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  1. Optimize your shell experience

    Make your shell workflow as smooth as possible by creating helpers designed just for you.

    Matheus Richard
    December 20, 2024
    • Shell
    • Productivity
    • Tip
  2. Automate manual deployments with Git and binstubs

    Your team’s manual deployment process doesn’t have to be so manual. Here’s how we automated our team’s deployment process with a few lines of bash and basic Git knowledge.

    Steve Polito
    November 14, 2022
    • Git
    • Web
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    • Automation
  3. Powerful Git Macros For Automating Everyday Workflows

    Improve your everyday git workflows by automating the boring stuff.

    Wil Hall
    May 14, 2020
    • Git
    • DevTools
    • Unix
    • Shell
    • Productivity
  4. Executables can Introspect their Output Destination

    Sometimes, a programs output will depend on where it is sending that output.

    Sid Raval
    December 6, 2019
    • TIL
    • Unix
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  5. .git/safe

    How to use .git/safe to trust the bin/ directory in your git repo.

    Ian Zabel and Mike Burns
    July 29, 2019
    • Shell
    • Git
    • Rails
  6. Shell Script Suggestions for Speedy Setups

    Is your team setup for success? Do they have the tools to deliver working software? Step zero is being able to get setup quickly.

    Matt Sumner
    January 12, 2017
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  7. New On Upcase: Mastering the Shell

    High-leverage knowledge for improving your productivity.

    Ben Orenstein
    January 6, 2017
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  8. Lists, Vim, and You

    How to search and replace from your shell and editor.

    Teo Ljungberg
    April 20, 2016
    • Vim
    • Shell
  9. Improving User Experience with Shell Scripts

    Your shell is an interface too!

    Joël Quenneville
    October 14, 2015
    • Shell
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  10. The magic behind configure, make, and make install

    A guide on how UNIX ./configure && make && make install utility works and where it comes from.

    George Brocklehurst
    January 19, 2015
    • Unix
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