Bits and bytes of code

At work, engineers are strongly encouraged to use an additional factor of authentication for SSH keys, rather than the traditional passwordless approach. While Yubikey's work well for this type of thing, I found that 1Password's SSH support is actually much more ergonomic.

ast-grep is an amazing tool for structural code search. With it, you can search for code by it's AST shape, rather than just a simple string or regex search. I've been using it a fair bit at work, and I developed a few scripts that replaced the core logic of the Flashlight project I built last year.

I recently started using a tool called Zoxide from a friend's recommendation and I must say, it's pretty awesome. Zoxide is a smarter cd command that tracks your most used directories and allows you to jump to them with ease.

Building slideshows using Markdown is really convenient and fast. There are three great projects on GitHub which do this well, but I always forget their names, so posting them in this Byte for my own reference but also to promote each of these great open source projects.

Earlier last year, I created a tool called Flashlight which is a Rust-powered JavaScript code search tool. I recently added support for searching for JSX tags and I'd like to highlight the features of Flashlight briefly.

Taking screenshots is a common task when working on an engineering team. Sharing in-progress work, showing bugs or needed changes, or finding design inspiration from another web app. While often you just want to send a message with the screenshot, sometimes it's helpful to save them to disk for later use.

ffmpeg is a fantastic tool for converting videos between various formats. I recently needed to create a GIF from a screen recording, which you can do with ffmpeg, but the command isn't the easiest to remember.

Old Git branches that are already merged can very quickly clutter your local repository. This can make it more difficult to find active branches you are working on. With a simple shell script we can clean up these old branches.

If you find yourself switching branches frequently and getting frustrated with typing out long branch names, or hitting tab way too many times to get to the branch you want to switch to, I might just have a solution for you!

Ever wanted to open your browser bookmarks from the terminal? Maybe not, but if you have a lot of bookmarks and you also happen to spend a lot of time in the terminal, this can be a great way to quickly launch your bookmarks straight from the terminal.