Christophe Colombier articles - 53 total
Follow up: I'm back to dev.to
After long pause, because of my newborn daugther, I'm back to dev.to ...
go-safecast: Safe number conversion in Go 🪄
I worked on my first open-source package last weekend. ccoVeille ...
Go: integer overflows
Let's continue my articles about integer overflows in Go. Here are examples var a int var b...
About the gosec G115 drama, or how I faced back integer conversion overflow in Go 🤯
Go is a strongly typed language, it avoids making mistakes. I wrongly assumed Go was handling...
git switch and git restore, or why not using git checkout
git checkout command exists since the beginning of git It is used for these things: creating new...
Git commit helper: add emojis to your commits
Following the article wrote by @muzammil-cyber Git Commit...
Build your own Octocat avatar, and share your creations on dev.to
I just wrote an introduction about GitHub's Octocat The story...
The story behind GitHub logo
Everyone (at least among developers) knows the GitHub's logo. Several knows the mascot is named...
2024-05-03 my weekly dev.to recommendation
Many articles but also topics in my weekly dev.to recommendations. These are the articles I liked...
Open source software maintenance is difficult: examples with Go math/rand/v2 and testify
In this article, I will use Go language as an example, but the subject can be extended to any...
Go: the future encoding/json/v2 module
Here is a current implementation of the future encoding/json/v2 in Go ...
📸🔒GitHub: protect your email from spammers with this GitHub privacy setting
First thing to understand, git is not GitHub. git is a tool, GitHub is somehow an hosting provider....
2024-04 My last weeks GitHub contributions
I recently started to contribute on open-source projects on GitHub. Here is the summary of the...
How to get the verified badge on GitHub with SSH key signing
This article is the last of a series I started a few weeks ago. Here they are the previous...
2024-04-27 My dev.to weekly updates
"what are your achievement this week ?" Here is a post. So here is what I did this week on...
Why you should sign your commits, and not only how.
I like explaining things. I love the following proverb Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a...
I'm a dad again 🤩🥳 dev.to pause
I think this kind of message is unusual on dev.to, but I have to inform my followers. My second...
2024-04-26 My weekly dev.to recommendations
How do you use git rebase? Let's go through one use case ...
Go: how fat are your dependencies? Use go-size-analyzer!
Most project comes with dependencies. Go is quite interesting as the compiler only ships the needed...
Amazing git additional tool to install: git-interactive-rebase-tool
git rebase --interactive (or git rebase -i) is a great command. The Swiss army knife in git. Many of...
You messed up your git repository? Don't panic! Here is the first-aid kit 🤕🩹
Using git is a long journey. I'm still learning things even after a decade of using it daily at...
Discover your cognitive biases 🧠🤔, and how to deal with them 💪🤩 !
I started talking about psychological/cognitive biases in my previous article ...
2024-04-21 My weekly dev.to recommendations
Make an alias for existing branch Michael Nikitochkin ・...
Tips: The power of "cd -" command
I'm often posting advanced tips, today I will talk about something very simple, but that I noticed...
How to be a better developer for you and the others
I will share some thoughts about development. About me: Smiling person, father of two, husband,...
Git: The complete guide to sign your commits with an SSH key
Please read the introduction I wrote about why signing your git commits ...
How to secure an existing SSH key with a passphrase
I mentioned in a previous article why it's important to secure your ssh key with a passphrase ...
Why using a passphrase to secure your SSH key ?
Why? Adding a passphrase to an SSH key enhances security by protecting your private key...
How to generate a secure and robust SSH key in 2024
To generate a robust SSH key, you have two main options: ED25519 and RSA. Both have their advantages,...
Better git conflicts: zdiff3
Let's talk about git conflicts. OK, we hate them 😅, but let move on. You may have faced to the...