Isolate and Debug File Side-Effects with Pytest tmp_path
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Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
Create an isolated and deterministic place for file-based side-effects with Pytest
Read moreThe VisualMode Engineering Blog - Articles, Tutorials, and Case Studies
We like to share our knowledge and experiences from both internal and client projects through this long-form blog. Additionally, we do high-frequency short-form writing through TILs and at still.visualmode.dev.
Add Mise Tasks For Common Workflow Commands
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
More than just env vars and tool versions, Mise can be a task runner for common workflow commands.
Read moreBuild A Small Text-Based Training Dataset
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
A breakdown of a Unix one-liner that rolls-up all my TILs into a single file.
Read moreAn editor in your REPL
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
A powerful feature that many programming language REPLs support.
Read moreCreate A Module Of Utility Functions in Ruby
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
A clean way to organize and mix-in utility functions in our Ruby and Rails apps.
Read moreFrom Zero to GitHub: Starting A New jj (Jujutsu) Repo
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
I document the steps and missteps that I take setting up a new jujutsu repo and pushing it to GitHub
Read moreA Better Man Page Viewer
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
Neovim with its built-in man page plugin makes for an ideal man page viewer
Read moreExtract a Long Claude Conversation
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
Use this JavaScript function to format and extract a long Claude conversation
Read moreCopy, Paste, Profit: Eliminating Development Friction
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
We can fix the small frictions that make our software systems a pain to work with.
Read moreConnect To Production Rails Console on AWS / Flightcontrol
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
Without Heroku-like ergonomics, we have to find our own way to connect to a production rails console deployed to AWS via Flightcontrol.
Read moreA Decade of TILs
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
Reflections and numbers from 10 years of writing Today I Learned posts
Read moreA Pragmatic React Stack for 2025
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
The libraries and tools I use to build complex and scalable React-powered web apps in 2025
Read moreHatchbox Manages Env Vars with asdf
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- Josh BranchaudSoftware Engineer
How Hatchbox manages environment variables with asdf.
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