julia's twitter archive

I'm b0rk.jvns.ca on bluesky, @b0rk@jvns.ca on mastodon

PATH tips

https://wizardzines.com/comics/path-tips/

terminal colours are tricky https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/10/01/terminal-colours/

some Go web dev notes https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/09/27/some-go-web-dev-notes/

reasons I still love the fish shell https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/09/12/reasons-i--still--love-fish/

migrating Mess With DNS to use PowerDNS https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/08/19/migrating-mess-with-dns-to-use-powerdns/

people have been asking me to print posters for a long time and I'm excited to finally announce our first poster!

you can get it for $20 US + shipping here: https://store.wizardzines.com/products/poster-debugging-manifesto

the design is a collaboration between me, @omarieclaire, and Inner Loop Press

entering text in the terminal is complicated https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/07/08/readline/

git add -p

(this is bonus comic #4 for "How Git Works" https://wizardzines.com/zines/git, covering some topics that I didn't have space for in the zine)

permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/git-add-p/

git worktree

(this is bonus comic #3 for "How Git Works" https://wizardzines.com/zines/git, covering some topics that I didn't talk about in the zine)

permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/git-worktree/

git submodules

(this is bonus comic #2 for "How Git Works" https://wizardzines.com/zines/git, covering some topics I didn't talk about in the zine!)

permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/submodules/

been writing a few bonus comics for the Git zine to now that's it's done to celebrate! They're mostly about more obscure git features.

interactive rebase

(this is #bonuscomic #1 for How Git Works http://wizardzines.com/zines/git, covering some topics that didn't make it into the zine!)

permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/interactive-rebase/

I was going to post “the 1000 free copies of How Git Works for folks who can't afford it are all claimed, I'll release more when we sell 2000"

But then I went to check this morning and we've already sold 2000 copies of the zine??? So I've added 1000.

https://twitter.com/b0rk/status/1797605874581532828

new zine: how git works https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/04/25/new-zine--how-git-works-/

I know $12 USD is a lot of money for some people, so to celebrate 1000+ sales (!!!!), I'm giving away 1000 PDF copies of How Git Works (honour system: only if $12 is a lot for you!)

Here's the link, enter code BUYONEGIVEONE at checkout to get a free copy https://wizardzines.com/zines/git/…

wow I checked the numbers when I got up this morning and "How Git Works" has sold more on its first day than any other zine https://wizardzines.com/zines/git/

appreciate you all, hope the zine helps with your git woes ❤

@meetZaki also along the way 60 beta readers left 1000+ questions & comments & things they loved on the zine that we reviewed and decided how to resolve

WE DID IT. My new zine “How Git Works" is out now!

You can get it here for $12: https://wizardzines.com/zines/git/

the git zine is coming out on ★ ★ ★ Friday ★ ★ ★! Here's its about page

finally ready to announce that my git zine, “How Git Works", is coming out in ONE WEEK! on May 31!

it also comes with this (free!) cheat sheet which you can download and print out here: https://wizardzines.com/git-cheat-sheet.pdf

pretty happy with how the table of contents for "How Git Works" is looking

(if you want to get an email when the zine comes out, you can sign up here: https://wizardzines.com/zine-announcements/)

the submission deadline for the last-ever @bangbangcon is next week! (May 29) https://bangbangcon.com/give-a-talk.html

it's a celebration of the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing! Talks are 10 minutes! !!Con can pay for your travel! The only rule is that your talk has to have an…

I loved this talk on building custom (hardware or software) gifts for people so much.

it has great advice on gift giving, maintenance, security, and usability and I learned about CircuitPython from it! https://twitter.com/gvy_dvpont/status/1788560569143853147

knowing where you are in git
https://wizardzines.com/comics/knowing-where-you-are-in-git/

notes on decoding git's error messages https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/04/10/notes-on-git-error-messages/

almost 2,500 people are subscribed to get an email whenever i put out a new comic! who wants to help us get over 2,500? you can sign up here: https://wizardzines.com/new-comics/

merge commits
https://wizardzines.com/comics/merge-commits/

some git poll results https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/03/28/git-poll-results/

references

https://wizardzines.com/comics/git-references/