Handcrafting Codes
  1. 09EngineeringFinding anything in a git repo: working tree, commits, and historyGrep finds a string in your working treeJul 02, 20263 min read
  2. 10EngineeringDebugging Coveo UA: when the dashboard JSON lies to youI spent a lot of time trying to figure out why the Coveo Usage Analytics API was not working right.Jul 02, 20263 min read
  3. 11EngineeringThe git aliases worth stealingMy `[alias]` block has grown to a few hundred lines over the years, and most of it is junk I wrote once and never used again.Jul 02, 20264 min read
  4. 12Engineeringgit clean: removing untracked files without nuking the wrong ones`git clean` deletes untracked files from your working tree, and unlike almost everything else in git, what it removes is gone.Jul 02, 20262 min read
  5. 13AIHow to Actually Write for AEO: A Technical Guide to Content That Gets CitedNot another "add an FAQ section" checklist. This is about how it worksJul 02, 202622 min read
  6. 14EngineeringListing the files in a commit, and the question you're asking"List the files in a commit" sounds like one question.Jul 02, 20262 min read
  7. 15AILLMs, RAG, Vector Databases. What are they?I use AI every day. It has genuinely changed how I work: code, emails, reports, mockups, data analysis, and documentation.Jul 02, 202612 min read
  8. 16EngineeringTwo git errors on Windows that look alike and aren'tOne says the filename is too long. The other says the path is invalid.Jul 02, 20264 min read