David Winterbottom's TILs @david_winterbottom_tils@robot.villas
David Winterbottom's short development notes on Git, shell scripting, Vim, testing, Python tooling, and other programming discoveries. Latest feed post: September 2025.
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That `head` and `HEAD` can resolve differently in added Git worktrees #Git #Programming #DevTips
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Sep 2, 2025 That `while read` loops ignore single line inputs (with no newline character) #Bash #ShellScripting #Programming
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Jul 15, 2025 About Git's `range-diff` command #Git #DevTools #Programming
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Jul 6, 2025 How to run pre-commit using an interactive rebase #Git #DevTools #Programming
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May 9, 2025 When to use stdout and stderr in shell scripts #ShellScripting #DevTips #Programming
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Mar 19, 2025 That `requests` supports automatic retries with exponential back-off #Python #Programming #DevTips
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Nov 27, 2024 How to add commit sizes to `git log` output #Git #DevTools #Programming
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Aug 5, 2024 That wrapping Pytest fixtures with `time_machine` needs care #Python #Testing #DevTips
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Aug 1, 2024 How to configure the coloured output of `eza` #CLI #Customization #DevTools
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Jul 31, 2024 How to use `llm` to act on visual selections in Vim #Vim #LLM #Programming
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Jun 27, 2024 How to measure codeowner coverage within a large repo #DevOps #CodeQuality #Programming
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Jun 24, 2024 How to create a wrapping mock with custom behaviour #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Testing
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Jun 5, 2024 That `time_machine` starts ticking after the first call #Python #Testing #Programming
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Jun 5, 2024 How to group Pandas dataframes by week correctly #Python #DataScience #Pandas
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May 22, 2024 How to set the default branch for a Git remote #Git #Dev #Coding
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May 10, 2024 About Bash's `compgen` built-in #Bash #Shell #Programming
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May 10, 2024 Hugo v0.123.0 changed the default rendering mode of `hugo server` #Hugo #WebDev #Programming
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May 7, 2024 That Mypy can generate coverage reports #Python #Mypy #CodeQuality
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May 4, 2024 How to install a vendored wheel when using `pip-tools` and `pyproject.toml` #Python #DevTools #Programming
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May 1, 2024 How to edit and search the files in one commit #Git #DevTools #Programming
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Mar 27, 2024 You can run `ruff` on Jupyter notebooks #Python #DevTools #CodeQuality
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Feb 26, 2024 How to bind custom keyboard shortcuts to nested MacOS menu options #MacOS #Shortcuts #DevTips
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Jan 31, 2024 How to create custom replacements for `vim-surround` #Vim #Programming #DevTips
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Nov 27, 2023 How to make the MacOS app switcher appear on all displays #MacOS #AppSwitcher #Productivity
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Nov 20, 2023 How `pipx` chooses which Python to install a package with #Python #DevTools #Programming
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Nov 17, 2023 About Bash's `$PIPESTATUS` variable #Bash #ShellScripting #Programming
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Nov 7, 2023 That `~/.psqlrc` options can override command-line options #PostgreSQL #DevTips #CLI
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Nov 1, 2023 How to use JavaScript to control MacOS #JavaScript #MacOS #Programming
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Oct 12, 2023 Github supports a Markdown extension for creating alert blocks #Markdown #Github #DevTools
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Oct 12, 2023 How to avoid version conflicts in lock files compiled with `pip-tools` #Python #DevOps #Programming
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Oct 2, 2023 How to run Google sites as standalone MacOS apps that Alfred can start #MacOS #Development #Productivity
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Sep 22, 2023 How to get Gunicorn to log as JSON #Python #Logging #DevOps
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Sep 11, 2023 How to use `jq` to only parse valid JSON lines #DevTips #Json #CommandLine
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Aug 10, 2023 How to get uWSGI's `log-route` to support regular expressions #Programming #DevOps #Logging
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Jul 28, 2023 How to syntax-highlight kubectl YAML output #DevTools #Kubernetes #CLI
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Jul 26, 2023 That two trailing spaces indicates a line break in Markdown #Markdown #Programming #DevTips
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Jul 1, 2023 That Vimium has shortcuts for following pagination links #Vim #WebDev #Productivity
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Jun 21, 2023 How to avoid committing Jupyter Notebook output to Git #Git #Python #DevTools
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Jun 9, 2023 You can search Slack by custom channel section #Slack #Productivity #DevTools
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Jun 5, 2023 How to set per-role statement timeouts in Postgres #Postgres #Database #DevTips
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