Today I Learned

This is a collection of small things I’ve learned while working on various projects. These notes are primarily for my own reference, but maybe they’ll be helpful to others too.

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• 2025-03-26 Building a Terminal Raw Mode Input Reader in Go

  How to implement terminal raw mode in Go for capturing keystrokes without waiting for Enter

• 2025-03-23 Understanding LSP with a Simple Emoji Completion Server

  Creating a basic Language Server Protocol implementation in Go that provides emoji autocompletion

• 2025-03-20 Nvim Knap: Real-time PDF Preview for Markdown and LaTeX

  Setting up automatic PDF preview for Markdown files using Knap plugin in Neovim

• 2025-03-19 Speeding Up zsh Startup with zprof and zsh-defer

  How I diagnosed and fixed slow zsh startup times using zprof and lazy loading

• 2025-03-16 ZSH Completion for Custom Functions

  Adding file completion to custom shell functions in ZSH

• 2025-03-15 MIME Sniffing

  How browsers and servers detect file types by examining binary patterns

• 2025-03-15 Dokploy: A Simple Docker Deployment Solution

  The deployment solution that I wasn't looking for

• 2025-03-14 0x0.st: A Simple File Hosting Service

  A quick and easy way to host files using 0x0.st, and why I built my own alternative.

• 2025-03-14 Using comm as an Alternative to diff

  A look at how `comm` can be used to compare files, and how it differs from `diff`

• 2025-03-13 Mailpit: A Simple SMTP Mock Server

  How to easily mock an SMTP server with Mailpit for development environments

• 2025-03-13 Swayidle Lockscreen

  How to setup swayidle and swaylock for automatic screen locking and power management in Sway

• 2025-03-13 Hugo Learnings: Layouts and Templates

  My notes on Hugo template structure and how it actually works