I installed a new command-line tool the other day. The instructions said to add its directory to my PATH.
I remember this being confusing. You edit a file, but which one? And what do you add? If you get it wrong, you might even break some of your existing commands.
So let's look at how the PATH works and how to change it safely.
Have you ever wondered why your computer's storage space seems smaller than what was advertised? Part of the answer lies in how data size units like Kibibyte (KiB) and Kilobyte (KB) are defined. Although they sound similar, they represent different amounts of data — and knowing the difference can help you avoid confusion.
I often spend way too much time building and forget about marketing or reaching out to early users. For the past 6 months, I’ve been working on collector.dev — a Chrome extension that turns your new tab into a productivity launchpad. The MVP was ready in the first 2 months... but then I spiraled.
I spent months obsessing over the right color scheme, fine-tuning animations, and endlessly polishing things. The goal was always to build something truly useful — something that solves real problems and gives me that quiet satisfaction of “yeah, I made that.”