The Lazy Typist's Guide to Shell History Expansion

Posted on Wed 09 September 2026 in Terminal

If you've spent any time in a terminal, you've probably typed a command, hit enter, watched it fail with "Permission denied," and then sighed as you retyped the whole thing with sudo stuck on the front. There's a better way, and it's been sitting in your shell this whole time …

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You've Been Reading JSON the Hard Way

Posted on Mon 29 June 2026 in Developer Tools

Have You Ever Stared at an API Response and Thought, "There Has to Be a Better Way"?

You call an API. It sends back a wall of JSON — deeply nested, hundreds of lines long, completely unreadable at a glance. You squint at it. You copy it into a formatter online …

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