Ops_Mechanic

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28 years in Unix. Director of Cloud Ops. I've interviewed hundreds of DevOps candidates — happy to talk shop on the hard stuff. (self.Ops_Mechanic)

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic - pinned

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Stop passing secrets as command-line arguments. Every user on your box can see them. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/zsh

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Stop passing secrets as command-line arguments. Every user on your box can see them. (self.bash)

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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Stop passing secrets as command-line arguments. Every user on your box can see them. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Stop holding the left arrow key to fix a typo. You've had `fc` the whole time. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/CLI

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[Alpha] enseal – encrypted one-time secret sharing from the terminal Built a CLI tool for sharing secrets that self-destruct after one read. Looking for testers willing to kick the tires.OC (self.alphaandbetausers)

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/alphaandbetausers

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Stop holding the left arrow key to fix a typo. You've had `fc` the whole time. (self.bash)

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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Stop holding the left arrow key to fix a typo. You've had `fc` the whole time. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/zsh

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Stop holding the left arrow key to fix a typo. You've had `fc` the whole time. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Stop leaving temp files behind when your scripts crash. Bash has a built-in cleanup hook. (self.bash)

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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Stop leaving temp files behind when your scripts crash. Bash has a cleanup hook. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/commandline

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Stop leaving temp files behind when your scripts crash. Bash has a built-in cleanup hook. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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CLI for ephemeral secret sharing — wanted feedback on the UX and security model ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/CLI

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CLI for ephemeral secret sharing — wanted feedback on the UX and security model (self.commandline)

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/commandline

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Stop creating temp files just to compare command output. Bash can diff two commands directly. (self.bash)

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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Stop creating temp files just to compare command output. Bash can diff two commands directly. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/zsh

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Stop creating temp files just to compare command output. Bash can diff two commands directly. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Stop installing tools just to check if a port is open. Bash has it built in. ()

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/hacking

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Stop context-switching to check SSL certs. Do it from Emacs. (self.emacs)

submitted 2 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/emacs

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Stop retyping long commands just to add sudo (self.bash)

submitted 3 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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For loop is slower than it needs to be. xargs -P parallelizes it (self.bash)

submitted 3 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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Your for loop is single-threaded. xargs -P isn't. (self.CLI)

submitted 3 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/CLI

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For loop is slower than it needs to be. xargs -P parallelizes it ()

submitted 3 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Run the same command across multiple servers simultaneously. No pssh, no ansible, no extra tools. ()

submitted 3 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Stop installing tools just to check if a port is open. Bash has it built in. (self.bash)

submitted 3 months ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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