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Indeed, there's nothing that wizards can't come up with. awk is a very powerful command for processing files; it can read, search, summarize... text data. Especially for system log files, you just have to call it with... a command.

jgarzik/sqawk takes the use of awk to "new heights". It applies SQL syntax for querying as well 😆.

I forgot to mention that I promised to share my thoughts with everyone after switching to Safari, and just two days later, I had to go back to Chrome. Why?

First, I would like to point out a few things I liked about Safari, such as its extremely simple interface, which truly focuses on real web browsing, and I found its speed to be on par with Chrome. Additionally, one feature I really enjoyed was the ability to "hide" certain elements you don't like on a particular webpage. This feature is called Hide Distracting Items.

However, I began to discover some shortcomings when opening Dev Tools—the space that helps developers debug their websites. I must say it was quite basic. It seems that Safari is not designed for debugging. I spent a while trying to figure out how to view the data being sent through the API, or even how to see a fully printed Object from console.log!?

That alone is enough of a reason for me to return to Chrome. Perhaps Safari is very focused on privacy and security, which makes it difficult to fulfill these requests. On the flip side, if you are doing regular web browsing, you might really enjoy Safari!

Let's take a look back at the 30-year journey of JavaScript from its first appearance in 1995 to 2025.

30 years, the same age as myself 🥱. I've read many blogs about JavaScript, but it seems that Deno is very determined to revive JavaScript once again. They are actively working to reclaim the name JavaScript for the community instead of letting Oracle hold it without doing anything over the years.

In light of the fact that many people are "panicking" over the possibility of Telegram being banned, I know of an alternative solution, which is signal.org.

I use Telegram daily, mainly for personal and work communication. At first, I used it because it was simple, fast, and supported multiple platforms. In the past 1-2 years, Telegram has been adding many new features, making it no longer as straightforward as it used to be.

Signal is a nonprofit organization; the Signal app does not track, does not have ads, and they even open-source it. Just give it a try 🤓

Just as I was about to go to sleep, I saw the news that claude has released Claude 4. As usual, all the superlatives are piling up on this one, like the best code writing, the best reasoning... 🤔

Now we just have to wait for Cursor to update because I'm still using 3.5 since 3.7 takes too long and just goes on about nothing. Or maybe the tasks assigned to it aren't challenging enough, so it's sluggish 😆. Let's see what this 4 has in store!

At the beginning of the month, I mentioned being hit by a DDoS attack and an Injection attack, with the main IPs coming from Russia. Yesterday, while reviewing backlinks, I found a Russian article linking to the post I'm Under DDoS Attack. A slight coincidence or did the DDoS author test to see if it would crash first before posting? 😆

Zod 4 has just been introduced with numerous performance improvements. For those who don't know, Zod is a data validation library focused on performance and a developer-friendly API.

A quick look reveals speed increases of x7, x9, x17, x100... compared to the previous version 😅

Revealing how readers of 2coffee.dev will read articles in the future 🫣

Microsoft has decided to "transform" the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows into an open-source project 👏

Back when I was still into gaming on the computer, I absolutely hated Ubuntu. Probably because it couldn't run games. But programming with Linux kernels was such a delight. So I found myself in a dilemma. I wanted to use Linux but had to stick with Windows.

Microsoft's release of WSL was like a necessary savior. Quite cool. It's simply using Linux commands on Windows. However, it's still not entirely "smooth" like a real operating system. Now that they’ve open-sourced it, I hope there will be even more improvements 🙏

microsoft/WSL

When researching a particular issue, how do people usually take notes? Like documents found, images, links, notes...

I often research a specific topic. For example, if I come across an interesting image, I save it to my computer; documents are similar, and links are saved in my browser's Bookmarks... But when I try to find them later, I have no idea where everything I saved is, or how to search for it. Sometimes I even forget everything I've done before, and when I look back, it feels like it's all brand new 😃.

So I'm nurturing a plan to build a storage space for everything I learn, not just for myself but also with the hope of sharing it with others. This would be a place to contain research topics, each consisting of many interconnected notes that create a complete notebook. Easy to follow, easy to write, and easy to look up...

I write a blog, and the challenge of writing lies in the writing style and the content I want to convey. Poor writing can hinder the reader, and convoluted content can strip the soul from the piece. Many writers want to add side information to reinforce understanding, but this inadvertently makes the writing long-winded, rambling, and unfocused on the main content.

Notebooks are created to address this issue. There's no need for overly polished writing; instead, focus on the research process, expressed through multiple short articles linked to each other. Additionally, related documents can also be saved.

That’s the plan; I know many of you have your own note-taking methods. Therefore, I hope to receive insights from everyone. Thank you.