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Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year

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Post by jbranchaud »

stygiansonic wrote: post #12

Great 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 you…

It is fun to see what technologies I've been writing about the most over the long run -- Vim and PostgreSQL seem to be the big ones!

Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year

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Post by jbranchaud »

woodruffw wrote: post #22

Great idea! By the way, minor note on unix/copying-file-contents-to-system-paste-buffer.md: "pbcopy" is an OS X only utility, but X11 (Linux, BSD) has a rough analogue in the form of "xclip". Just in case you ever switch over ;)

Good catch, I ought to move that over to the Mac section.

Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year

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Post by Raphmedia »

mahmud wrote: post #15
cableshaft wrote: post #13

I'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.

Take a look at Quiver, that's what I've been using. It's markdown + code cells + text... I find it amazing for what it does. The evernode of code snippets.

http://happenapps.com/#quiver

Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year

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Post by mastazi »

stdbrouw wrote: post #18
dragonwriter wrote: post #8

Earlier 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". Hyperpedantically, "SQL" is an initialism, but not an acronym.

Pronouncing SQL as es-kyoo-el is a rookie mistake. Sequel!

There are varied opinions about this topic. Several Sources of Truth and Righteousness advise against "sequel"[1][2], However it seems that in a certain building in WA "sequel" is preferred [3].

[1] https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/what-is-mysql.html

[2] http://www.postgresql.org/about/press/faq/

[3] https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/fd6...

Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year

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Post by anpat »

npizzolato wrote: post #14
dragonwriter wrote: post #8

Earlier 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". 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.

I'd suggest google dictionary plugin. Double click on anything on the page and you get the definition as a small popup/tool-tip. That's how even I learned what Initialism is.
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