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Half-baked idea: Standard machine readable output for command line programs24 comments

rich wrote 10 months ago: For more half-baked ideas, see the ideas tag. It’s common, perhaps increasingly common, that o … more →

Tags: Ideas!, virt-resize, Command line

Do one thing well2 comments

zubinmehta wrote 1 year ago: This isn’t a self-help post, in any way. I need help myself :) If you are a GNU/linux user, (I … more →

Tags: Life, Thoughts 2, Linux, Unix, Pipeline (Unix), do one thing well, 40 Years, 40 Years of Unix, Get Things Done

Make each program do one thing well

nostr1ls wrote 1 year ago: Make each program do one thing well. To do a new job, build afresh rather than complicate old progra … more →

Tags: Software

Software Tools - Getting Started

catena wrote 5 years ago: Excerpts from Software Tools, Kernighan and Plauger, 1976. File Copying If we use primitives, we can … more →

Tags: Software Design, Software & Tools

A Simple Review

catena wrote 5 years ago: Brad Appleton reviews misunderstandings, and records many references and good quotes, for simplicity … more →

Tags: Zen, Software Design

Kanso in Unix philosophy

catena wrote 6 years ago: Zen The Visual Resource Centre defines kanso succinctly. simplicity; without gaudiness, not heavy or … more →

Tags: Zen, Software Design, Plan 9


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