Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Configure a Git Shell Prompt Under Nix
I recently read Julia Evans’ latest zine about git, and one of her tips was to configure your terminal shell prompt to show the git status.
Julia’s terminal prompt looks like this:
main is Julia’s current git branch. When she’s in the middle of a git operation like bisect or merge, the terminal changes to this:
It had never occurred to me to customize my shell prompt, but I immediately recognized the value.
Reset Month
No update this month
I’m skipping my normal retrospective this month, as I sold TinyPilot and am taking some time to figure out my next project.
Retrospectives will resume in July.
Join My Six-Week Blogging Course
I’m teaching a small-group, live course about attracting readers to your blog through Hacker News. Sign up by Monday (June 24th) to reserve your slot.
Why take a class with me?
My blog receives 300k-500k unique readers per year. After Google, Hacker News is the primary way that new readers find my writing.
My blog receives 300k-500k unique readers per year, with Hacker News largely connecting me with new readers.
Reset Month
No update this month
I’m skipping my normal retrospective this month, as I sold TinyPilot and am taking some time to figure out my next project.
Retrospectives will hopefully resume in a month or two!
I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business
My first two years as a bootstrapped founder went poorly. I could barely find any paying customers, and all of my businesses lost money. I began questioning my decision to quit my cushy Google job.
In mid-2020, yet another of my businesses had flopped, and it was only kind of COVID’s fault. Desperate for a distraction, I made a little contraption that controlled my home servers through my web browser. I called it TinyPilot.