bash

I still remember the first time I lost a laptop with unencrypted client files on it. Nothing sensitive…

A script I wrote years ago used to leave behind temporary files scattered all over /tmp whenever someone…

A few years back I was constantly moving files between three or four servers I managed — a…

I built my first Bash stopwatch out of pure necessity while timing how long a batch of database…

I built my first countdown timer script to remind myself to stand up and stretch every 25 minutes…

I spent an embarrassing number of hours early in my scripting life staring at a script that “should…

I once inherited a deployment script from a former colleague that would silently fail — or worse, do…

Every interactive Bash script I’ve ever written — from setup wizards to confirmation prompts before destructive actions —…

I’ll admit it took me longer than I’d like to admit to stop confusing [, [[, and ((…

I lost a week of work exactly once, back when I trusted “I’ll back it up manually later”…