what helps people get comfortable on the command line? https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/08/what-helps-people-get-comfortable-on-the-command-line-/
Would love more stories of things that helped you in the last ~5 years!
(as usual, no need to reply if you don’t remember, or if you’ve been using the command line comfortably for 15 years — this question isn’t for you :) )
@b0rk for me, it was inspiration, then stubbornness.
Some of Gary Bernhardt's videos inspired: https://youtu.be/ZQnyApKysg4 and a video I cannot find: "A raw view into my UNIX hackery". This post also inspired: https://adamdrake.com/command-line-tools-can-be-235x-faster-than-your-hadoop-cluster.html
Then stubbornness to solve problems from the command line when I could. This mostly leaned on search-fu, with no standout resources I can recall.
It was primarily the desire and glimpse past the horizon that spurred me to spend the time necessary to learn.
Julia Evans
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