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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
Topics
- developer-productivity
- developer-tooling
- software-engineering
- engineering-craft
Cited by
- 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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