Alexander's blogmostly notes to myselfhttps://alxndr.blog/en-usentr: watch some files, and run something whenever they changehttps://alxndr.blog/2026/05/28/entr-watch-files-and-trigger-commands/https://alxndr.blog/2026/05/28/entr-watch-files-and-trigger-commands/Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTthoughts on software development and the rise of LLMshttps://alxndr.blog/2026/03/28/ai-coding/https://alxndr.blog/2026/03/28/ai-coding/Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTmocking in Vitest: how to conditionally modify a mocked imported function's behaviorhttps://alxndr.blog/2024/11/20/vitest-mocks-conditional-modifications/https://alxndr.blog/2024/11/20/vitest-mocks-conditional-modifications/Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTCypress component testing with Svelte v5 (and SvelteKit)https://alxndr.blog/2024/10/09/svelte-v5-cypress-component-testing/https://alxndr.blog/2024/10/09/svelte-v5-cypress-component-testing/Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTSetting up SvelteKit to use SQLite and prerender a static site to be hosted on GitLab Pageshttps://alxndr.blog/2024/07/18/sveltekit-and-sqlite-on-gitlab-pages/https://alxndr.blog/2024/07/18/sveltekit-and-sqlite-on-gitlab-pages/Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTOghamic Toki Ponahttps://alxndr.blog/2024/01/18/sitelen-oken-pi-toki-pona/https://alxndr.blog/2024/01/18/sitelen-oken-pi-toki-pona/Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTa Vim syntax file for Toki Ponahttps://alxndr.blog/2023/11/16/vim-syntax-tokipona/https://alxndr.blog/2023/11/16/vim-syntax-tokipona/Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTsourdough pizza dough ratio calculatorhttps://alxndr.blog/2023/07/28/sourdough-pizza-dough-ratio-calculator/https://alxndr.blog/2023/07/28/sourdough-pizza-dough-ratio-calculator/Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTOghamic Lojbanhttps://alxndr.blog/2023/05/25/lo-dzexerno-lerfu-the-oghamic-lojban/https://alxndr.blog/2023/05/25/lo-dzexerno-lerfu-the-oghamic-lojban/Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTnasin pi lipu nimihttps://alxndr.blog/2023/05/23/nasin-pi-lipu-nimi/https://alxndr.blog/2023/05/23/nasin-pi-lipu-nimi/Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThow to consistently pay back dependency tech-debt in an Agile environmenthttps://alxndr.blog/2023/05/11/recursive-techdebt-upgrade-ticket/https://alxndr.blog/2023/05/11/recursive-techdebt-upgrade-ticket/Thu, 11 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT👈 ⏮️ 🧠 🗣 ⏩ 🗣 👍https://alxndr.blog/2023/04/24/mi-kama-sona-toki-e-toki-pona/https://alxndr.blog/2023/04/24/mi-kama-sona-toki-e-toki-pona/Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTframework-less CLI TDD with NPM* OMG LOLhttps://alxndr.blog/2023/04/14/nodejs-native-test-scaffolding/https://alxndr.blog/2023/04/14/nodejs-native-test-scaffolding/Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTHot Ones standuphttps://alxndr.blog/2023/03/30/hot-ones-standup/https://alxndr.blog/2023/03/30/hot-ones-standup/Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTcreating a new Git repo based on the history of an old onehttps://alxndr.blog/2023/01/30/new-git-repo-with-history-of-old-repo/https://alxndr.blog/2023/01/30/new-git-repo-with-history-of-old-repo/Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTnpm ci with legacy-peer-deps is a thinghttps://alxndr.blog/2022/10/27/npm-ci-legacy-peer-deps-footgun/https://alxndr.blog/2022/10/27/npm-ci-legacy-peer-deps-footgun/Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTresizing tab width on GitHub diffshttps://alxndr.blog/2022/10/14/tab-size-on-github-diffs/https://alxndr.blog/2022/10/14/tab-size-on-github-diffs/Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTBReport is dead; long live the microlithhttps://alxndr.blog/2022/08/18/breport-shut-down/https://alxndr.blog/2022/08/18/breport-shut-down/Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTupgrading