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.may

2026, 1 tip.

Ship the Content-Security-Policy as Report-Only first
May 1
securityhttp

.april

2026, 24 tips.

Start every shell script with set -euo pipefail
Apr 30
shell
paths filters keep a docs change from running the full suite
Apr 29
ci
Never plain force push, use --force-with-lease
Apr 27
git
Write the report to GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY, not the log
Apr 27
ci
fail-fast: false when the matrix entries are independent
Apr 25
ci
git log -S finds when a string appeared or vanished
Apr 24
git
Cache keys need the lockfile hash, and a restore-key without it
Apr 23
ci
Every job gets a timeout-minutes
Apr 21
ci
commit --fixup and rebase --autosquash
Apr 21
git
Cancel the previous run when a new push arrives
Apr 19
ci
Turn on rerere before a long rebase
Apr 18
git
docker compose watch syncs files without a bind mount
Apr 17
dockerdeveloper-experience
Build for the platform you deploy to, not the one you are on
Apr 15
docker
git worktree instead of stash
Apr 15
git
Cache the package manager's store across builds with a mount
Apr 13
dockerci
Accept readonly arrays in function parameters
Apr 12
typescript
HEALTHCHECK tells the orchestrator when the app is actually up
Apr 11
dockeroperations
Turn on erasableSyntaxOnly if Node runs your TypeScript
Apr 9
typescriptnodejs
Run as a user, not root, inside the container
Apr 9
dockersecurity
A .dockerignore is the first file in a new Dockerfile's folder
Apr 7
docker
Before TypeScript 7, find out who uses the compiler API
Apr 6
typescripttooling
Build in one stage, ship from another
Apr 5
docker
Make switches exhaustive with never
Apr 3
typescript
xargs -I puts the argument where you need it
Apr 3
shell

.tips

.may

Ship the Content-Security-Policy as Report-Only first

.april

Start every shell script with set -euo pipefail

paths filters keep a docs change from running the full suite

Never plain force push, use --force-with-lease

Write the report to GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY, not the log

fail-fast: false when the matrix entries are independent

git log -S finds when a string appeared or vanished

Cache keys need the lockfile hash, and a restore-key without it

Every job gets a timeout-minutes

commit --fixup and rebase --autosquash

Cancel the previous run when a new push arrives

Turn on rerere before a long rebase

docker compose watch syncs files without a bind mount

Build for the platform you deploy to, not the one you are on

git worktree instead of stash

Cache the package manager's store across builds with a mount

Accept readonly arrays in function parameters

HEALTHCHECK tells the orchestrator when the app is actually up

Turn on erasableSyntaxOnly if Node runs your TypeScript

Run as a user, not root, inside the container

A .dockerignore is the first file in a new Dockerfile's folder

Before TypeScript 7, find out who uses the compiler API

Build in one stage, ship from another

Make switches exhaustive with never

xargs -I puts the argument where you need it