Network Quality Stats From The Command Line](mac/check-network-quality-stats-from-the-command-line.md)
 - [Clean Up Old Homebrew Files](mac/clean-up-old-homebrew-files.md)
-- [Control Which Monitor App Switcher Appears On](mac/control-which-monitor-app-switcher-appears-on.md)
 - [Convert An HEIC Image File To JPG](mac/convert-an-heic-image-file-to-jpg.md)
 - [Default Screenshot Location](mac/default-screenshot-location.md)
 - [Detect How Long A User Has Been Idle](mac/detect-how-long-a-user-has-been-idle.md)
@@ -754,12 +746,9 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 
 - [Create Umbrella Task For All Test Tasks](mise/create-umbrella-task-for-all-test-tasks.md)
 - [List The Files Being Loaded By Mise](mise/list-the-files-being-loaded-by-mise.md)
-- [Look In Ruby Version Dotfile](mise/look-in-ruby-version-dotfile.md)
-- [Override Your Project Mise File](mise/override-your-project-mise-file.md)
 - [Preserve Color Output For Task Command](mise/preserve-color-output-for-task-command.md)
 - [Read Existing Dot Env File Into Env Vars](mise/read-existing-dot-env-file-into-env-vars.md)
 - [Run A Command With Specific Tool Version](mise/run-a-command-with-specific-tool-version.md)
-- [Search Through Bin Paths For Tool Locations](mise/search-through-bin-paths-for-tool-locations.md)
 
 ### MongoDB
 
@@ -865,7 +854,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Clear The Screen In psql](postgres/clear-the-screen-in-psql.md)
 - [Clear The Screen In psql (2)](postgres/clear-the-screen-in-psql-2.md)
 - [Compute Hashes With pgcrypto](postgres/compute-hashes-with-pgcrypto.md)
-- [Compute Median Instead Of Average](postgres/compute-median-instead-of-average.md)
 - [Compute The Levenshtein Distance Of Two Strings](postgres/compute-the-levenshtein-distance-of-two-strings.md)
 - [Compute The md5 Hash Of A String](postgres/compute-the-md5-hash-of-a-string.md)
 - [Concatenate Strings With A Separator](postgres/concatenate-strings-with-a-separator.md)
@@ -1034,12 +1022,8 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 
 - [Access Instance Variables](python/access-instance-variables.md)
 - [Break Debugger On First Line Of Program](python/break-debugger-on-first-line-of-program.md)
-- [Check If Package Is Installed With Pip](python/check-if-package-is-installed-with-pip.md)
 - [Create A Dummy DataFrame In Pandas](python/create-a-dummy-dataframe-in-pandas.md)
 - [Dunder Methods](python/dunder-methods.md)
-- [Install With PIP For Specific Interpreter](python/install-with-pip-for-specific-interpreter.md)
-- [Iterate First N Items From Enumerable](python/iterate-first-n-items-from-enumerable.md)
-- [Load A File Into The Python REPL](python/load-a-file-into-the-python-repl.md)
 - [Override The Boolean Context Of A Class](python/override-the-boolean-context-of-a-class.md)
 - [Store And Access Immutable Data In A Tuple](python/store-and-access-immutable-data-in-a-tuple.md)
 - [Test A Function With Pytest](python/test-a-function-with-pytest.md)
@@ -1078,12 +1062,9 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Cast Common Boolean-Like Values To Booleans](rails/cast-common-boolean-like-values-to-booleans.md)
 - [Change The Nullability Of A Column](rails/change-the-nullability-of-a-column.md)
 - [Change The Time Zone Offset Of A DateTime Object](rails/change-the-time-zone-offset-of-a-datetime-object.md)
-- [Check How Database Is Configured](rails/check-how-database-is-configured.md)
 - [Check If ActiveRecord Update Fails](rails/check-if-activerecord-update-fails.md)
 - [Check If Any Records Have A Null Value](rails/check-if-any-records-have-a-null-value.md)
 - [Check Specific Attributes On ActiveRecord Array](rails/check-specific-attributes-on-activerecord-array.md)
-- [Check The Current Named Log Level](rails/check-the-current-named-log-level.md)
-- [Clean Up Memory Hungry Rails Console Processes](rails/clean-up-memory-hungry-rails-console-processes.md)
 - [Code Statistics For An Application](rails/code-statistics-for-an-application.md)
 - [Columns With Default Values Are Nil On Create](rails/columns-with-default-values-are-nil-on-create.md)
 - [Comparing DateTimes Down To Second Precision](rails/comparing-datetimes-down-to-second-precision.md)
@@ -1437,7 +1418,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Limit Split](ruby/limit-split.md)
 - [List The Running Ruby Version](ruby/list-the-running-ruby-version.md)
 - [Listing Local Variables](ruby/listing-local-variables.md)
-- [Make A Long String Of Text Readable](ruby/make-a-long-string-of-text-readable.md)
 - [Make An Executable Ruby Script](ruby/make-an-executable-ruby-script.md)
 - [Make Structs Easier To Use With Keyword Initialization](ruby/make-structs-easier-to-use-with-keyword-initialization.md)
 - [Map With Index Over An Array](ruby/map-with-index-over-an-array.md)
@@ -1491,7 +1471,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Single And Double Quoted String Notation](ruby/single-and-double-quoted-string-notation.md)
 - [Skip Specific CVEs When Auditing Your Bundle](ruby/skip-specific-cves-when-auditing-your-bundle.md)
 - [Skip The Front Of An Array With Drop](ruby/skip-the-front-of-an-array-with-drop.md)
-- [Specify Default For Data Definition](ruby/specify-default-for-data-definition.md)
 - [Specify Dependencies For A Rake Task](ruby/specify-dependencies-for-a-rake-task.md)
 - [Specify How Random Array#sample Is](ruby/specify-how-random-array-sample-is.md)
 - [Split A Float Into Its Integer And Decimal](ruby/split-a-float-into-its-integer-and-decimal.md)
@@ -1579,7 +1558,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Kill Other Connections To A Session](tmux/kill-other-connections-to-a-session.md)
 - [Kill The Current Session](tmux/kill-the-current-session.md)
 - [List All Key Bindings](tmux/list-all-key-bindings.md)
-- [List Processes Running Across All Session](tmux/list-processes-running-across-all-sessions.md)
 - [List Sessions](tmux/list-sessions.md)
 - [Open New Splits To The Current Directory](tmux/open-new-splits-to-the-current-directory.md)
 - [Open New Window With A Specific Directory](tmux/open-new-window-with-a-specific-directory.md)
@@ -1626,7 +1604,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 ### Unix
 
