What would open-source software (OSS) contributors have known before they started? I asked and got lots of answers.

Are you a developer who uses macOS, and do you want to add project names to your localhost development URLs? Here is how I created custom URLs for my localhost projects.

You may know and love Docker, but do you know you are probably stuffing too many files into your images? I know I was. There is a remarkably simple solution, though: ignoring all files by default.

Specialized tools are helpful, but it's the pretty print module that I go for when I need to debug a value in Python. I use a Visual Code (VS Code) snippet to load it quickly.

I often use Visual Studio Code (VSCode) snippets for small bits of code and learned something exciting today: snippet variables.

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) adds language-specific features to files based on the file extension and provides sensible defaults. But what if your project uses different language modes per extension, depending on the framework used? Enter folder-based file associations.