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Email Trick

Gmail treats addresses with dots and plus signs as identical, allowing users to create unique identifiers for spam filtering without managing multiple accounts. By appending a plus sign and any word to an email address, such as [email protected], messages are delivered to the primary inbox while enabling precise filtering rules. This feature is widely available yet underutilized, as most users remain unaware that services like 'Prime' and 'Primogen' resolve to the same destination. Leveraging this mechanism provides an immediate, free method to track and block unwanted correspondence from specific sign-ups.

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datasette 1.0a30

Datasette 1.0a30 introduces a customizable 'Jump to...' menu accessible via the / shortcut on latest.datasette.io, enabling rapid navigation for data exploration. This release implements the extensible jump_items_sql() plugin hook, allowing developers to programmatically inject custom search items into the menu system. The update represents a significant enhancement to the tool's usability by integrating plugin-driven navigation directly into the core interface. These changes streamline workflows for professionals managing complex datasets without requiring manual page traversal.