 - [All The Environment Variables](unix/all-the-environment-variables.md)
-- [Apply Successive Filters To Lines In Less](unix/apply-successive-filters-to-lines-in-less.md)
 - [Authorize A cURL Request](unix/authorize-a-curl-request.md)
 - [Cat A File With Line Numbers](unix/cat-a-file-with-line-numbers.md)
 - [Cat Files With Color Using Bat](unix/cat-files-with-color-using-bat.md)
@@ -1657,11 +1634,9 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Curling For Headers](unix/curling-for-headers.md)
 - [Curling With Basic Auth Credentials](unix/curling-with-basic-auth-credentials.md)
 - [Determine ipv4 And ipv6 Public IP Addresses](unix/determine-ipv4-and-ipv6-public-ip-addresses.md)
-- [Diff Two Files In Unified Format](unix/diff-two-files-in-unified-format.md)
 - [Different Ways To Generate A v4 UUID](unix/different-ways-to-generate-a-v4-uuid.md)
 - [Display All The Terminal Colors](unix/display-all-the-terminal-colors.md)
 - [Display Free Disk Space](unix/display-free-disk-space.md)
-- [Display Line Numbers While Using Less](unix/display-line-numbers-while-using-less.md)
 - [Display The Contents Of A Directory As A Tree](unix/display-the-contents-of-a-directory-as-a-tree.md)
 - [Do A Dry Run Of An rsync](unix/do-a-dry-run-of-an-rsync.md)
 - [Do Not Overwrite Existing Files](unix/do-not-overwrite-existing-files.md)
@@ -1687,7 +1662,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Fix Previous Command With fc](unix/fix-previous-command-with-fc.md)
 - [Fix Shim Path After asdf Upgrade](unix/fix-shim-path-after-asdf-upgrade.md)
 - [Fix Unlinked Node Binaries With asdf](unix/fix-unlinked-node-binaries-with-asdf.md)
-- [Format And Display Small Amounts Of Columnar Data](unix/format-and-display-small-amounts-of-columnar-data.md)
 - [Forward Multiple Ports Over SSH](unix/forward-multiple-ports-over-ssh.md)
 - [Generate A SAML Key And Certificate Pair](unix/generate-a-saml-key-and-certificate-pair.md)
 - [Generate A Sequence Of Numbered Items](unix/generate-a-sequence-of-numbered-items.md)
@@ -1771,7 +1745,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Show A File Preview When Searching With FZF](unix/show-a-file-preview-when-searching-with-fzf.md)
 - [Show Disk Usage For The Current Directory](unix/show-disk-usage-for-the-current-directory.md)
 - [Show The Size Of Everything In A Directory](unix/show-the-size-of-everything-in-a-directory.md)
-- [Show Tree View Of Processes And Subprocesses](unix/show-tree-view-of-processes-and-subprocesses.md)
 - [Skip Paging If Output Fits On Screen With Less](unix/skip-paging-if-output-fits-on-screen-with-less.md)
 - [SSH Escape Sequences](unix/ssh-escape-sequences.md)
 - [SSH With Port Forwarding](unix/ssh-with-port-forwarding.md)
@@ -1787,7 +1760,6 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Unrestrict Where ripgrep Searches](unix/unrestrict-where-ripgrep-searches.md)
 - [Update Package Versions Known By asdf Plugin](unix/update-package-versions-known-by-asdf-plugin.md)
 - [Use fzf To Change Directories](unix/use-fzf-to-change-directories.md)
-- [Use Negative Lookbehind Matching With ripgrep](unix/use-negative-lookbehind-matching-with-ripgrep.md)
 - [Use Regex Pattern Matching With Grep](unix/use-regex-pattern-matching-with-grep.md)
 - [View A Web Page In The Terminal](unix/view-a-web-page-in-the-terminal.md)
 - [View The Source For A Brew Formula](unix/view-the-source-for-a-brew-formula.md)
@@ -2084,7 +2056,7 @@ I shamelessly stole this idea from
 
 ## License
 
-© 2015-2026 Josh Branchaud
+© 2015-2025 Josh Branchaud
 
 This repository is licensed under the MIT license. See `LICENSE` for
 details.

Taskfile.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ tasks:
   notes:sync:
     desc: Sync latest changes from the notes submodule
     cmds:
-      - cd {{.NOTES_DIR}} && git checkout main && git pull
+      - git submodule update --remote {{.NOTES_DIR}}
+      - cd {{.NOTES_DIR}} && git checkout main
     silent: false
 
   notes:open:
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - git status
 
+  notes:pull:
+    desc: Pull latest changes (alias for sync)
+    cmds:
+      - task notes:sync
+
   notes:diff:
     desc: Show uncommitted changes in notes
     dir: '{{.NOTES_DIR}}'

brew/install-from-nonstandard-brewfile.md

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Install From Nonstandard Brewfile
-
-When you want to install the packages listed in the `Brewfile` for your current
-project (or dotfiles), you can run:
-
-```bash
-$ brew bundle
-```
-
-And `brew` knows to look for and use the `Brewfile` in the current directory.
-
-If, however, you are trying to run `brew bundle` for a `Brewfile` located
-somewhere besides the current directory *OR* you want to target a file with a
-non-standard name (like
-[`Brewfile.personal`](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/blob/main/Brewfile.personal)),
-then you can use the `--file` flag.
-
-```bash
-$ brew bundle --file Brewfile.personal
-```
-
-This is what I do [here in my `dotfiles`
-repo](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/blob/b053f6251cae7ed52f698fc2a2c40ba82c5881b0/installer/mac-setup.sh#L42-L48).
-
-See `man brew` and find the section on `brew bundle` for more details.

