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Thiago Perrotta
Welcome to my digital garden – a space dedicated to exploring technology and sharing what I’ve been learning. This site reflects my passion for continuous learning and open-source software, wherein I document my journey, offer insights, and dive into miscellaneous topics that reflect my interest. My goal is to maintain a corner of the Web for self-expression focused on valuable, distraction-free content. I believe in the power of the Open Web as a platform for sharing knowledge.
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Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago, I wanted to start a blog series about doing projects with my two Raspberry Pi units at home. The initial post described my vision, but it was never followed upon. There was a mix of reasons for that:...
I love to add little random features to this blog. → https://perrotta.dev/random I am trying to keep the navigation bar lean…therefore, a link to /random was added under the “Explore” item. The initial implementation was very simple: js...
Previously. Problem statement Given Alpine Linux 3.23 running PostgreSQL 17, upgrade to PostgreSQL 18. For this specific example, consider a miniflux database. The previous post still applies, with only one exception: PostgreSQL 18...
It’s now possible to ask questions to / chat with Gen AI about YouTube videos, directly on YouTube. Top #1 use case: “summarize this video”. This will save hours of time (per…day? week? month?). It’s much more effective than watching the...
Problem statement: auto-generate a commit message for git from the command-line. The solution should be vendor agnostic. Given a git-foo.sh in $PATH, it can be invoked as git foo, as if it were a built-in git command. This is helpful to...
Tech. Geopolitics. 2026 is terrifying. 2026 is exciting. Both can be simultaneously true. You can both like and dislike the current state of affairs (yes, this includes LLMs), but your individual stance won’t change the pace in which the...
TIL: A few keybindings from Ghostty. Assuming macOS. This list contains the keyboard shortcuts I tend to use weekly (or daily). No point in including an exhaustive list. Cmd + d: split right Cmd + Shift + d: split down Cmd + Shift + p:...
The first time I heard about Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) was with George Fairbanks (GHF) and Titus Winters in an internal training for software engineers at Google Canada. The concept has reasonated with me: An Architectural...
Problem statement: watch -- git diff / watch -- git status should emit colors. Yet it doesn’t. watch(1): NAME watch - execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen SYNOPSIS watch [option ...] command DESCRIPTION watch runs...
After starting a coding session on the web with Claude Code on Web1, you can resume it in the terminal with the traditional Claude Code CLI app by running claude --teleport. Without arguments, it prompts you to interactively choose an...
My shell prompt displays the git branch my repository has currently checked out: thiago.perrotta perrotta.dev git:master? ❯ Problem statement: augment that prompt to signal whether we’re inside a checked out git worktree. This is helpful...
Previously. The best quality-of-life improvement for Ghostty I added in 20251: add the following keybindings to your Ghostty config: # native: Cmd + Shift + d keybind = cmd+shift+-=new_split:down # native: Cmd + d keybind =...
Previously. Stay up-to-date with the Claude Code CHANGELOG. Did you know it’s possible to obtain a RSS feed straight from a github repo? The Claude Code github repository: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases Its feed:...
These are great collections: https://github.com/ykdojo/claude-code-tips https://adocomplete.com/advent-of-claude-2025/ New tips to me: /rename to set a session name, like you would with a tmux window. Later on, resume the session with...
Previously. If we can stash untracked files (git stash -u), should we be able to git diff untracked files? Naturally, diffing an untracked file would output the entire file contents. Still, this can be desirable sometimes. When reviewing...