Cypress to v10 within a Gatsby projecthttps://alxndr.blog/2022/06/07/Cypress-v10-and-Gatsby/https://alxndr.blog/2022/06/07/Cypress-v10-and-Gatsby/Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTopen Mac application from the command-linehttps://alxndr.blog/2022/05/25/macos-open-application-from-command-line/https://alxndr.blog/2022/05/25/macos-open-application-from-command-line/Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTGit archaeology tipshttps://alxndr.blog/2022/05/04/Git-archaeology/https://alxndr.blog/2022/05/04/Git-archaeology/Wed, 04 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThow to run React on top of Ruby-on-Railshttps://alxndr.blog/2022/04/22/react-on-rails/https://alxndr.blog/2022/04/22/react-on-rails/Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTOne Weird Trick to Easily Remove (maybe) Anything from a Webpagehttps://alxndr.blog/2022/03/09/removing-webpage-components/https://alxndr.blog/2022/03/09/removing-webpage-components/Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTreviving this bloghttps://alxndr.blog/2021/02/03/reviving-this-blog/https://alxndr.blog/2021/02/03/reviving-this-blog/Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTcounting eggs before they hatchhttps://alxndr.blog/2018/02/09/counting-eggs-before-they-hatch/https://alxndr.blog/2018/02/09/counting-eggs-before-they-hatch/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMTlogging meta tagshttps://alxndr.blog/2017/11/10/console-log-meta-tags/https://alxndr.blog/2017/11/10/console-log-meta-tags/Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThapi — unset a cookiehttps://alxndr.blog/2017/08/07/hapi-unset-a-cookie/https://alxndr.blog/2017/08/07/hapi-unset-a-cookie/Mon, 07 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThow to find the merge where your code disappearedhttps://alxndr.blog/2017/02/01/how-to-find-the-merge-where-your-code-disappeared/https://alxndr.blog/2017/02/01/how-to-find-the-merge-where-your-code-disappeared/Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTeslint — Cannot read property 'value' of undefinedhttps://alxndr.blog/2017/01/18/eslint-Cannot-read-property-value-of-undefined/https://alxndr.blog/2017/01/18/eslint-Cannot-read-property-value-of-undefined/Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTdon't be scared of merge conflictshttps://alxndr.blog/2016/11/17/dont-be-scared-of-merge-conflicts/https://alxndr.blog/2016/11/17/dont-be-scared-of-merge-conflicts/Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMTuse a Dvorak keyboard layout on iOS Simulatorhttps://alxndr.blog/2016/08/04/use-a-Dvorak-keyboard-layout-on-iOS-Simulator/https://alxndr.blog/2016/08/04/use-a-Dvorak-keyboard-layout-on-iOS-Simulator/Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTnotes for npmCamp 2016https://alxndr.blog/2016/07/30/notes-for-npm-Camp-2016/https://alxndr.blog/2016/07/30/notes-for-npm-Camp-2016/Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTversion control commit messageshttps://alxndr.blog/2016/05/20/version-control-commit-messages/https://alxndr.blog/2016/05/20/version-control-commit-messages/Fri, 20 May 2016 00:00:00 GMTlinking to code? always use an href which is tied to a specific commithttps://alxndr.blog/2016/05/06/linking-to-code-always-use-an-href-which-is-tied-to-a-specific-commit/https://alxndr.blog/2016/05/06/linking-to-code-always-use-an-href-which-is-tied-to-a-specific-commit/Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 GMTsearch Git history, ignoring certain directoryhttps://alxndr.blog/2016/04/11/search-Git-history-ignoring-certain-directory/https://alxndr.blog/2016/04/11/search-Git-history-ignoring-certain-directory/Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTgetting Hound-CI to show Rubocop "cop names" againhttps://alxndr.blog/2016/02/21/getting-Hound-CI-to-show-Rubocop-cop-names-again/https://alxndr.blog/2016/02/21/getting-Hound-CI-to-show-Rubocop-cop-names-again/Sun, 