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Modern Unix tools (Interview)
Jul 31, 2021 · 1 hr 15 min · 72.2 MB
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This week we’re talking with Nick Janetakis about modern unix tools, and the various commands, tooling, and ways we use the commmand line. Do you Bash or Zsh? Do you use cat or bat? What about man vs tldr? Today’s show is a deep dive into unix tools you know and love, or should know and maybe love.
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Show Notes:
- Modern alternatives to Unix commands
- Modern Unix
- bat
- fzf
- mcfly
- envsubst from GNU gettext; envsubst in Go
- https://uses.tech
- NanoVMs let you run your apps faster and safer with Unikernels
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