claude-code/allow-edits-from-the-start.md

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Allow Edits From The Start
-
-A common pattern for me when using Claude Code is that I start it up in a
-project, I prompt it with a question or feature spec, it either comes up with a
-plan or just starts working, and as soon as it is ready to make its first edits
-to a file, it prompts me something like:
-
-```
- Do you want to make this edit to Taskfile.yml?
- ❯ 1. Yes
-   2. Yes, allow all edits during this session (shift+tab)
-   3. Type here to tell Claude what to do differently
-```
-
-That's a nice default so that I don't get surprised by Claude Code editing a
-bunch of files.
-
-However, if I'm in a git-backed project and I'm going into a session intending
-to make edits, then I can skip the formalities. I can tell Claude Code when
-starting up the session that edits are allowed.
-
-```sh
-$ claude --permission-mode acceptEdits
-```
-
-When I do this, I'll see the following indicator below the prompt input field:
-
-```
-  ⏵⏵ accept edits on (shift+tab to cycle)
-```
-
-If I've already started `claude` but I forgot to specify that permission mode, I
-can also toggle right into _accept edits_ by hitting `Shift+Tab`.
-
-[source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IK18goX4X8)

claude-code/resume-specific-session.md

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Resume Specific Session
-
-There are a few different ways to resume a [Claude
-Code](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview) session.
-
-First, if I have exited a session for the current project and I want to pick
-back up with that most recent one, then I can use `claude --continue`.
-
-If I have had a few recent sessions for the current project and I want to
-remember what they were and pick up where I left off with one of them, then I
-can use `claude --resume` (with no argument). That will open a picker where I
-can browser through a summary of the recent sessions based on their starting
-prompt. The one I pick is the session that will be resumed.
-
-Finally, if I have grabbed a specific session ID (UUID) during the session from
-the `/status` output, then I can reference that value directly.
-
-```sh
-$ claude --resume 92170532-be31-4a91-b2a9-025b8fa78232
-```
-
-See `claude --help` for more details.

git/determine-absolute-path-of-top-level-project-directory.md

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Determine Absolute Path Of Top-Level Project Directory
-
-The `git rev-parse` command is a git plumbing command for parsing different
-kinds of things in git into a canonical form that can be used in a deterministic
-way by scripts. I would typically think of using it to work with branch names,
-tags, and other kinds of refs.
-
-There is a handy, sorta off-label use for it in determining the absolute path of
-the root directory for the current git repository. Use the `--show-toplevel`
-flag with no other arguments.
-
-```bash
-❯ git rev-parse --show-toplevel
-/Users/lastword/dev/jbranchaud/til
-```
-
-Here, I am in the local copy of [my TIL repo](https://github.com/jbranchaud/til). This command gives me the absolute
-path of the top-level directory where that `.git` directory resides.
-
-This is useful for scripts that need to orient themselves to the current
-project's top-level directory regardless of what directory they are being
-executed from. This is useful for things like a git hook script or monorepos
-with scripts located in a specific sub-project directory.
-
-Also worth mentioning is the `--show-superproject-working-tree` flag. In my TIL
-repo, I have a private repository included as a submodule. Within that directory
-`--show-toplevel` will produce the absolute path to the submodule. If I instead
-want the absolute path of the _super project_ (in this case TIL), then I can use
-this other flag.
-
-```bash
-❯ git rev-parse --show-toplevel
-/Users/lastword/dev/jbranchaud/til/notes
-
-❯ git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree
-/Users/lastword/dev/jbranchaud/til
-```
-
-See `man git-rev-parse` for more details.

git/skip-git-hooks-as-needed.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Skip Git Hooks As Needed
-
-Projects have Git hooks configured for all sorts of reasons. Most common are
-`pre-commit` hooks which verify certain aspects of the contents of a commit.
-A `pre-commit` hook could check that the tests all pass, that the changes don't
-include any debugging statements, and so forth. There are all kinds of hooks
-though, like `pre-rebase` and `post-checkout`.
-
-These hooks can sometimes get in the way and we may need to skip or disable them
-on a one-off basis.
-
-Several Git commands offer a `--no-verify` flag which can skip running the hook
-associated with that command.
-
-- `git commit --no-verify` (skips `pre-commit` and `commit-msg` hooks)
-- `git push --no-verify` (skips `pre-push` hook)
-- `git merge --no-verify` (skips `pre-merge-commit` hook)
-- `git am --no-verify` (skips `applypatch-msg` and `pre-applypatch` hooks)
-
-If you look in the `.git/hooks` directory, there are several other hooks not
-covered by the above. So, what if I am doing an action like `git checkout` and I
-want to skip the `post-checkout` hook?
-
-I can override the `hooksPath` config for that one command with the `-c` flag.
-
-```sh
-$ git -c core.hooksPath=/dev/null checkout ...
-```
-
-By setting it to `/dev/null`, it will find *no* hooks available, so none will be
-executed for this command.
-
-See `man git-config` for more details on `core.hooksPath`.

heroku/check-ruby-version-for-production-app.md

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Check Ruby Version For Production App
-
-While deploying a fresh Rails app to Heroku recently, I ran into an issue. The
-`it` block argument wasn't working despite being on Ruby 4.0. Or so I thought.
-
-Running the following command reported the Ruby version of that Heroku server
-instance:
-
-```bash
-❯ heroku run -- ruby --version
-Running ruby --version on ⬢ my-app... up, run.3090
-ruby 3.3.9 (2025-07-24 revision f5c772fc7c) [x86_64-linux]
-```
-
-I was on `3.3.9` which must have been the fallback default at the time.
-
-Though I had set the Ruby version in my `.ruby-version` file, I had neglected to
-specify it in the `Gemfile` as well. Once I added it to the `Gemfile` and
-redeployed, my Heroku server instance was running the expected version of Ruby.
-
-```bash
-❯ heroku run -- ruby --version
-Running ruby --version on ⬢ my-app... up, run.5353
-ruby 4.0.0 (2025-12-25 revision 553f1675f3) +PRISM [x86_64-linux]
-```
-
-Note: because [I have set `HEROKU_ORGANIZATION` and
-`HEROKU_APP`](set-default-team-and-app-for-project.md) in my environment
-(`.envrc`) for the local copy of the app, I don't need to specify those when
-running the `heroku run` command above.
-
-See `heroku run --help` for more details.

