Tag: Bash

I embarrassed myself in front of a principal engineer because I couldn’t write a Bash script.

The lesson he taught me was super valuable. I’ve written on this blog before about scratchpads — scraps of code that can run your production code rapidly. Scratchpads are a big key to quick feedback loops and fast iteration. When you tighten feedback loops, you make yourself a bett...

Server monitoring with PHP and Bash Scripts

We’re back!, I’m working on a service to monitor our servers and I want to share some concepts and ideas with you, my dear reader, a basic implementation that you can use if you are planning something similar. Why do I require a custom solution to monitor my servers? I like your qu...

Bash — Mastering the Command Line

Bash is a powerful and versatile tool that allows you to interact with the Linux operating system using commands and scripts. Learning Bash can help you automate tasks, manage files and directories, troubleshoot problems, and more. Bash stands for Bourne-again shell, which is a pun on the name of...

Create and Manage Bash Aliases in Linux

Introduction Bash aliases are basically a way for you to run one command as another. For example, aliases are super convenient for creating shorthand commands for longer commands like I have listed in [My Bash Aliases](#my-bash-aliases). Follow the steps in this article to learn how to create all...

Triple M Sydney’s reunion, ‘40th birthday bash’

The crew from the early years at Triple M Sydney held their 40-year staff reunion at The Oaks Hotel in Neutral Bay on Friday 4th November 2022 — delayed by two years due to COVID. Former Triple M announcer Rob Duckworth, rockstar Richard Clapton and radio hall of famer Doug Mu...