Tag: productivity

Bash tricks that save keystrokes — history expansion, brace expansion, process substitution, and the shortcuts your fingers will thank you for.

Set up Paperless-ngx in Docker with Tesseract OCR, auto-tagging, IMAP email ingestion, and PostgreSQL — turn your document pile into a searchable archive.

By default bash history is lost across multiple terminal sessions. Fix it with HISTAPPEND and PROMPT_COMMAND so nothing gets overwritten.

Open-source screencast pipeline: record with OBS using the right settings, edit in Kdenlive, ship 1080p MP4. The combo that replaces Camtasia.

Kdenlive cheat-sheet for the effects you actually reach for every edit: blur for privacy, audio ducking, titles, transitions, and the render dialog.

Migrate your Zim Wiki notes to Obsidian using zim2obsidian—escape a dated GTK app for modern sync, mobile access, and a thriving plugin ecosystem.

Switch your default shell to zsh on Linux — why zsh beats bash, installation, Oh My Zsh setup, essential plugins, and the gotcha that still catches everyone.

Ditch Obsidian's $10/month sync fee. Set up LiveSync with CouchDB in Docker and own your notes completely — encryption included.

You think v1.1.0 is backward compatible. Your users think breaking changes are v2.0.0. Both of you are wrong about something.

Oh My Zsh had its moment. Here's the 2026 shell setup: Starship prompt, three killer plugins, and when to consider Fish or Nushell.

Stop leaking secrets, dependencies, and OS garbage into git. Here are the .gitignore patterns that save you from disaster.

System prompts are your secret weapon. How they work, why they matter more than you think, and 5 patterns that actually change model behavior.