How to Squash the First Two Commits in a Git Repository
Git 1.7.12 introduced the --root flag for the rebase command that lets you rewrite all the history leading to a specific commit down to the root commit.
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Nullish Coalescing: The ?? Operator in TypeScript
TypeScript 3.7 added support for the ?? operator, which is known as the nullish coalescing operator. We can use this operator to provide a fallback value for a value that might be null or undefined.
Declaring Global Variables in TypeScript
Different approaches for declaring a global variable in TypeScript.
Concatenating Arrays in JavaScript
In JavaScript, there are different approaches to concatenating multiple arrays into a single one. A comparison of push(), concat(), and spread syntax.
The Omit Helper Type in TypeScript
TypeScript 3.5 added an Omit<T, K> helper type which lets us create an object type that omits specific properties from another object type.
Fast Searching with ripgrep
In this post, I want to introduce you to ripgrep, a smart and fast command line search tool that I find myself using all the time when programming.
Const Assertions in Literal Expressions in TypeScript
With TypeScript 3.4, const assertions were added to the language. A const assertion is a special kind of type assertion in which the const keyword is used instead of a type name.
Read-Only Array and Tuple Types in TypeScript
TypeScript 3.4 added a bit of syntactic sugar to the language that makes it easier to work with read-only array and tuple types.
The --showConfig Compiler Option in TypeScript
TypeScript 3.2 added a new --showConfig compiler flag to the tsc executable. It calculates the effective tsconfig.json file and prints it to the console.
Setting the Node.js Version for an Azure DevOps Build
A quick explanation of how to set a specific Node.js version for an Azure DevOps build using the Node.js Tool Installer task.
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