Tag: cli

ctop and lazydocker: Docker Monitoring Tools

Forget docker stats. ctop and lazydocker give you real-time container insights with less friction than typing commands.

make for Project Automation (It's Not Just for C Code)

Forget bash scripts scattered across your repo. make is a simple task runner that's been around for 50 years and works everywhere.

Vault vs Infisical: Secrets Management for Teams Who've Learned the Hard Way

HashiCorp Vault vs Infisical compared: secrets management for DevOps teams, Docker Compose setup, SDK examples, and when complexity is worth it.

Bulk File Renaming on Linux: rename, vidir, fd

Master bulk file renaming on Linux with rename, vidir, fd, and mmv. The right tool for every scenario from regex rewrites to visual editing.

Disk Space Tools in 2026: Beyond du and df

du and df still work, but Rust-era tools like dust, duf, and fclones make disk triage faster and way less painful in 2026.

Building CLI Tools in Go: Because Shell Scripts Have a Maximum Complexity

Shell scripts hit a complexity wall. Go gives you a single binary, fast startup, great stdlib, and goreleaser for proper distribution. Here's how to build real CLI tools.

Linux Audio in 2026: PipeWire Replaced Everything

PipeWire replaced PulseAudio and ALSA routing on every major distro. Here's the new audio stack, CLI tools, and how to fix the annoying stuff.

tcpdump Basics: Capture Traffic Without Wireshark

You don't need a GUI to see network packets. tcpdump on the command line beats opening Wireshark every time.

DNS Troubleshooting from the Command Line

DNS broke again. Here's the exact command sequence to figure out what's happening without touching a GUI.

curl Flags Every Developer Should Know

Master the curl flags that'll save you hours debugging APIs, downloads, and web requests. From -X to --compressed, here's what actually matters.

Here Documents vs Here Strings in Bash

<<EOF syntax for multiline input, <<-EOF for indentation, <<<string for single lines. When to use each.

HandBrake and Video Transcoding: Your Media Library Deserves Better Compression

Stop hoarding 50GB Blu-ray remuxes. Learn HandBrakeCLI, H.265/AV1 trade-offs, GPU encoding, and batch scripts that actually work.