internet/hide-overflowing-text-for-google-sheets-column.md

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Hide Overflowing Text For Google Sheets Column
-
-I imported a big CSV into a new Google Sheets document. This included a
-"Description" column with many of the descriptions varying between 50 and 80
-characters. The bottom line is that the description column was flowing over the
-top of the columns next to it. Instead of expanding the width of that column as
-far as the largest description, I wanted to hide the _overflow_.
-
-The way to do this in Google Sheets is to highlight the entire column by
-clicking on the column grouping. Then under the _Format_ menu item is a
-_Wrapping_ submenu. The _Clip_ option is what I was looking for because it clips
-the text that gets shown at the edge of the column.

mac/control-which-monitor-app-switcher-appears-on.md

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Control Which Monitor App Switcher Appears On
-
-For the most part when I hit `cmd+tab` (and `cmd+shift+tab`) to switch between
-apps, the visual switcher UI (which shows a row of the open apps) appears on my
-main monitor. However, sometimes I will be hitting `cmd+tab` and nothing shows
-up on my main monitor. I look to the right at my side monitor and there is the
-app switcher UI.
-
-Why is it appearing over there all of a sudden?
-
-The reason is that the app switcher UI is anchored to the same screen where the
-doc is located. Though the doc defaults to my main monitor, if I access the doc
-from the side monitor, now it is anchored there.
-
-To switch it back, I just have to make the doc slide up on my main monitor by
-running my mouse down to the bottom of that screen.
-
-The switch up was because I accidentally accessed the doc on my side monitor
-without realizing.
-
-[source](https://superuser.com/a/744680)

mise/look-in-ruby-version-dotfile.md

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Look In Ruby Version Dotfile
-
-Newer versions of [`mise`](https://mise.jdx.dev/dev-tools/) specifically only
-look for tool versions in `mise.toml` as well as the asdf `.tool-versions` file.
-A lot of Ruby projects use the `.ruby-version` file to indicate the Ruby version
-of a project. To continue to use the `.ruby-version` file instead of migrating
-to `mise.toml`, you need to tell `mise` that you prefer to use the idiomatic
-version file.
-
-I added the following line to my
-[`~/.config/mise/config.toml`](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/commit/8edeb7a9c53500e89e88b4079cbd1859ebebcbda)
-file:
-
-```toml
-idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools = ["ruby"]
-```
-
-Now, whenever `mise` is looking for the specified Ruby version of a project, it
-will also look for `.ruby-version`.
-
-Here is a [full list of idomatic version files supported by
-`mise`](https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration.html#idiomatic-version-files).
-
-See
-[`idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools`](https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration/settings.html#idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools)
-as well as the [Ruby-specific documentation](https://mise.jdx.dev/lang/ruby.html#ruby-version-and-gemfile-support)
-for more details.

mise/override-your-project-mise-file.md

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Override Your Project Mise File
-
-A project I'm working on has a version-controlled `.mise.toml` file in it. Some
-changes were made to that recently that introduce some env vars that conflict
-with my setup. If I make edits to that file, then I have a modified version of
-`.mise.toml` sitting in my Git working copy.
-
-```
-# .mise.toml
-[env]
-CONFIG_SETTING = "project"
-```
-
-Instead, I can rely on the loading precedence rules of `mise` to override those
-project settings with my individual settings. I can do that with the
-`.mise.local.toml` file which is played on top of any `mise` configuration from
-files further down the precedence chain.
-
-```
-# .mise.local.toml
-[env]
-CONFIG_SETTING = "override"
-```
-
-Assuming I have `mise` setup with my shell environment to automatically load in
-these files, I can now check what takes precedence:
-
-```bash
-$ echo $CONFIG_SETTING
-override
-```
-
-Make sure `.mise.local.toml` is included in the `.gitignore` file to avoid
-checking in your personal environment overrides.
-
-To be sure about what files are loaded and in what order, give `mise cfg` a try.
-I discuss that in more detail in [List The Files Being Loaded By Mise](list-the-files-being-loaded-by-mise.md).

mise/search-through-bin-paths-for-tool-locations.md

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Search Through Bin Paths For Tool Locations
-
-The `mise bin-paths` command will list all the bin paths that are managed by
-`mise`. When you tell `mise` to install a tool, it installs a specific version
-at a location where its binaries can be made accessible on the system path.
-
-While `mise ls` is useful for seeing what is installed by `mise` and at what
-version, the `bin-paths` command can tell you where those tool installations
-with their binaries are located.
-
-Combine this with `grep` or `rg` to narrow down the results to tools by a
-specific name:
-
-```bash
-❯ mise bin-paths | rg 'neovim'
-/Users/lastword/.local/share/mise/installs/npm-neovim/5.4.0/bin
-/Users/lastword/.local/share/mise/installs/pipx-neovim-remote/2.5.1/bin
-/Users/lastword/.local/share/mise/installs/neovim/0.11.6/bin
-```
-
-I can then look in one of these directories to see the one or more binaries that
-they include. For instance, here is what is in the `node` bin path:
-
-```bash
-❯ ls /Users/lastword/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22.22.0/bin
- ./   ../   claude@   corepack@   node*   npm*   npx@
-```
-
-See `mise bin-paths --help` for more details.

postgres/compute-median-instead-of-average.md

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Compute Median Instead Of Average
-
-One of the first aggregate functions we might use in PostgreSQL, besides `sum`,
-is `avg`.
-
-```sql
-select avg(book_count) as average_books_read
-from (
-  select users.id, count(books.id) as book_count
-  from users
-  left join books
-    on books.user_id = users.id
-  where books.read_in_year = 2025
-  group by users.id
-) as user_book_counts;
-```
-
-This computes the average of the set of values which sums them all up
-and divides by the count. The average (maybe you've heard this also called the
-_mean_) is not always the best way to understand data, especially when there are
-outliers.
-
-Instead, we might want to compute the _median_ value of our set of data. There
-is no easily identifiable `median` aggregate function. Instead, we can use
-`percentile_cont` with a value of `0.5`. This gets us the 50th percentile of our
-set of data which is the definition of the _median_.
-
-```sql
-select percentile_cont(0.5) within group (
-  order by book_count
-) as median_books_read
-from (
-  select users.id, count(books.id) as book_count
-  from users
-  left join books on books.user_id = users.id and books.read_in_year = 2025
-  group by users.id
-) as user_book_counts;
-```
-
-The full syntax for `percentile_cont` is `percentile_cong(precision) within
-group (order by ...)` because this is an aggregiate that has to work with an
-ordered-set of data.
-
-[source](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-aggregate.html)

