By Michael McGarrah ·
7 min read
I wanted a way to share unfinished blog posts with reviewers before publishing. Sounds simple — but GitHub Pages has no authentication, serves one site per repo, and my drafts are already in a public repository. Here's every option I considered and why most of them didn't survive.
By Michael McGarrah ·
10 min read
The Jekyll Run VS Code extension crashes with 'TypeError: Cannot read properties of null' in multi-root workspaces on macOS. The error is misleading — the real problem is macOS GUI apps don't inherit your shell PATH, so the plugin runs system Ruby 2.6. The fix is rbenv with Ruby 3.3, launching VS Code from a terminal, and understanding why every other approach fails.
By Michael McGarrah ·
9 min read
Migrating a Proxmox ZFS boot mirror from large spinning rust HDDs to smaller SSDs — why a fresh install with a UEFI upgrade is the practical path.
By Michael McGarrah ·
8 min read
Every AI coding assistant has its own proprietary rules format. Here's how to maintain a single source of truth that works across Amazon Q, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini, and the rest.
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