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Shell Tricks That Actually Make Life Easier (And Save Your Sanity)

A practical guide to underused shell shortcuts and scripting safeguards — covering Readline key bindings, history search, brace expansion, process substitution, and script safety flags across POSIX, Bash, and Zsh.

Apr 30, 2026 · tech · Christian Hofstede-Kuhn, Larvitz Blog

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Topics

  • developer-productivity
  • developer-tooling
  • software-engineering
  • engineering-craft

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  • Developer productivity

    Developer productivity spans individual workflow habits, organizational systems, and AI tooling — and the sources collectively argue that output speed is the least reliable measure of it.

  • Developer tooling

    Developer tooling spans the full surface area of software construction — version control, testing, shell ergonomics, AI coding assistants, and platform infrastructure — with a consistent theme: reducing friction without sacrificing correctness or security.

  • Engineering craft

    Engineering craft is the accumulated discipline of writing, organizing, and maintaining software well — spanning code design, tooling fluency, communication, and the judgment to know when technical excellence actually changes outcomes.

  • Software engineering

    Software engineering spans craft, process, and judgment — how code is structured, tested, reviewed, deployed, and maintained — and the sources collected here collectively interrogate each layer as AI tooling reshapes who does what and why.

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