python/check-if-package-is-installed-with-pip.md

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# Check If Package Is Installed With Pip
-
-I recently installed PyTorch, but when I tried using it, I was getting an error
-about `numpy` not being installed. I was kind of surprised by that because I
-thought I would have already had that.
-
-I wanted to check, so I asked with `pip show`:
-
-```bash
-❯ python3 -m pip show numpy
-WARNING: Package(s) not found: numpy
-```
-
-I can even list everything that is installed with `pip` using `pip list` like
-so:
-
-```bash
-❯ python3 -m pip list
-Package            Version   Build
------------------- --------- -----
-certifi            2026.1.4
-cffi               2.0.0
-charset-normalizer 3.4.4
-click              8.3.1
-commonmark         0.9.1
-cryptography       46.0.3
-docutils           0.22.4
-filelock           3.24.2
-fsspec             2026.2.0
-idna               3.11
-Jinja2             3.1.6
-...
-```
-
-I then installed `numpy` (`python3 -m pip install numpy`) and how I can use `pip
-show` again to confirm that.
-
-```bash
-❯ python3 -m pip show numpy
-Name: numpy
-Version: 2.4.2
-Summary: Fundamental package for array computing in Python
-Home-page: https://numpy.org
-Author: Travis E. Oliphant et al.
-Author-email:
-License-Expression: BSD-3-Clause AND 0BSD AND MIT AND Zlib AND CC0-1.0
-Location: /Users/lastword/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.12.12/lib/python3.12/site-packages
-Requires:
-Required-by:
-```

python/install-with-pip-for-specific-interpreter.md

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Install With PIP For Specific Interpreter
-
-The `pip` module can be invoked for any of its commands, such as install, using
-a specific Python interpreter like so:
-
-```bash
-$ python3 -m pip install black
-```
-
-This avoid ambiguity between the version of Python I am using and version of the
-package manager I'm using.
-
-Similarly if I need to upgrade `pip`, I can do the following:
-
-```bash
-$ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-```

python/iterate-first-n-items-from-enumerable.md

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Iterate First N Items From Enumerable
-
-As I'm working through the 2nd chapter of [Build a Large Language Model (from
-scratch)](https://still.visualmode.dev/blogmarks/227), I came across a code
-example processing a dictionary of words. This example used a for loop to print
-out each dictionary entry until an index of 50 was reached on then it did a
-`break`.
-
-This struck me as an odd way to grab and process N items from a list. I did some
-searching and found `itertools` which provides
-[`islice`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/itertools.html#itertools.islice).
-
-```python
-from itertools import islice
-
-# preprocess words from a file into a word list
-all_words = ... # not shown here
-
-vocab = {token: integer for integer, token in enumerate(all_words)}
-for item in islice(enumerate(vocab.items()), 50):
-    print(item)
-```
-
-The `islice` function is a better approach because the intention (to grab the
-first 50 things) is encoded in the function call rather than buried in a loop
-body. It also has equivalent memory efficiency to the original example because
-it lazily processes the list of `vocab` items.

python/load-a-file-into-the-python-repl.md

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Load A File Into The Python REPL
-
-I opened up a Python REPL to try some things out.
-
-```
-$ python3
->>> import math
->>> math.floor(5/2)
-2
-```
-
-Now, I want to reference a Python file I've been working on so that I can
-manually test the behavior of what I'm building. To do this, I can import a file
-by its name in the same way that I would import any module. Then I can use that
-namespace for class and method references. Crucially, the file should exist in
-the same directory the REPL was started from.
-
-First, here is the file:
-
-```python
-# bpe.py
-class BytePairEncoding:
-    def text_to_bytes(text: str) -> list[int]:
-        """Convert a string to a list of byte values (0-255)"""
-        return list(text.encode("utf-8"))
-```
-
-Now to use it from the REPL:
-
-```
-$ python
->>> import bpe
->>> bpe.BytePairEncoding.text_to_bytes("Gimme some bytes!")
-[71, 105, 109, 109, 101, 32, 115, 111, 109, 101, 32, 98, 121, 116, 101, 115, 33]
-```

rails/check-how-database-is-configured.md

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Check How Database Is Configured
-
-While making some adjustments to the database connection string (`DATABASE_URL`)
-for a pre-production Rails environment, we wanted to check that configuration
-options like `sslmode` were picked up.
-
-From a `rails console` session I can check the live database configuration like
-so:
-
-```ruby
-> ActiveRecord::Base.connection_db_config.configuration_hash
-=> {
-  adapter: "postgresql",
-  encoding: "unicode",
-  pool: 5,
-  database: "my_app_development"
-}
-```
-
-I can look at the
-[`configuration_hash`](https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/DatabaseConfigurations/HashConfig.html#attribute-i-configuration_hash)
-from `rails console` of my pre-prod environment to see more configuration
-settings:
-
-```ruby
-> ActiveRecord::Base.connection_db_config.configuration_hash
-=> {
-  adapter: "postgresql",
-  encoding: "unicode",
-  pool: 5,
-  username: "app_user",
-  password: "super_s3cr3t",
-  port: 15432,
-  database: "pre_prod_database",
-  host: "some-host-123.ondigitalocean.com",
-  sslmode: "verify-full"
-}
-```
-
-Since I was specifically looking for the `sslmode` value, I can access that
-directly:
-
-```ruby
-> ActiveRecord::Base.connection_db_config.configuration_hash[:sslmode]
-=> "verify-full"
-```

rails/check-the-current-named-log-level.md

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Check The Current Named Log Level
-
-I'm connected to a `rails console` session for an active Rails app. I want to
-check the current log level.
-
-```ruby
-> Rails.logger.level
-=> 1
-```
-
-The `1` doesn't mean much to me at a glance. I can translate that to the
-severity level using the `Logger::SEV_LABLE` constant.
-
-```ruby
-[44] pry(main)> Logger::SEV_LABEL[Rails.logger.level]
-=> "INFO"
-```
-
-Ah yes, `INFO`, that makes sense as the default.
-
-I can see all the severity levels by inspecting the constant itself.
-
-```ruby
-[45] pry(main)> Logger::SEV_LABEL
-=> ["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", "ERROR", "FATAL", "ANY"]
-```
-
-As I convenience, I can set the label using the index, the string, or even a
-symbol.
-
-```ruby
-> Rails.logger.level
-=> 1
-> Rails.logger.level = "WARN"
-=> "WARN"
-> Rails.logger.level
-=> 2
-> Rails.logger.level = :debug
-=> :debug
-> Rails.logger.level
-=> 0
-```
-
-See the [Debugging Rails Applications
-guide](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#log-levels)
-for more details.

