Howzit: Remember How What You Work on Works

Back in April I posted a short script for keeping track of the various build systems I use in my projects. You know when you open a directory you haven’t worked on for a while and there’s a Gulp file, a Rakefile, a node_modules folder, and various other cruft that means you’ll have to dig through to recall what commands you were using to build and deploy the project? Or when you know there were specific flags you were using to get the build to work, but you never got around to… howzit, productivity, terminal

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Branching Out From Bash: Fishing Expedition

Given that Apple has already switched the default shell in Catalina from Bash to Zsh, I’ve been thinking I really need to expand from Bash. Don’t get me wrong, I love Bash and I’ve spent years molding it to my liking. The amount of time I’ve put into it and the ease with which that investment allows me to use it has always made switching to anything else seem, well, like a waste of time. But now I feel stuck. To that end, I’ve been stretching out and trying to… fish, na, plugin, prompt, scripting, shell, source, sublimetext, terminal, themes, zsh

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The Shortcuts Field Guide Giveaway

As is always the case with David Sparks’ Field Guides, the iOS 13 edition of The Shortcuts Field Guide got a great response when I mentioned it here. And once again David has kindly provided a few extra codes for BrettTerpstra.com readers. And yes, if you win a code but already purchased the Guide, you can gift it to someone you think deserves it! automation, giveaway, ios, shortcuts, tutorial, video

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