Reload the Active Tab in Chrome with AppleScript

This is a revisited/simplified version of this old post.


You can get more scripts like this from Saekiさん's post

Git diff stash

If you need to see what's been changed for a certain stash, you can simply pass in the treeish for the stash.

What makes a pragmatic programmer

Here are some of my notes of the book

What makes a pragmatic programmer

• Early adopter/fast adapter
• Inquisitive, tend to ask questions
• Critical thinker
• Realistic, try to understand the underlying nature of each problem you face
• Jack of all trades, familiar with a broad range of technologies

Care about your craft. Think! About your work. Always trying to place it in its larger context, always trying to be aware of the bigger picture.

The cat ate my source code

Take responsibility for everything they do. We can be proud of our abilities, but we must be honest about our shortcomings. Provide options, don't make lame excuses. Don't be afraid to ask, or to admit that you need help.

Software entropy

Don't leave "broken windows" (bad designs, wrong decisions, or poor code) unrepaired. Take some action to prevent further damage and to show you're on top of the situation.

Stone soup and boiled frogs

Be a catalyst for change

Good enough software

If you give your users something to play with early, their feedback will often lead you to a better eventual solution.

Your knowledge portfolio

Invest regularly in your knowledge portfolio It's important to continue investing. Once you feel comfortable with some new language or bit of technology, move on. Learn another one. The process of learning will expand your thinking, opening you to new possibilities and new ways of doing things. Critically analyze what you read and hear.

E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line

When you start vim/vi and get the this error message it means that your ~/.viminfo file is corrupted.

The .viminfo is a history file for vim/vi so deleting it cannot cause any problem.

After deleting it vim/vi starts without any problem.

Downloading Google Search History

You can use bookmarklets like
Geeklad's script

or you can do it manually with by entering the following into your browser

Changing the escape/command character in GNU Screen

Using Colourlovers.com API with NodeJS

Colourlovers.com has a pretty good and straightforward API.

The following snippet fetches the top palettes with the help of NodeJS