Had to work with some machine generated XML files.
To make them more readable, I looked for a way to format and indent them in Vim.
There are many tools for this, I stumbled upon xmllint which also validates the XML.
This can be useful, but restricts it to formatting valid XML files only.
:%!xmllint --format %
Simulating Crop Marks is a fun CSS experiment.
It uses html::before/after body::before/after together with some background: linear-gradient magic to draw crop marks around a website.
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Two very interesting blog posts explaining how Alex manages multi-factor recovery codes and memorises passwords:
But enabling MFA isn’t everything – what if you lose access to that second factor? For example, I store my MFA codes in an app on my phone. What happens if my phone is broken or stolen?
I generally trust my password manager, but I don’t want it to be a single point of failure for my entire digital life.
Sad and devastated. Wish strength to all.
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Feeling burnt out? A bush blessing for the end of the year
Now is the time to think of new beginnings
Illustration: Jess Hardwood
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A long time ago I learned about the gf command in Vim.
It goes to the file whose name is under the cursor.
This can be pretty handy if you have a bunch of Markdown files that reference each-other.
But I never knew to go back to the previous file again.
So this week I took the time to find out how to do it.
And it turns out that there are multiple ways :-)
The most straightforward one is: CTRL-6
And there is also CTRL-o (back to the 'outer' file) with its companion CTRL-i (go forward to the 'inner' file).
CTRL-o and CTRL-i can be used to jump back and forth on the list of files opened via gf.
Infomaniak released Euria, a free, privacy-respecting, swiss-hosted AI assistant.
I briefly tried their web version, and it gives a good impression so far.
Good to have this available as a local alternative. 🇨đź‡
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I have a little framework that I often use when I want feedback/when I give feedback on a blog post, a tutorial, a project, a product, etc. to get as much clarity as possible, quickly.
- what’s Awesome?
- what’s Boring?
- what’s Confusing?
- what Didn’t you believe?
These “ABCD” questions are basic, but they get to the meat of the good and the bad (and the in between) of what you’re producing.
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