21 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMTinstalling an old version of something via `brew`https://alxndr.blog/2016/02/19/installing-an-old-version-of-something-via-brew/https://alxndr.blog/2016/02/19/installing-an-old-version-of-something-via-brew/Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThow to mark an email as "not-spam" in Google's Inboxhttps://alxndr.blog/2016/01/13/how-to-mark-an-email-as-not-spam-in-Googles-Inbox/https://alxndr.blog/2016/01/13/how-to-mark-an-email-as-not-spam-in-Googles-Inbox/Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMTElixirConf US 2015 noteshttps://alxndr.blog/2015/10/02/ElixirConf-US-2015-notes/https://alxndr.blog/2015/10/02/ElixirConf-US-2015-notes/Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMTtyping an ellipsis in OS Xhttps://alxndr.blog/2015/09/23/typing-an-ellipsis-in-OS-X/https://alxndr.blog/2015/09/23/typing-an-ellipsis-in-OS-X/Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMTLa trahison des motshttps://alxndr.blog/2015/08/05/la-trahison-des-mots/https://alxndr.blog/2015/08/05/la-trahison-des-mots/Wed, 05 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMTgetting started with Spacemacshttps://alxndr.blog/2015/06/20/getting-started-with-Spacemacs/https://alxndr.blog/2015/06/20/getting-started-with-Spacemacs/Sat, 20 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMTadvanced filtering in Chrome's Network dev toolshttps://alxndr.blog/2015/05/30/advanced-filtering-in-Chromes-Network-dev-tools/https://alxndr.blog/2015/05/30/advanced-filtering-in-Chromes-Network-dev-tools/Sat, 30 May 2015 00:00:00 GMTonly show single branch status in CI status feedshttps://alxndr.blog/2015/04/25/only-show-master-branch-status-in-CI-status-feeds-for-eg-CC-Menu/https://alxndr.blog/2015/04/25/only-show-master-branch-status-in-CI-status-feeds-for-eg-CC-Menu/Sat, 25 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTnotes — Erlang Factory 2015https://alxndr.blog/2015/03/27/notes-Erlang-Factory-2015/https://alxndr.blog/2015/03/27/notes-Erlang-Factory-2015/Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMTjiggling the handle of OS X 10.8.5's dockhttps://alxndr.blog/2015/03/06/jiggling-the-handle-of-OS-X-1085s-dock/https://alxndr.blog/2015/03/06/jiggling-the-handle-of-OS-X-1085s-dock/Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMTproject naming chains of nonsensehttps://alxndr.blog/2015/03/01/project-naming-chains-of-nonsense/https://alxndr.blog/2015/03/01/project-naming-chains-of-nonsense/Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMTwanted — a replacement for actionitems.ushttps://alxndr.blog/2015/03/01/wanted-replacement-for-actionitems-us/https://alxndr.blog/2015/03/01/wanted-replacement-for-actionitems-us/Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMTsometimes iTunes doesn't show the currently-playing song's name and positionhttps://alxndr.blog/2014/10/14/sometimes-iTunes-doesnt-show-the-currently-playing-songs-name-and-position/https://alxndr.blog/2014/10/14/sometimes-iTunes-doesnt-show-the-currently-playing-songs-name-and-position/Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTSharpening Your Toolshttps://alxndr.blog/2014/10/13/Sharpening-Your-Tools/https://alxndr.blog/2014/10/13/Sharpening-Your-Tools/Mon, 13 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTkilling processeshttps://alxndr.blog/2014/10/04/killing-processes/https://alxndr.blog/2014/10/04/killing-processes/Sat, 04 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTRequireJS 'invalid require call' errorhttps://alxndr.blog/2014/08/16/RequireJS-invalid-require-call-error/https://alxndr.blog/2014/08/16/RequireJS-invalid-require-call-error/Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTsetting up fancy fonts for vim in iTermhttps://alxndr.blog/2014/04/29/setting-up-fancy-fonts-for-vim-in-iTerm/https://alxndr.blog/2014/04/29/setting-up-fancy-fonts-for-vim-in-iTerm/Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT