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What's something you always have to Google?

I always have to look up JS array methods 'slice' and 'splice' and regex.

What about you - is there something you need to Google again and again despite of using it multiple times before?

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JoelBonetR πŸ₯‡

I've to code this each time I put my hands into a new machine or project πŸ˜†

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Seid Akhmed Agitaev

how to exit vim

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Madza

lol πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ

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Artem

I always have to google lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN (show ports in use). I can never memorize the flags lol.

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Roberto Tonino

"js how to check empty object"

Too much times...

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JoelBonetR πŸ₯‡

then you put your hands on a project with jQuery you get j.query ini object even the object didn't exist on the DOM and the world explodes πŸ˜†

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Aashir Khan

Less than/Greater than sign to give my head relief that I'm right and JavaScript sucks.

Am I the weird one?

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Valentin

media queries ... wich one is max or min ? is there a parenthese somewhere ?
All . The . ****** . Time

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Halil Can Ozcelik

Regular expression rules :)
my favorite is regex101.com for online edit

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Sundeep

I wrote a book on regexp, so I now look that up instead of searching online ;)

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Michael Gee

Regex for sure.... every time I need a new regular expression I find myself back on Stack Overflow or Regex101 learning it again the hard way 🀦

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Sundeep

In case you don't find it on SO, or wish to see more suggestions, I'd highly recommend using github.com/aloisdg/awesome-regex#c...

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Jason F

I have to review the strategy pattern for dependency injection in .net core quite a bit. It's nice once it's set up, but it's easy to miss a step during the set up.

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Sean Antony Brunton

I keep forgetting some commands.. So askUbuntu.. Hahaha! I must have ten billion bookmarks on commands. Lol its easier to use Google than to go through all my saved bookmarks.. That's actually funny πŸ˜‚

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Gbenga Ojo-Aromokudu

How to use .reduce() in JavaScript

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Madza

yeah and that one too πŸ˜‰

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Mat Borowiak

'css how to' + anything

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JoelBonetR πŸ₯‡

Bookmark this and let me know if I missed something πŸ˜† πŸ˜†

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Ezemmouka Franklin

Lol...

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Madza • Edited

'center an element in a div' is a great starting point πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
recently I use place-items: center, tho πŸ˜‰

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Arnaud Delante

Command line for tar compression / decompression. I know I know them, but I'm never sure enough to not check it first

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt

\s vs \w

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