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Turn Your Cursor Rules Into One Root AGENTS.md

Most of my repos still have Cursor rules in some form. Sometimes a dusty .cursorrules at the root. Sometimes a pile of .mdc files under .cursor/rules/ .

  • Gather existing Cursor rules from repositories
  • Organize information into standardized headings
  • Commit single source of truth root file

What makes a batch file rename safe to undo?

An Undo button is useful only if the application still knows what happened to each file—and can explain when going back is no longer possible. I build RenamerX, a desktop file renamer.

  • RenamerX shows original, proposed names and destination together
  • Preview catches mistakes early, like wrong dates or names
  • Undo requires mapping original to applied paths and operation outcomes

How Do You Pick the Cover Frame for a Hit the Road Dude Clip? A Sharpness-and-Exposure Picker With ffmpeg and NumPy

When you post a Hit the Road Dude clip, the State Property meme where a driver at a pickup window repeats "State?" and sends someone off, the cover frame decides whether anyone taps it.

  • Sharpness determined by Laplacian variance of blurred frames
  • Exposure assessed by mean brightness and crushed pixel share
  • Frames from clip edges avoided, top timestamps printed for final decision

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