rails/clean-up-memory-hungry-rails-console-processes.md

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# Clean Up Memory Hungry Rails Console Processes
-
-I noticed (using `htop`) that a remote server hosting a Rails app had most of
-its RAM being actively consumed. This was hindering my ability to run a fresh
-deploy because the deploy processes had to do a ton of memory swapping which
-drastically slowed the whole thing down.
-
-With some investigation, I discovered that most of the memory was being consumed
-by a handful of `rails console` processes. I didn't have any known active `rails console` processes that I was using. That combined with the dates of these
-processes starting way in the past suggested to me that these were abandoned
-processes that hadn't been properly cleaned up.
-
-```bash
-server:~# ps aux | grep rails
-32767     878915  0.0  0.0 1227160  936 pts/0    Ssl+  2025   0:03 /exec rails console
-32767     878942  0.9  6.5 830996 261748 pts/0   Rl+   2025 249:51 ruby /app/bin/rails console
-32767    3004097  0.0  0.0 1227160  692 pts/0    Ssl+  2025   0:04 /exec rails console
-32767    3004129  0.9  6.4 834672 257228 pts/0   Dl+   2025 406:31 ruby /app/bin/rails console
-32767    3048582  0.0  0.0 1227160  940 pts/0    Ssl+ Jan09   0:00 /exec rails console
-32767    3048611  1.1  6.3 829936 253484 pts/0   Dl+  Jan09  60:50 ruby /app/bin/rails console
-32767    3060033  0.0  0.0 1227160  944 pts/0    Ssl+  2025   0:04 /exec rails console
-32767    3060063  0.9  6.5 838084 260812 pts/0   Rl+   2025 405:37 ruby /app/bin/rails console
-root     3699372  0.0  0.0   7008  1300 pts/0    S+   15:51   0:00 grep --color=auto rails
-server:~# ps aux | grep 'rails console' | awk '{sum+=$6} END {print sum/1024 " MB"}'
-1014.64 MB
-```
-
-As we can see by tacking on this `awk` command, these processes are consuming
-1GB of memory.
-
-Each of these is a pair of processes. A parent process (`/exec rails console`)
-that kicks off and supervises the memory-hungry child process (`ruby /app/bin/rails console`).
-
-To free up this memory, I targeted each of the parent processes with a `kill`
-command one by one. For example:
-
-```bash
-server:~# kill 878915
-```
-
-I suspect that I may have left the occasional terminal tab open with one of
-these `rails console` processes running and the SSH connection was getting
-killed without the `rails console` getting killed with it.

ruby/make-a-long-string-of-text-readable.md

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# Make A Long String Of Text Readable
-
-I have a paragraph of text that interpolates a couple user-specific values
-before being included in an API request. Because it is being passed to an API,
-it is a single-line string value. However, in the editor it is hard to read like
-that because it overflows way past the edge of the viewport.
-
-```ruby
-description = "This is the description we need to provide for #{user.name} as part of an API request dealing with compliance and registration for a service. If you need to contact them, their email is #{user.email}."
-```
-
-I'd rather make this easier on myself and others to read from the editor while
-still being able to submit a single-line string to the API. That can be
-accomplished with a heredoc and some combination or `gsub`, `strip`, and
-`squish`.
-
-If we are in a strictly Ruby-only context, we can use `gsub` and `strip` to
-collapse line breaks and remove surrounding white space.
-
-```ruby
-description = <<~MSG.gsub(/\s+/, ' ').strip
-  This is the description we need to provide for #{user.name} as part
-  of an API request dealing with compliance and registration for a
-  service. If you need to contact them, their email is #{user.email}.
-MSG
-#=> "This is the description we need to provide for #{user.name} as part of an API request dealing with compliance and registration for a service. If you need to contact them, their email is #{user.email}."
-```
-
-Or in a Rails context, I can instead just use `squish`:
-
-```ruby
-description = <<~MSG.squish
-  This is the description we need to provide for #{user.name} as part
-  of an API request dealing with compliance and registration for a
-  service. If you need to contact them, their email is #{user.email}.
-MSG
-#=> "This is the description we need to provide for #{user.name} as part of an API request dealing with compliance and registration for a service. If you need to contact them, their email is #{user.email}."
-```

ruby/specify-default-for-data-definition.md

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# Specify Default For Data Definition
-
-Here is what a `Data` definition for the concept of a `Permission` might look
-like:
-
-```ruby
-Permission = Data.define(:id, :name, :description, :enabled)
-
-perm1 = Permission.new(
-  id: 123,
-  name: :can_edit,
-  description: "User is allowed to edit.",
-  enabled: true
-)
-```
-
-However, as we're creating various `Permission` entities, we may find that the
-vast majority of them are _enabled_ by default and so we'd like to apply `true`
-as a default value.
-
-We cannot do this directly in the `Data` definition, but we can open a block to
-override the `initialize` method.
-
-```ruby
-Permission = Data.define(:id, :name, :description, :enabled) do
-  def initialize(:id, :name, :description, enabled: true)
-    super
-  end
-end
-
-perm1 = Permission.new(
-  id: 123,
-  name: :can_edit,
-  description: "User is allowed to edit."
-)
-
-perm1.enabled #=> true
-```
-
-Now we're able to create a `Permission` without specifying the `enabled`
-attribute and it takes on the default of `true`.
-
-[source](https://dev.to/baweaver/new-in-ruby-32-datadefine-2819#comment-254o8)

