Weekly Tech Cocktail - Issue #16
Authors of "polished" PRs no longer necessarily understand their code... maybe code was (at least a part of) the hard part?
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Weekly Tech Cocktail - Issue #15
Keep your humanity, stay the part of the loop that understands. 'cause truth is we probably don't need you to do a copy-paste ....
Weekly Tech Cocktail - Issue #14
Twenty-five companies tell Washington to leave open weights alone, Postgres explained as a city, and the jobs apocalypse that isn't.
Weekly Tech Cocktail - Issue #13
China's open models on top, mathematicians outcounterexampled, and the $25 exploit worth $500k. And more hot tech in an overheated summer (well, quite cool today).
Weekly Tech Cocktail - Issue #12
Grok's CLI uploads a whole home directory, Bun leaves Zig as Roc arrives, Torvalds and Godot split on AI code
How to discover and search tmux key bindings?
Every key binding, with a note, from Ctrl-A ? or from the shell with list-keys; list-commands gives the syntax and flags of every command.
How to run a tmux command from inside a session?
Open the command prompt with Ctrl-A : and type any tmux command without the leading tmux word: the interactive twin of the CLI, on the server you are attached to.
How to reload your tmux config without restarting?
source-file re-reads ~/.tmux.conf into the running server, so a changed setting takes effect without killing tmux. Bind it to a key to reload after every edit.
How to reorganize a tmux layout?
tmux ships five preset layouts. Cycle them with Ctrl-A Space, or name one to select-layout, tiled included for an even grid in one step.
How to swap two tmux panes?
swap-pane exchanges two panes without touching the layout: the cells stay put, the panes trade places. Use Ctrl-A { or Ctrl-A } for the neighbours.