Mike English on Atomic Spin

Bash Completion, Part 2: Programmable Completion

Bash programmable completion lets you create your own custom completion functions – scripts that allow you to tab-complete arguments for specific commands.

DevOps & System Admin.

Bash Completion, Part 1: Using Tab Completion

Using the tab key to automatically complete unambiguous commands and paths in Bash.

Developer Tools

Tools for Testing Command Line Interfaces

I’ve converted my manual test plans into a suite of automated system tests – adding Bats, Expect, and other CLI testing tools to my toolbox.

DevOps & System Admin.

Distributing Command Line Tools with Docker

Using Docker to distribute command line tools with complex dependencies in a portable way.

DevOps & System Admin.

Docker Basics for Local Development

Docker can also be a very useful tool for local development, especially when it comes to making repeatable builds and environments faster and easier.

DevOps & System Admin.

Commandline Craft: Creating a Craft Console Plugin

How to create Craft console plugins to ease Craft automation from bash scripts, deployment scripts, and cron jobs.

Development Practices

Sticky Documentation, Part 2: Source Control History as Documentation

How to make the most of documentation that "sticks" close to an application through its lifecycle—source control history.

Development Practices

Sticky Documentation, Part 1: Code as Documentation

How to make the most of the documentation that "sticks" closest to an application through its lifecycle—the code itself.

Project & Team Management

Remote-First Communication for Project Teams

Remote-first communication prioritizes communicating with those who are not here now – including anyone who'll work on the project in the future (like you).

Extracurricular Activities

Things I Learned while Pairing on odo

I recently had the opportunity to pair with Scott Vokes on a side project. In a few short hours of pairing, I learned a lot more than I expected.

DevOps & System Admin.

Shellshock – CVEs, Patches, Updates, & Other Resources

Shellshock endangers un-patched web servers and Linux devices. So what is it? How can you tell if you’re vulnerable? And how can it be addressed?

DevOps & System Admin.

Re-imagining Operating Systems: Xen, Unikernels, and the Library OS

We're at the point now where we can look at the system as a whole and start to refactor it. We can eliminate unused components and invent new ones, more tailored to our current con

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