Daniel D. Beck

@ddbeck
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I write documentation and I program, so I know lots of ways to use a semicolon. 🇺🇸 in 🇳🇱.
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I recently learned that there's a <q> HTML element. It's the inline counterpart to <blockquote>, except much weirder. https://ddbeck.com/notes/the-q-element
The <q> HTML element exists but you probably shouldn't use it

Recently I learned that the <q> element exists. And it’s no wonder that I didn’t learn about it sooner: it’s goofy.

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A bittersweet end to an exciting launch week!

Today was my last day as Astro Docs Lead. I'm so proud of the docs our community made, & honoured I had the chance to lead them.

I'm open to new adventures in docs, education, or community leadership. So, if you've liked learning, using or contributing to Astro, or just being a part of our community... maybe part of that came from me! And maybe I can bring that to your project, or a project you know!

I took some brief notes on contributing to Git for the first time https://ddbeck.com/notes/first-git-commit
My first Git commit

Last week, I got my first commit in Git. After many years of being a Git user, I am now a contributor to Git itself.

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Why a 10-year-old Tumblr post by @galaxykate is the most important thing I've read about generating text https://ddbeck.com/notes/slops-ancestor/
Slop’s ancestor

Ten years ago, Kate Compton wrote “So you want to build a generator….” Nothing better prepared me for a world where text and image generati…

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Why a 10-year-old Tumblr post by @galaxykate is the most important thing I've read about generating text https://ddbeck.com/notes/slops-ancestor/
Slop’s ancestor

Ten years ago, Kate Compton wrote “So you want to build a generator….” Nothing better prepared me for a world where text and image generati…

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Today's the first Monday of the month, which is a great time to document the undocumented with a README https://github.com/ddbeck/readme-checklist
Notes on pandoc for the people, the pandoc that runs in your web browser https://ddbeck.com/notes/pandoc-for-the-people
Pandoc for the people

Pandoc for the people runs pandoc in your web browser. You can use it to convert documents without a command line.

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You might know camelCase or snake_case or kebab-case, but do you know Tall Man? https://ddbeck.com/notes/tall-man-lettering/
“Tall Man” lettering

Tall Man lettering seeks to avoid medication errors by using casing to make look-alike names look less alike.

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use AFTER free? in this economy?
If you work with many Git remotes or submodules, you can save time on fetches with parallel jobs https://ddbeck.com/notes/git-fetch-parallel-jobs/
Faster Git fetch with parallel jobs

If you work with many Git remotes or submodules, then commands like git fetch --all or git fetch --multiple can be slow. You can save time with an option or one-line configur…

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