Unix
Glob Patterns: Complete Syntax Reference with Examples
reading time: 9 minutes
Part 2: A comprehensive reference covering every glob pattern from basic wildcards to advanced features like brace expansion and extended globs. Learn the rules that apply everywhere.
Glob Patterns: The Invisible Abstraction Everyone Uses But Nobody Learns
reading time: 7 minutes
Glob patterns are everywhere - .gitignore, shell wildcards, build configs - yet most developers learn them by accident through copy-paste. Here’s why glob deserves explicit teaching.
You Don't Know JSON: Part 6 - JSON Lines: Processing Gigabytes Without Running Out of Memory
reading time: 30 minutes
Standard JSON can’t stream - you must parse the entire document. JSON Lines solves this with one JSON object per line, enabling streaming processing, log aggregation, Unix pipelines, and handling gigabyte-scale datasets with constant memory usage.
Mastering ZSH: Part 1 - Hooks and Automation
reading time: 10 minutes
Complete guide to ZSH hooks: automate prompts, time commands, activate virtualenvs on cd, and filter secrets from history–without slowing down your terminal.