https://github.com/jbranchaud/til/blob/master/ruby/comparing...
I really like the .contain_exactly() matcher for this purpose as well :)
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
#132Great idea. As someone who suffers sometimers, as opposed to Alzheimer, I tend to forget. I'll know I knew that at some point, and this list would be just the ticket.
I tell people my memory is excellent but my retrieval tends to suck bad sometimes. Random access memory?
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#133I've been doing this for years but sparingly and in my blog (in fact my blog's heading reads "because I forget simple little things too soon"). Never occurred to me to git it as that makes it effortless to record just about everything. Thanks for the idea.
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
We recently open-sourced it. Let us know what you think! https://github.com/hashrocket/hr-til
I like it but upgrading ruby to the required 2.3 from 1.9 that comes with Ubuntu 14.04 turned out to be a daunting process. The 2.3 build was at least 15 min with several errors, and then bundler wouldn't work. I wiped everything ruby and will try again with RVM. It seems like over kill for such a simple app. I am not a RoR guy and my first impression is not very good compared to other server apps I've installed, or…
I've had great success using Brightbox's Ruby PPAs https://launchpad.net/~brightbox/+archive/ubuntu/ruby-ng. Might want to give them a try first.
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#135Thank you for sharing this! Thank you!
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#136Personally I have "knowlede base" document where are useful hints, commands and step-by-step guides how to do something (like: configure/code/export/filter etc.).
Other text file contains useful links with other's step-by-step guide founded on internet.
Github is interesting idea since it's available from my personal and working laptop. Till now i have used google docs/gmail draft messages.
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#137TIL is the cool concept for all people and topics, not just for developers or engineering related stuffs.
I apply the simple way to organize them via Github Issue -- https://github.com/tieubao/til/issues
It's good for us in term of effortless and easy for reference ...
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#138Something I find really interesting is how VIM takes up a huge chunk of the TILs. One of my personal quirks is I feel like those terminal-based editors consume an undue amount of time and energy to learn and maintain. This TIL seems to give a bit of extra evidence for that suspicion. Simpler options have been available for years now (e.g., Sublime). In those rare moments when you do need to edit files on a remote ser…
I'm learning Emacs and you are right, you need time and energy. They are powerful tools so that's expected. I'm enjoying the journey, but it's not for everybody.
Nice to know your learning emacs. Try org-mode to implement the OP's idea.
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#139Something I find really interesting is how VIM takes up a huge chunk of the TILs. One of my personal quirks is I feel like those terminal-based editors consume an undue amount of time and energy to learn and maintain. This TIL seems to give a bit of extra evidence for that suspicion. Simpler options have been available for years now (e.g., Sublime). In those rare moments when you do need to edit files on a remote ser…
I agree that the Vim learning curve is steeper, but many of these TILs veer towards higher-level Vim wizardry--the kind of things that most Vim users will never both learning (and will never need to). Many of them are also way beyond the capacity of Sublime or Nano.
*bother learning
Re: Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year
#140You mean I could've scored upvotes by posting my wiki on here? Well better late than never...