Stack choices, small projects, and shipping checklists for solo learners
Open this section when the repo is the mess: a README nobody can run, a secret in the wrong file, a Friday tag with no rollback. Pick the page that matches the file you have open.
.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml stores your entire three-check CI pipeline for all frontend and backend side projects hosted on GitHub. You don’t need 10+ custom CI jobs, self-hosted runners, or complex conditional logic to catch the most common errors that break side project deployments. This minimal setup runs in less than two minutes for most small codebases, adds … Read more
./generate-readme-sheet.sh lives in your project root, next to your package.json and .gitignore. It is a lightweight, zero-dependency shell script that pulls structured metadata directly from your local repo’s files, git history, and connected staging environment logs to pre-build a purpose-built README sheet focused exclusively on shipping code faster, with less context loss between releases. Unlike … Read more
.git/worktrees/recovery-reference.md is created automatically when you run your custom git recover alias. This file acts as your personal, project-specific recovery playbook, tied directly to your repo’s Git history but never committed to shared remotes, so you can adjust its contents to match your workflow without cluttering project history for any future collaborators. The habits outlined … Read more