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"01a07d5d-5757-73b1-b7c2-9a294c14f275", "title": "The bare minimum for syncing Git repos", "url": "https://alexwlchan.net/2026/bare-git/", "published_at": "2026-02-17T08:08:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d4db-ce55-7319-9b05-745fdadd024e", "title": "Making a PDF that’s larger than Germany", "url": "https://alexwlchan.net/2024/big-pdf/", "published_at": "2024-02-01T17:27:57+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Parametrised tests in Rust with named parametersoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2026
Abusing ID3 chapters to turn videos into glanceable podcastsoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
What is WS11 1DB?original ↗
8 Sept 2026
Blocking referrers with Caddyoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
How to type a Spanish question mark (¿) on a Macoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2026
Non-overlapping type comparisons and Python type checkersoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2026
Why does t.Setenv panic after t.Parallel?original ↗
23 Aug 2026
Why can’t you combine .tar.gz files with cat?original ↗
20 Aug 2026
Use Path.glob() and Path.rglob() for typed versions of glob.glob()original ↗
17 Aug 2026
How Tailscale tracked down a 16-year-old SQLite bug →original ↗
13 Aug 2026
Curious clocks and colourful eyesoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2026
Track which templates are used by Jinja2original ↗
10 Aug 2026
Archeologists distinguish between “sherds” and “shards”original ↗
1 Aug 2026
A single command to test all my changed Go packagesoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2026
Preventing line breaks in <code> elementsoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2026
Fixing a bug with byte order marksoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2026
Disable the new message animations in WhatsApporiginal ↗
15 Jul 2026
A Git hook to prevent committing directly to mainoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2026
Finding high-churn folders that bother Backblazeoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2026
Describing all my photosoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2026
Always-on SSH agent forwarding with my Git pushesoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2026
I don’t want to repeat repeat myselforiginal ↗
3 Jul 2026
Rebuilding the computer roomoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2026
Managing the caption of a photo with AppleScript (but not PhotoKit)original ↗
28 Jun 2026
What can wonky APIs tell us about the web?original ↗
21 Jun 2026
Goodhart’s and Campbell’s Law are differentoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2026
Notes from The Cornishman No. 176 (Spring 2026)original ↗
7 Jun 2026
Using the Screen Capture API to record a browser windoworiginal ↗
7 Jun 2026
Using Pytester to test my Playwright fixturesoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
Rendering a chat thread in CSS and JavaScriptoriginal ↗
29 May 2026
GitUp can’t diff text files larger than 8MBoriginal ↗
26 May 2026
Format “human-readable” JSON with FracturedJSON →original ↗
15 May 2026
Waiting for website changes in the browseroriginal ↗
14 May 2026
Watching for file changes on macOSoriginal ↗
11 May 2026
Testing the width of a page on a mobile device using Playwrightoriginal ↗
6 May 2026
Using Playwright to test my static sitesoriginal ↗
2 May 2026
Disable AirPods charging notificationsoriginal ↗
2 May 2026
Start a Caddy server in a subprocess during a Python sessionoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
Building a basic cache with SQLiteoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2026
Filter a list of JSON object based on a list of tagsoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2026
HTTP GET requests with the Python standard libraryoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2026
Auditing my local Python packagesoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2026
Quietly quantum-resistant bloggingoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2026
HOME_GET_ME_HOME is a Citymapper Shortcuts actionoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2026
The FileExistsError exception exposes a filename attributeoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2026
The red-lined bubble snailoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2026
Creating a personalised bin calendaroriginal ↗
26 Mar 2026
Monki Gras 2026 “Prepping Craft”original ↗
23 Mar 2026
The selfish case for public librariesoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2026
Dreaming of a ten-year computeroriginal ↗
12 Mar 2026
Gumdrop, a silly app for messing with my webcamoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2026
The bare minimum for syncing Git reposoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2026

2024

Making a PDF that’s larger than Germanyoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2024