I find myself using a "splatter then clean up" technique when working with code.
I add a ton of prints/logs/asserts/type annotations until I've found the issue. I then throw them all away!
It feels like redundant work, but I don't have a nicer solution.
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I'm considering using WebP more: for example, my websites would load faster and browsers have supported it since 2020: https://caniuse.com/webp
That said, GitHub just added support in August 2025, so I suspect I'd still find use cases that don't work yet:
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Are there any nice cross-platform ways to trigger a notification from a terminal?
I've been using https://pushover.net/ but you need to use a browser and it's noticeably slower than the native options.
(Pushover is great for mobile notifications though.)