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1. Copying Files & Directories in Linux with Progress Indication

   I’ve long used rsync for high fidelity, detailed copies of large swathes of files in Linux. For example:

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2. Why An 8TB Drive Isn’t 8 Usable TB

   I bought an 8TB external SSD to use as a live boot Linux device. I knew that this issue was due to the way that bits are aggregated into terabytes, but — thanks to our mate ChatGPT — here’s a nice explanation of why my 8TB SSD only shows 7,452 …

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3. Wrap with HTML tags in VSCode

   Using the Emmet capabilities in VSCode (see previous TIL) you can highlight a section of HTML code and quickly wrap it with other HTML using Emmet shortcuts.

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4. __main__.py file in a project

   This is, to a Python project / module, what if __name__ == '__main__ is to an individual Python file.

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5. A nice workflow for creating Python projects with AI

   First, create a new project using poetry

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6. neofetch for Linux system info summary

   neofetch provides a nice snapshot of system information. This is what you were wanting to add to the --sysinfo output for gpt-engineer.

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7. Emmet Abbreviations in VSCode

   Apparently there’s this plugin for many IDEs called Emmet which makes writing HTML very fast!

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8. Installing Racket (Scheme) in WSL

   We’ll install Racket from apt as follows, as the snap version ended up with many hassles

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9. raco is Racket’s Package Management System (among other things …)

   In the Racket programming language, raco is a command-line tool used to interact with Racket's package management system, run tests, build documentation, and perform other tasks related to Racket development. It's a versatile utility that automates various tasks in Racket projects.

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