tmux/list-processes-running-across-all-sessions.md

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# List Processes Running Across All Session
-
-I wanted an overview of all the processes running across all the tmux sessions
-that I have running on my machine right now. The `list-panes` command (with the
-`-a` flag) gives me a listing of all the panes across all session of the current
-tmux server.
-
-That output on its own isn't giving me quite the info I'm looking for though.
-With the `-f` (_format_) flag, I can use variables available in that context
-like `session_name`, `pane_pid`, and `pane_current_command`.
-
-I can assemble the details I want into a command like this:
-
-```bash
-❯ tmux list-panes -a -F "#{session_name}:#{window_index}.#{pane_index} #{pane_pid} #{pane_current_command}"
-PLP:1.1 62364 zsh
-TIL:1.1 62345 nvim
-TIL:1.2 65838 task
-TIL:2.1 11428 tmux
-client-app:1.1 62373 ssh
-client-app:1.2 10796 zsh
-client-app:1.3 63081 zsh
-client-app:2.1 61115 overmind
-client-app:3.1 82608 zsh
-visualmode-dev:1.1 52237 zsh
-```
-
-This gives me the details I want, but I can take it a step further by piping it
-to the `column` command to improve the formatting a little:
-
-```bash
-❯ tmux list-panes -a -F "#{session_name}:#{window_index}.#{pane_index} #{pane_pid} #{pane_current_command}" \
-  | column -t
-PLP:1.1             62364  zsh
-TIL:1.1             62345  nvim
-TIL:1.2             65838  task
-TIL:2.1             11428  tmux
-client-app:1.1      62373  ssh
-client-app:1.2      10796  zsh
-client-app:1.3      63081  zsh
-client-app:2.1      61115  overmind
-client-app:3.1      82608  zsh
-visualmode-dev:1.1  52237  zsh
-```
-
-See `man tmux` and, in particular, the `FORMATS` section for more details.

unix/apply-successive-filters-to-lines-in-less.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Apply Successive Filters To Lines In Less
-
-Let's say I've opened a large Rails log file with `less`:
-
-```bash
-$ less logs/development.log
-```
-
-I have an idea of what I'm looking for, but there is way more noise than signal.
-I can start to filter out some of the noise. The `&` command starts a filter
-prompt. If I start to filter by something like `INSERT INTO`, then a ton of
-lines disappear leaving just those matching that pattern.
-
-Scrolling through the current set of lines, I start to have a better idea of
-what I'm looking for, but there is still too much noise. I can apply an
-additional successive filter on the remaining lines by hitting `&` again and
-entering in another pattern -- e.g. `GoodJob`.
-
-Now I only see lines that contain both `INSERT INTO` and `GoodJob` somewhere in
-them.
-
-As `less` puts it:
-
-> Multiple & commands may be entered, in which case only lines which match all
-> of the patterns will be displayed.
-
-If I want to undo all the filtering, I just need to enter an empty `&` filter
-prompt and it will reset things back to displaying all lines.
-
-> If pattern is empty (if you type & immediately followed by ENTER), any
-> filtering is turned off, and all lines are displayed.
-
-See `man less` for more details.

unix/diff-two-files-in-unified-format.md

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# Diff Two Files In Unified Format
-
-The `diff` command is a standalone utility that can be used to get the
-difference between two files. It is similar to what you might expect when
-running `git diff` which compares two different versions of the same file. The
-`diff` command predates `git` and its unified format is what became the standard
-that `git` uses for its own diff implementation.
-
-Running `diff` with two files as is gives output like the following:
-
-```bash
-❯ diff startup.sh startup2.sh
-10,13c10,14
-< declare -A SESSIONS=(
-<   ["TIL"]="$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/til:setup_til"
-<   ["PLP"]="$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/pool-league-pro:"
-<   ["client-app"]="$HOME/dev/client/client-app:"
----
-> # Sessions will be created in the order listed here
-> SESSIONS=(
->   "TIL:$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/til:setup_til"
->   "PLP:$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/pool-league-pro:"
->   "client-app:$HOME/dev/client/client-app:"
-73,74c74,75
-<   for session_name in TIL PLP client-app; do
-<     IFS=':' read -r directory setup_function <<<"${SESSIONS[$session_name]}"
----
->   for session_config in "${SESSIONS[@]}"; do
->     IFS=':' read -r session_name directory setup_function <<<"$session_config"
-```
-
-That's readable at a glance, but the unified format (with the `-u` flag) can
-provide more context:
-
-```bash
-❯ diff -u startup.sh startup2.sh
---- startup.sh  2026-01-10 12:46:52
-+++ startup2.sh 2026-01-10 12:48:00
-@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
-
- # Session configurations
- # Format: "session_name:directory:setup_function"
--declare -A SESSIONS=(
--  ["TIL"]="$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/til:setup_til"
--  ["PLP"]="$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/pool-league-pro:"
--  ["client-app"]="$HOME/dev/client/client-app:"
-+# Sessions will be created in the order listed here
-+SESSIONS=(
-+  "TIL:$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/til:setup_til"
-+  "PLP:$HOME/dev/jbranchaud/pool-league-pro:"
-+  "client-app:$HOME/dev/client/client-app:"
- )
-
- # Setup function for TIL session
-@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@
-   echo ""
-
-   # Create sessions in order
--  for session_name in TIL PLP client-app; do
--    IFS=':' read -r directory setup_function <<<"${SESSIONS[$session_name]}"
-+  for session_config in "${SESSIONS[@]}"; do
-+    IFS=':' read -r session_name directory setup_function <<<"$session_config"
-     create_session "$session_name" "$directory" "$setup_function"
-   done
-```
-
-Here we get additional context like surrounding lines and file name details.
-
-While this is useful on its own, it also has the added benefit of making the
-output compatible with other tools we may already be using. For instance, I'm
-already using [delta](https://github.com/dandavison/delta) as my [git pager](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/blob/main/gitconfig#L51) and [git differ](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/blob/main/gitconfig#L139).
-
-With the unified format, I can pipe the output directly to `delta` to get a
-better view of the diff that is colorized and includes syntax highlighting.
-
-```bash
-❯ diff -u startup.sh startup2.sh | delta
-```

unix/display-line-numbers-while-using-less.md

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Display Line Numbers While Using Less
-
-Including line numbers while viewing files with `less` can provide useful
-context for understanding where you are within the file. This is especially true
-if you've used `&` to filter down to lines that match a pattern.
-
-You can start `less` with line numbers with the `-N` flag (or `--LINE-NUMBERS`
-if you really want to spell it out).
-
-```bash
-$ less -N log/development.log
-```
-
-If you've already started up `less` and wish you had included line numbers,
-there is no reason to restart it with the flag. Instead, toggle the line numbers
-option on within the `less` process. To do this, type `-N`. It will prompt you
-with `Constantly display line numbers (press RETURN)`. Hit enter and line
-numbers will appear to the left of each line in the file.
-
-Similarly, to toggle line numbers back off within `less`, hit `-n` (lower-case
-`n`), accept the prompt, and back off they go.
-
-Both of these (`-N`/`-n`) are options being set (toggled) via the `-` command.
-There are many other options like these that can be configured within a `less`
-session in the same way.
-
-See `man less` and find the `-` command and the available `OPTIONS`.

