Nelson Figueroa

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.gitignore Isn’t the Only Way To Ignore Files in Git

You can ignore files in .gitignore, .git/info/exclude, and ~/.config/git/ignore

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Git 

I Created My First AI-assisted Pull Request and I Feel Like a Fraud

I used AI to contribute to an open source project. The code was merged. I didn’t learn anything and I felt bad as an engineer.

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AI Opinion 

Recent Posts

Enums Can Be Enforced at the Database Level in PostgreSQL

A PostgreSQL column can be restricted to a predefined set of values using an enumerated type (enum).

Inspecting the Tor Network and Detecting Tor Traffic in Your Infrastructure

Tor relay and exit IPs are public. You can find them and then use them to watch for Tor traffic in your own infrastructure.

You Can Hide Languages From GitHub's Languages Bar

You can create a .gitattributes file to hide languages from the GitHub languages bar.

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Git GitHub 
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