great idea, I use drupal to keep some notes myself, but this is concise and easier to access, when this list grows you may want to add a search button to it?
Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
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Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#12Great job, and even better idea for putting it into a git repo!
I've been keeping a sort of "development log" for the past few years where, each day, I write a small blurb about what I've done, but more importantly, what I've learned.
It's a similar idea to this, but obviously a lot less structured. (The use of Markdown was a great idea, btw!) This helps you get an idea for how much you have done if you ever find yourself questioning what you've been doing for the past little while.
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#13I've been using http://www.devarist.com (which was posted on HN back in August last year) to record little tidbits on an almost daily basis, and it's been working pretty well.
If it's something I have to look up I try to make a habit of putting it in there. Then I can do a search for the search phrase I'd normally make and it pops right up, saves me a lot of time looking through the top couple of documents for the nth time.
Devarist has Markdown support also. I've been using it to include little 20x20 icons for each programming language or technology so I can scan through the past pages to see at a glance which technology each note applies to.
That having been said, doing it in Github might actually be better for the public tidbits. Some things you learn kind of need to be kept private though (like your own projects, or pertaining to your job, or pointing out things you have trouble remembering to do).
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
I blame that I've been writing "SQL" all day and have unconsciously associated three letter non English words and "Is acronym". (Although I guess "git" is a word, although not typically part of my colloquial vocabulary... Maybe if I was a curmudgeon ~50 years ago as opposed to being a curmudgeon now) Regardless, your pedantry is excused :)
> I blame that I've been writing "SQL" all day and have unconsciously associated three letter non English words and "Is acronym". Hyperpedantically, "SQL" is an initialism, but not an acronym.
TIL what an initialism is and how it differs from an acronym :)
Funnily enough, Chrome is flagging it as a misspelled word, but googling for it brought up its definition in Google's usual definition box.
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#15I've been using http://www.devarist.com (which was posted on HN back in August last year) to record little tidbits on an almost daily basis, and it's been working pretty well. If it's something I have to look up I try to make a habit of putting it in there. Then I can do a search for the search phrase I'd normally make and it pops right up, saves me a lot of time looking through the top couple of documents for the nt…
I use a Google Drive directory full of markdown notes for this purpose. Edit with Writeily, the amazing Android markdown editory, or Macdown on desktop. Done.
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#16My favoriate, check if port is in use:
https://github.com/jbranchaud/til/blob/master/unix/check-if-...
Would be cool, to be able to collaborate and comment on each article. Perhaps, make this entire thing GitHub gists or Wiki?
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I blame that I've been writing "SQL" all day and have unconsciously associated three letter non English words and "Is acronym". (Although I guess "git" is a word, although not typically part of my colloquial vocabulary... Maybe if I was a curmudgeon ~50 years ago as opposed to being a curmudgeon now) Regardless, your pedantry is excused :)
> I blame that I've been writing "SQL" all day and have unconsciously associated three letter non English words and "Is acronym". Hyperpedantically, "SQL" is an initialism, but not an acronym.
Only if you pronounce it "Ess-Kew-Ell" and not "Sequel", though, right?
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I blame that I've been writing "SQL" all day and have unconsciously associated three letter non English words and "Is acronym". (Although I guess "git" is a word, although not typically part of my colloquial vocabulary... Maybe if I was a curmudgeon ~50 years ago as opposed to being a curmudgeon now) Regardless, your pedantry is excused :)
> I blame that I've been writing "SQL" all day and have unconsciously associated three letter non English words and "Is acronym". Hyperpedantically, "SQL" is an initialism, but not an acronym.
Pronouncing SQL as es-kyoo-el is a rookie mistake. Sequel!
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#19I have done something previously in the past but never keep it up that long. I like your layout. Was it all manual? That is - did you have to do the index/readme manually?
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#20I have done something previously in the past but never keep it up that long. I like your layout. Was it all manual? That is - did you have to do the index/readme manually?
yes, I just placed each post alphabetically as I went.