unix/format-and-display-small-amounts-of-columnar-data.md

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Format And Display Small Amounts Of Columnar Data
-
-In [_List Processes Running Across All (tmux)
-Sessions](tmux/list-processes-running-across-all-sessions.md), I showed an
-example of piping some data from `tmux` to the `column -t` command to nicely format
-and display the columnar data as a table. By default is uses spaces as the
-delimiter.
-
-```bash
-❯ tmux list-panes -a -F "#{session_name}:#{window_index}.#{pane_index} #{pane_pid} #{pane_current_command}" \
-  | column -t
-
-PLP:1.1             62364  zsh
-TIL:1.1             62345  nvim
-TIL:1.2             65838  task
-TIL:2.1             11428  tmux
-client-app:1.1      62373  ssh
-client-app:1.2      10796  zsh
-client-app:1.3      63081  zsh
-client-app:2.1      61115  overmind
-client-app:3.1      82608  zsh
-visualmode-dev:1.1  52237  zsh
-```
-
-This can be useful for formatting data from all kinds of commands and tools.
-Sometimes the columns of data are separated by something other than spaces. For
-instance, here is some git branch information (for my [dotfiles
-repo](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles)) separated by the `|` character.
-To format that with `column`, I need to also include the `-s '|'` flag to
-override the delimiter.
-
-```bash
-❯ git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)|%(authordate:short)|%(authorname)' refs/heads/ \
-  | column -t -s '|'
-
-claude/sync-dotfiles-011CUP87cRV6c51eEi3Chg99  2025-10-22  jbranchaud
-jb/add-rhubarb-for-fugitive-github-browse      2025-11-02  jbranchaud
-jb/fix-hardcoded-paths                         2025-11-02  jbranchaud
-jb/set-nvim-to-default-manpager                2025-10-19  jbranchaud
-main                                           2026-01-10  jbranchaud
-master                                         2025-10-30  Dorian Karter
-my-dotfiles                                    2025-11-01  jbranchaud
-upstream-master                                2026-01-01  Dorian Karter
-```

unix/show-tree-view-of-processes-and-subprocesses.md

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# Show Tree View Of Processes And Subprocesses
-
-Though you can cobble together a command on a MacOS Unix system to output a
-hierarchical tree view of a parent process and its descendent subprocesses, it
-is easier to [`brew install pstree`](https://github.com/FredHucht/pstree) and
-use that.
-
-Here is what I see when I run it for a _pid_ that corresponds to a `tmux`
-session that I have running locally:
-
-```bash
-❯ pstree 61690
--+= 61690 lastword tmux new-session -d -s TIL -c /Users/lastword/dev/jbranchaud/til
- |--= 63081 lastword /bin/zsh
- |-+= 11428 lastword zsh
- | \-+= 48511 lastword pstree 61690
- |   \--- 48512 root ps -axwwo user,pid,ppid,pgid,command
- |-+= 62345 lastword zsh
- | \--= 06031 lastword claude
- |--= 62364 lastword /bin/zsh
- |-+= 62373 lastword zsh
- | \--= 64407 lastword ssh my-app-staging
- |-+= 61115 lastword /bin/zsh
- | \-+= 61579 lastword overmind start -f Procfile.dev
- |   \--- 61586 lastword tmux -C -L overmind-my-app-abc123 new -n web -s my-app -P -F %overmind-process #{pane_id} web #{pane_pid} /var/folders/zc/abc123/T/overmin
- |--= 52237 lastword /bin/zsh
- |--= 82608 lastword /bin/zsh
- \--= 10796 lastword /bin/zsh
-```
-
-I was looking for a frozen `claude` process that was part of this session. And I
-found it about halfway down that list -- `06031`. Now I can run `kill` on that
-process as needed.
-
-For some additional context, I initially found the _pid_ for the `tmux` session
-by running `ps aux | grep tmux` and looking through those results.

unix/use-negative-lookbehind-matching-with-ripgrep.md

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# Use Negative Lookbehind Matching With ripgrep
-
-The most straightforward way to use `ripgrep` is to hand it a pattern. It will
-take that pattern and move forward through each file trying to find matches.
-
-```bash
-$ rg 'TwilioClient\.new'
-```
-
-That will find all occurrences of `TwilioClient.new` in available project files.
-
-What if that pattern is too permissive though? That is going to match on
-occurrences of `TwilioClient.new` as well as things like
-`LoggingTwilioClient.new`. If we want to exclude the latter, there are a few
-ways to do that. One of them being the use of [the _negative lookbehind_ regex
-feature](https://www.pcre.org/current/doc/html/pcre2syntax.html#SEC23) that is
-available with PCRE2 (Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions).
-
-A _negative lookbehind_ is like a standard pattern. We look forward through the
-document for the base pattern (like `TwilioClient\.new`). However, once we find
-that match, we then look back at the previous characters and if they match our
-negative lookbehind pattern, then it is no longer a positive match.
-
-We can use one of the following to forms to achieve this:
-
-```
-  (?<!...)                    )
-  (*nlb:...)                  ) negative lookbehind
-  (*negative_lookbehind:...)  )
-```
-
-For instance, here is what this looks like for our example:
-
-```bash
-$ rg -P '(?<!Logging)TwilioClient\.new'
-```
-
-Note: we have to use the `-P` flag to tell `ripgrep` that we are using PCRE2
-syntax. Otherwise, it assumes a simpler regex syntax that doesn't support
-_negative lookbehind_.
-
-See `man rg` for more details.