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18+ yrs full-time in web-dev. Mostly write about PHP, JavaScript, CSS, Sass, SQL, Unix shell, Laravel, Vue, Tailwind, PhpStorm, Vim. Maker of BEAUBUS Patterns.

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You can press Ctrl+e in command line to write long command in your editor (set/change via `export VISUAL=vi`)

#Ubuntu #Linux #macOS #bash

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If `apt update` fails because a repository changed its release metadata, you can explicitly accept the change with:

`sudo apt update --allow-releaseinfo-change`

Useful after a legitimate repository metadata update.

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In Laravel, the once function executes the given callback once and caches its result in memory for the duration of the request. Subsequent calls with the same callback return the cached result.

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Check if a remote server can be reached on a particular port:

nc -vz 216.239.38.120 80

> -v — verbose, -z — scan without sending data

#macOS #Linux #bash

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GitHub CLI (gh) commands that make everyday PR work faster

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You can mark slow PHPUnit tests with a `slow` group and exclude them from your regular local test runs, while still running the full suite in CI.

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Accidentally switched Claude Code to auto-mode and want to go back?

Set `permissions.defaultMode` to default in your settings.

This restores the standard permission behavior where Claude asks for approval when needed.

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On macOS, if you have a long-running process and don't want your Mac to fall asleep, run `caffeinate -i`

`-i` prevents idle system sleep while still allowing the display to turn off

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If you delete/rewrite log from /var/log in #Ubuntu #Linux and logging stops, restart rsyslog:

sudo service rsyslog restart

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How to completely remove issued letsencrypt certificate for a domain #Linux #SSL

sudo certbot delete --cert-name name-of-your-domain

> Also you don't need to revoke a certificate before deleting it just allow it to expire.

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Remove everything from current folder, including subfolders and hidden folders and files (#Linux #unix_shell):

rm -r * .*

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If macOS “System Data” is eating your disk space, a few places worth checking as a web developer:

~/Library/Caches — JetBrains, Yarn, Cypress, Playwright

~/Library/Containers — Docker

~/Library/Developer — Xcode simulators

/Library/Developer — CoreSimulator caches

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Laravel has a handy way to remove trailing zeros after the decimal point.

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Pragma: no-cache is obsolete. For modern applications, use Cache-Control instead.

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In Laravel, the Arr::collapse method combines multiple nested arrays or collections into a single array.

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JavaScript has String.raw for getting the raw form of a template literal

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Laravel has a handy way to spell out a number as an ordinal in words.

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Want to see which files have changed since the very first commit in a Git repository?

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New Duration class in PHP 8.6

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Partial function application in PHP 8.6