Add Launch Some Confetti as a Mac TIL

README.md

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 - [Configure Brew Environment Variables](brew/configure-brew-environment-variables.md)
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+- [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)
 
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+- [Launch Some Confetti](mac/launch-some-confetti.md)
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brew/install-go-packages-in-brewfile.md

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+# Install Go Packages In Brewfile
+
+Typically my `Brewfile` is only full of `brew` and `cask` directives. That's
+starting to change now that `brew` supports installing Go packages listed in the
+`Brewfile`.
+
+Use the `go` directive and the URL to the hosted Go package.
+
+Here is an example of a `Brewfile` that includes a `cask`, `brew`, and `go`
+directive.
+
+```
+# screen resolution tool
+cask "betterdisplay"
+
+# Mac keychain management, gpg key
+brew "pinentry-mac"
+
+# Sanitized production Postgres dumps
+go "github.com/jackc/pg_partialcopy"
+```
+
+I've recently added the exact package from above to my [`dotfiles`
+repo](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/commit/e83e9d19504f0e2f95eba33123f907f999bf865e).
+
+Here is the [PR to `brew`](https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20798) where
+this functionality was added back in October of 2025.

mac/launch-some-confetti.md

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+# Launch Some Confetti
+
+If you have [Raycast](https://www.raycast.com/) installed on your machine, then
+you have quick access to some confetti via their quick command palette. Trigger
+the command palette to open, start typing `confetti` until it appears as the
+focused option, and then hit enter.
+
+🎉
+
+We can launch confetti other ways, including programmatically from scripts.
+
+To do this, we need to first find the _deeplink_ for the Raycast _confetti_
+program. Trigger the command palette and type out `confetti` again. However,
+this time instead of hitting enter, hit `Cmd+k` to open other actions. Find the
+_Copy Deeplink_ option.
+
+You should now have this on your clipboard:
+
+```
+raycast://extensions/raycast/raycast/confetti
+```
+
+With this deeplink in hand, we can now trigger confetti other places. The
+easiest way to do this is to open a terminal and pass that deep link as an
+argument to `open`.
+
+```bash
+$ open raycast://extensions/raycast/raycast/confetti
+```
+
+Now you can wrap that up in any old bash script or even just tack it on to the
+end of a run of your test suite:
+
+```bash
+$ rails test && open raycast://extensions/raycast/raycast/confetti
+```