b0rk

b0rk, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

some people who make programming easier

(who am I missing?)

b0rk, 13 days ago to random

WE DID IT. My new zine “How Git Works" is out now!

You can get it here for $12: https://wizardzines.com/zines/git

b0rk, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

inside .git
https://wizardzines.com/comics/inside-git/

b0rk, 1 month ago to random

a git cheat sheet

b0rk, 10 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

I know $12 USD is a lot of money for some people, so to celebrate 1000+ sales (!!!), I'm giving away 1000 PDF copies of How Git Works (honour system: only if $12 is a lot for you!)

Here's the link, enter code BUYONEGIVEONE at checkout to get a free copy https://wizardzines.com/zines/git/

(it'll ask you for a billing address but you can enter a fake address if you'd prefer)

b0rk, 20 days ago (edited 17 days ago) to random

finally ready to announce that my git zine, “How Git Works", is coming out in ONE WEEK! on Friday May 31!

it also comes with this (free!) cheat sheet which you can download and print out here: https://wizardzines.com/git-cheat-sheet.pdf

b0rk, 2 months ago to random

i've been adding a lot of "rules" to my posts on here about what kind of replies I want ("no starting arguments!” "no explaining what a git commit is!”)

Here's a thread about why! Some of my goals are:

1. have nuanced discussions & stay on topic
2. hear from a diverse set of people
3. learn new things about how people use computers

let’s talk about each of them!

(1/11)

b0rk, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

combining branches

https://wizardzines.com/comics/combining-branches/

b0rk, 4 months ago to random

just learned about Google Season of Docs 2024, where OSS projects can apply for funding to hire a technical writer to help with their documentation https://opensource.googleblog.com/2024/02/announcing-google-season-of-docs-2024.html?m=1

b0rk, 4 months ago to random

i really appreciate that we can have great conversations here on mastodon if I’m extremely careful about every single thing I post and often include disclaimers (“please don’t explain rebase to me”) to avoid repetitive annoying replies that I can predict

but I still feel like I need to be SO much more careful about my posts than I was on Twitter and I wish it wasn’t like that

b0rk, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

delighted to announce that my new zine "How Integers and Floats Work!" is out today!

You can get it here for $12: https://wizardzines.com/zines/integers-floats/?utm_source=mastodon

It explains all of the surprising facts about how your computer does math, and it was SO fun to write.

b0rk, 7 months ago to random

confusing git terminology https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/11/01/confusing-git-terminology/

b0rk, 10 months ago to random

some tactics for writing in public https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/07/tactics-for-writing-in-public/

b0rk, 1 year ago to random

32 bits is small

permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/32-bit-small/

b0rk, 1 year ago to random

this is awesome: See this page fetch itself, byte by byte, over TLS https://subtls.pages.dev/

b0rk, 13 days ago to random

so far "How Git Works" has sold more on its first day than any other zine except "The Pocket Guide to Debugging" and it's only been 3 hours https://wizardzines.com/zines/git/

appreciate you all, hope the zine helps with your git woes ❤

b0rk, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

my rules for git rebase

permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/rules-for-rebasing/

b0rk, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

every git command I use

permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/every-git-command/

b0rk, 5 months ago to random

this guidance on man pages for the GNU project is wild https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Man-Pages.html

(they seem to think everyone should use info pages instead, which I personally have never used despite having used GNU tools for 20 years)

b0rk, 6 months ago to random

i’ve never done a big sale before, but this year I’m trying it out!

on Friday, November 24th, all my PDF zines will be 50% off, and print zines will be 30% off!

It'll be at https://wizardzines.com, 24 hours only

here's a google calendar link if you want to put it on your calendar: https://wzrd.page/cal-link

b0rk, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

some notes on using a single-person Mastodon server https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/11/some-notes-on-mastodon

b0rk, 10 months ago to random

behind "hello world" on Linux https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/03/behind--hello-world/

b0rk, 11 months ago to random

I know $12 USD is a lot of money for some people, so to celebrate 400 sales, I'm giving away 400 copies of How Integers and Floats Work (honour system: only if $12 is a lot for you!)

Here's the link, enter code BUYONEGIVEONE at checkout to get a free copy https://store.wizardzines.com/products/how-integers-and-floats-work-pdf

b0rk, 6 months ago to random

reading online discussions about git is always really funny because 50% of the people are like "i don't understand git" and the other 50% say “no you just have to understand git is a directed acyclic graph where branches are pointers to commits" and nobody learns anything

(the discussions we've been having on here have been going MUCH better than this and I'm very grateful for that)