Tag: tools

  • Cross-platform SQL Client

    In case you’re looking for a SQL client that is cross-platform, lightweight, and free SQL client, check out: I use it on a Mac.  It’s easy to use and feels “new.”

  • Unpretty print a JSON file

    I needed a one-liner JSON payload, but only had the pretty-printed version. And, removing the whitespaces manually was NOT an option. It was super easy on a Mac; just do the following: In a terminal, install “jq” with brew like so brew install jq With your pretty-printed JSON in a file: cat prettyprinted.json | jq…

  • Homebrew: How to install on OS X

    Since moving to OS X in 2011/2012 for work to do all my development, I’ve moved Homebrew to a must-have. Adding it here for archiving purposes. From a terminal: 1. /usr/bin/ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)” 2. brew tap caskroom/cask The 2nd point is to install Homebrew Cask as well, which extends Homebrew’s functionality. Now get…