If you want to find the commits that touched a specific text in a file, use git log -S 'text...
Using the -U parameter you can change how many lines are shown above and below a changed section.
If you're trying to start a cloud-init based Ubuntu VM with KVM you will suffer long boot times...
SVG is an acronym for "scalable vector graphics". SVGs should be used whenever an image can be described with vector...
You might get the above error message when cloning certain git repositories (for example the rails repository). It indicates that...
I've encountered a Ubuntu 16.04 today, where localhost resolved to ::1 instead of 127.0.0.1. This will not usually make...
A few releases back, Chrome started using a Material Design UI on desktop. If you don't like it (on...
Similar to our snippet that runs all Cucumber features matching a given string, the following will run all modified or...
Improve geordi cucumber: Only attempt @solo run when the specified files contain the @solo tag, skip @solo run if any...
Capistrano is by default configured to exclude the gems of the groups development and test when deploying to the stages...
Sometimes you might need to nest a git-project inside another git-project. The right strategy is to use submodules...
On OSX (real or inside Browserstack), you need different keystrokes for your favorite special characters than you'd use on...
To simulate Rails' to_sentence in your JavaScript application, you can use these few lines of CoffeeScript code: joinSentence = (array...
To check the currently running PG version from your Rails application (e.g. Rails console on your production server), simply do...
When your controller action raises an unhandled exception, Rails will look at the exception's class and choose an appropriate...
By convention, common protocols use a defined port, like 80 for HTTP or 443 for HTTPS. You can use nmap...
For some years Google Chrome has allowed you to add desktop icon for any web page by going to Tools...
When building a web application, one is tempted to claim it "done" too early. Make sure you check this list...
So you downloaded a theme for Chrome a while ago and don't remember which one it is?
The default Google Analytics might not work as expected with your Unpoly app. This is because your app only has...
You can define methods using def or define_method. In the real world, there is no performance difference.
I had an issue with icons from an icon font aligning differently on Linux, iOS and Windows (seemingly browser-independent...
Processes in Linux might be put into Swap ("virtual memory") occasionally. Even parts of a single process might be removed...
The following will search for all .feature files containing a search term and run them using geordi. find features/ -name...