Merge 295fe153ad into 71d3e56b3d

Hello, I've added a small blockquote below the description to indicate that this method of accessing an indefinite number of function arguments has been superseded by the use of the spread operator via rest parameters for ES6+ compatibility.

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://crafty-builder-6996.ck.page/e169c61186).
 
-_1496 TILs and counting..._
+_1498 TILs and counting..._
 
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@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ _1496 TILs and counting..._
 
 - [Access Go Docs Offline](go/access-go-docs-offline.md)
 - [Build For A Specific OS And Architecture](go/build-for-a-specific-os-and-architecture.md)
+- [Do Something N Times](go/do-something-n-times.md)
 - [Find Executables Installed By Go](go/find-executables-installed-by-go.md)
 - [Not So Random](go/not-so-random.md)
 - [Replace The Current Process With An External Command](go/replace-the-current-process-with-an-external-command.md)
@@ -440,6 +441,7 @@ _1496 TILs and counting..._
 ### Internet
 
 - [Add Emoji To GitHub Repository Description](internet/add-emoji-to-github-repository-description.md)
+- [Add Styled Alerts To GitHub Markdown Documents](internet/add-styled-alerts-to-github-markdown-documents.md)
 - [Analyze Your Website Performance](internet/analyze-your-website-performance.md)
 - [Check Your Public IP Address](internet/check-your-public-ip-address.md)
 - [Digraph Unicode Characters Have A Titlecase](internet/digraph-unicode-characters-have-a-titlecase.md)

go/do-something-n-times.md

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Do Something N Times
+
+With Go 1.23 there is a new for-range syntax that makes looping a bit easier
+and more compact.
+
+Instead of needing to set up our 3-part for-loop syntax, we can say we want to
+do something `N` times with `for range N`.
+
+```go
+for range n {
+	// do something
+}
+```
+
+Let's look at an actual, runnable example:
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+import "math/rand"
+import "time"
+
+func main() {
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano()) 
+
+	food := []string{"taco", "burrito", "torta", "enchilada", "tostada"}
+
+	for range 5 {
+		randomIndex := rand.Intn(len(food))
+		fmt.Println(food[randomIndex])
+	}
+}
+```
+
+The output is random and might look something like this:
+
+```bash
+$ go run loop.go
+taco
+burrito
+tostada
+taco
+enchilada
+```
+
+I appreciate this syntax addition because it feels very akin to Ruby's `#times`
+method:
+
+```ruby
+5.times do
+  # do something
+end
+```
+
+[source](https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2024/ranging-over-functions-in-go-123/)

internet/add-styled-alerts-to-github-markdown-documents.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Add Styled Alerts To GitHub Markdown Documents
+
+The GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown) variant of markdown adds some nice features
+to our GitHub-rendered markdown documents.
+
+One such feature that has been around for a couple years, but which I only just
+learned about, are these styled alerts. There are five of them each with a
+different color and icon to help convey meaning.
+
+```
+> [!NOTE]
+> Useful information that users should know, even when skimming content.
+
+> [!TIP]
+> Helpful advice for doing things better or more easily.
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> Key information users need to know to achieve their goal.
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> Urgent info that needs immediate user attention to avoid problems.
+
+> [!CAUTION]
+> Advises about risks or negative outcomes of certain actions.
+```
+
+I just added the following to the top of one of my project's READMEs to help me
+remember that it is not under active development.
+
+```
+> [!WARNING]
+> This repo is not under active development, you might be looking for
+> [til-visualmode-dev](https://github.com/jbranchaud/til-visualmode-dev).
+```
+
+Visit the GitHub docs for
+[Alerts](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax#alerts)
+to see examples of how these render.
+
+[source](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax#alerts)

javascript/accessing-arguments-to-a-function.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ an array-like object with all of the arguments to the function. Even if not
 all of the arguments are referenced in the function signature, they can
 still be accessed via the `arguments` object.
 
+> For ES6+ compatibility, the `spread` operator used via [rest parameters](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions/rest_parameters) is preferred over the `arugments` object when accessing an abritrary number of function arguments.
+
 ```javascript
 function argTest(one) {
   console.log(one);