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A collection of tech learnings.

Opening Files in Multiple Splits from the CLI

How to open multiple files in (N)Vim in Splits from the command line with one command

June 16, 2024 路 1 min 路 lukefilewalker
editors

Improving One's Objective Typing Speed - an Experiment

An experiment to gauge the amount and speed of progress when attempting to deliberately increase one鈥檚 typing speed on two different layouts.

May 12, 2024 路 5 min 路 lukefilewalker
productivity experiments

A Note Taking Strategy

An evolving strategy for absorbing and using knowledge.

March 30, 2024 路 4 min 路 lukefilewalker
productivity

Fixing Permission denied or Could not read from remote repository issues

How fix the dreaded Permission denied/Could not read from remote repository issue i.e. how to set up an SSH agent system wide that manages SSH keys seamlessly (on Linux).

November 8, 2023 路 3 min 路 lukefilewalker
os

Keep a Docker Container Running for Debugging Purposes

Four methods to keep a docker container from terminating after a failure in order to debug the issue.

November 27, 2022 路 2 min 路 lukefilewalker
devops

Building Neovim from Source

How to build Neovim from source if, for example, there is no binary for your system.

October 23, 2022 路 2 min 路 lukefilewalker
editors

Running a Command on Each Item in a List

Easily run a command on each item in a list - think list of filenames for example.

October 9, 2022 路 1 min 路 lukefilewalker
cli

Rust - Second Steps (with Cargo)

Take your second steps with Rust by exploring the official and widely used package manager, Cargo.

October 8, 2022 路 3 min 路 lukefilewalker
programming rust

Rust - First Steps

Take your first steps with Rust by installing the toolchain and writing your first program.

October 8, 2022 路 2 min 路 lukefilewalker
programming rust

Redirect Output When You Don't Have Permission to

How to redirect output from a command you鈥檝e run to a file that you don鈥檛 have permission to write to i.e. to a destination that you need to use sudo on.

September 2, 2022 路 1 min 路 lukefilewalker
cli