524 tips · new ones added continuously
Every tip is one concrete thing you will do better or faster. Filter by what you use and who you are — or just search.
API response as one unreadable line of mush? jq formats it, colors it, and pulls out exactly the field you're looking for.
An urgent fix comes in and your code is half-finished? git stash tucks it away in a drawer, git stash pop brings it back. No half-baked commits.
Bad reset, deleted branch, a rebase gone wrong? git reflog shows the history of everywhere HEAD has been — and lost commits can be brought back.
Files from your system and editor don't belong in every project's .gitignore. Set up a global ignore file instead — it applies to every repository.
A forgotten file or a typo in the message doesn't need a new commit. --amend rewrites the last one, as if the mistake never happened.
One file has both a bug fix and an unrelated cleanup? git add -p walks through the changes chunk by chunk and asks what belongs in the commit.
In-depth guide · 15 min
An explainer with prompts: what it means to let AI run in a loop, what's true in the hype, what's overblown, and how to safely try your first loop.
Testing a spreadsheet, a form, or a mailing? Have AI generate fifty fictional rows with names and amounts instead of copying real data.
Describe in plain words what you want to match, and AI returns a regular expression with a part-by-part explanation and test cases. For Sheets, editors, and bulk edits.
In-depth guide · 26 min
A guide with prompts: a website without hiring a developer — from scaffolding through git as a safety net to a domain and Vercel. Proven on this site.
In-depth guide · 23 min
A guide with prompts: why the agent writes a different script every time, when to move from chat to a file, scheduled runs, and catching silent breaks.
In-depth guide · 71 min
A complete guide with prompts: what MCP is, how official and community connectors differ, and what eight tool categories can do — from notes to CAD.
In-depth guide · 27 min
A guide with prompts: why a chatbot silently gets math wrong, how a persistent DuckDB skill lets you query CSV or Excel in plain words — and check results.
In-depth guide · 18 min
A fair comparison of three camps across eight criteria — from capture speed to price. With a comparison table, a pick for your situation, and an exit plan.
In-depth guide · 21 min
A complete guide with prompts: what MCP is and why it's the USB-C of AI, connecting mail, calendar, or Notion, and least-privilege permission setup.
In-depth guide · 21 min
A complete guide with prompts: one visual identity, one command — a style prompt, an AI-written script, batch generation, WebP compression, a safe API key.
In-depth guide · 20 min
A complete guide with prompts: connect AI to Notion or a notes folder, ask questions in your own words, and have the archive fill itself in every week.
In-depth guide · 18 min
A complete guide with prompts for orchestrating subagents: when one agent isn't enough, splitting work into batches, and checking results with a script.
In-depth guide · 20 min
A guide with prompts: installation, the first half hour, five typical tasks from folder cleanup to reports, and safety rules. It's how this site is made.
Shift+End
Shift + End selects text from the cursor to the end of the line, Shift + Home to the start. No dragging with the mouse.
Lights, do-not-disturb, a timer, and music with a single command. A ritual that tells your brain “it's work time now.”
The trick isn't standing all day — it's alternating positions, plus a bit of movement that fits into your work without interrupting it.
ANC headphones solve two problems at once: ambient noise, and coworkers who can't tell you don't want to be disturbed.
A neck that hurts from a monitor set too low. A stand or arm for a few dollars fixes years of discomfort.
Monitor, keyboard, network, charging — all through a single USB-C cable. Connecting your laptop stops being a five-minute ritual.
“Fix bug” tells you nothing six months later. One sentence about the reason for a change saves an hour of git blame archaeology.
Long commands, build sequences, switching environments — all of it belongs in aliases and scripts. Ten characters instead of eighty.
Ctrl+D
Ctrl+D in VS Code selects the next occurrence of a word — and you type in all of them at once. Small refactors without find and replace.
Coding needs 2+ uninterrupted hours — one meeting in the middle kills the whole morning. Protect your blocks as a team.
In-depth guide · 21 min
A complete guide with prompts: three levels of assistance and when to use each, tests and refactoring, unfamiliar codebases, and agent-mode guardrails.