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Muhammad Usman

Running a local docker instance for Wordpress theme development

I wanted to update the Leaf theme (the one I’m currently using) and I haven’t had wordpress on my computer in a long time. Instead of going through the whole set up again, I decided to use docker for this. I wanted to keep the setup to a

TIL: using inv for any vim setting will invert it

For example: set number -> sets the line numbers set invnumber -> inverts the setting so line numbers are off now (or on if they were off)

TIL: tempfile in ruby, use it for easy garbage collection afterwards

Today, I was working on a script at work where I ultimately needed to export a 2MB file and although this isn’t a large file, I know I will forget about getting rid of it so while searching around, I came across tempfile. Tempfile simply will be garbage collected

Star Wars progress bar in Spotify

A little easter egg for May 4th:

Using Numi app for calculations

I’ve used the Calculator app on the iPhone for as long as I’ve had a smartphone and I think on the computer, it’s a weird thing that’s been missing for a long time. Recently, Apple brought the Calculator app to Mac but I don’t think

TIL: using my own blog as a knowledge DB with Google as the search engine

Today, I saw Simon Willison’s “One year of TILs” post on HN (which itself was inspired by Josh Branchaud’s collection) where he mentions writing blog posts that come from small tidbits of knowledge. For a long time, I’ve dabbled in keeping notes in Notion, text files edited

Realforce R2 vs Epomaker's Niz Plum x87

About two weeks ago, I made a reservation for the [GMMK Pro] keyboard from Glorious. At first glance, I liked the keyboard and then watching reviews of it online, I really started to like the way it was put together. My favorite keyboard layout is the simple 80% or TKL,