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Notes on macOS, disk cleanup, dev workflow — things I actually built and wanted to share.

  • Apr 24, 2026

    Your 256 GB MacBook is full? Here are the 7 places your GB actually went

    Disk full even though you barely installed anything? These are the 7 real culprits on macOS and how to find them with Terminal — no CleanMyMac required.

  • Apr 24, 2026

    Mac says 'Storage Almost Full' but you're only using 200 of 512 GB — what's 'purgeable'?

    APFS snapshots, Time Machine local, iCloud cache — what 'purgeable space' on macOS actually is, why it doesn't self-clean, and how to force it.

  • Apr 24, 2026

    I reclaimed 47 GB by deleting old node_modules — script + pitfalls

    A 3-year-old dev machine can hold 50–100 GB of dead node_modules. Here's how to find and remove them safely, plus the target/, .venv, Pods/ folders you probably forgot.

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