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How to Back Up All Your GitHub Repositories on macOS
GitHub is reliable, but it should not be the only place where your code exists. A local backup protects you if: This guide explains how to back up every GitHub repository available to your account on macOS. The setup uses: Using HTTPS is especially useful if you have an SSH key but do not know…
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Modifying PDF metadata with Terminal (MacOS)
Today I learned that I can modify the metadata of a PDF file just with terminal, no third party app required, just ExifTool. I’d write down how it works, but I figured it out by asking ChatGPT and it gave me the perfect instructions, so I just recommend you do the same.
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Python Beginner Diary Day 015: String methods (again)
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Python Beginner Diary Day 014: String methods
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Python Beginner Diary Day 013: Conditional Expressions (aka Ternary Operators)
Silent session today.
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Python beginner Diary Day 012: Logical Conditions
Today I learned about logical conditions in Python. There are three logical conditions:
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Python beginner Diary Day 011: Temperature Conversion
Today’s lesson was about creating a temperature converter in Python using if-statements again. I use PyCharm. I follow Bro Code’s instructions from his Python course:
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Python beginner Diary Day 010: Weight Conversion
I followed a chapter of Bro Code’s full Python course about creating a weight converter with Python. It converts kilograms into pounds or vice versa. For me, it was interesting to see how this is done using if-statements and made use of some f-strings. One of my personal favorite things was that I figured out…
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TIL: AVIF file format, Lossy vs Losless Compression, Raster Formats vs SVGs
Today I learned that PNG and JPEG are kind of legacy file formats for serving images online. They are, of course, widely supported, but there are better formats like WebP, which I was familiar with for a long time already, and AVIF, which I was not familiar with at all. And the AVIF file format…
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Python Beginner Diary Day008: if statements
Got any book recommendations?