A few years ago I bought a book called Deep Work and loved it. A lot of the ideas shared in the book were part of my mindset but I needed the reinforcement. This post is not about that book, but it is about what sometimes happens when I apply the principles of the book …
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This Week in Coding: #012
For the first time in years I took almost 2 weeks off from my day job. It felt so short but it was long enough to completely ruin my daily routines: my coding practices, writing plans, and sleep schedule. I’m slowly getting back to that routine. So what I thought would be a 2-week break …
Browsersync setup on Windows Ubuntu (WSL)
I called myself spending maybe 1 -2 hours after work trying to learn CSS Grid and instead found myself in WSL hell trying to get my local CSS Grid learning environment identical to the instructors – SMH. For anyone using Wes Bos’s CSS Grid course who is also on a Windows 10 machine and using …
Using the mklink command in Windows Ubuntu (WSL)
I spent more time than I care to admit trying to figure out how to make symlinks generated through Windows Ubuntu (also known as WSL, Windows Subsystem for Linux) recognizable in Windows. I kept using this command: ln -s my-actual-dir my-symlink. And it would create a file instead of a directory. Also, it would be …
How to open Windows Ubuntu (WSL) in cmder from a specific directory
Updated 4/22/2019! My old config stopped working… cmder integrated context menu customization into the Settings panel and I was able to get Git Bash to work, but Windows Ubuntu (aka WSL) kept opening in my $HOME directory although I wanted it to open in a specific directory after right clicking inside of a specific folder …