I ran into a situation recently where I was writing a library that utilized large files. Specifically a GTFS feed parser. I wanted to cache the files away someplace so I could safely access them for the life of an object, but I didn’t want to leave them hanging around afterwards. I couldn’t do all [...]

Some people might clean their house on the weekend… I cleaned my ~/.vim directory out. What’s this? Have I ever used that? I must have just downloaded that because someone said it was cool. All is neat and tidy now, but in doing this cleanup I got a reminder of how useful tpope’s work is. [...]

GitX shows you stage buttons for chunks of changes in a file it thinks go together which usually works out fine. What’s cool is that it also allows you to select lines with your mouse and stage them too. WIN. Selecting lines for staging in GitX from Ed Schmalzle on Vimeo.

I had tried out screen on OS X and failed to make it stick with me as a day to day tool, but recently I started using tmux and can’t imagine going back. Some of the things that set tmux apart are it’s ability to do vertical splits w/o any screwy patches and scriptability. Installation [...]