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  1. Make a PDF look like it was manually scanned

    Published Mar 17 2023 in Bash

    Learn how to use imagemagick to change sharp PDFs to look like they've been scanned manually.

  2. A userland React hook for managing global state

    Published Feb 18 2023 in React

    A snippet to share state across React components without a state management library but with a short useGlobalState hook.

  3. How to fail function calls with undefined arguments with a one-liner (sorta)

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    Learn how to throw errors in JavaScript function default parameters by shuffling some code around.

  4. How to animate an element's height with CSS grid

    Published Dec 22 2022 in CSS

    Use CSS grid to animate an element's height from 0 to auto.

  5. A native shell alternative to the trash-cli

    Published Nov 06 2022 in Bash

    A native shell function to replace the trash-cli npm package.

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