Publishing Your First npm Package: What the Docs Quietly Skip
First npm publish looks like five commands, but 2FA token permissions and GitHub Actions EOTP errors are waiting to surprise you. Here's the full picture, including the parts that bit me.
TextEdit's Untitled Counter Wasn't Broken — I'd Just Moved the Save Folder
TextEdit usually counts new documents up as Untitled, Untitled 2, Untitled 3. When mine stopped, I went hunting through defaults and saved state. The fix worked, but for entirely the wrong reason.
Verifying X Card Metadata and Forcing a Cache Refresh
X caches OG/Card metadata aggressively. Running a URL through the Card Validator forces a re-crawl — and since the preview tab is gone, Tweet Composer is now the only visual check.
Claude Code, Google C++ Style Guide, and the Plugin I Had to Build Myself
everything-claude-code covers many languages but lacks the Google C++ Style Guide. I built gglcpp — a Claude Code plugin with auto-loading rules and a full skill reference for Google-style C++.
Upgrading to Bash 5 on macOS Without Tripping Over Locales
Installing a newer Bash on macOS via Homebrew is the easy part. Making the OS actually use it.
