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Using Lenny to Build Jaunty Packages

<shameless_plug> I’m in the middle of putting together packages for the analog call generator my startup is building. </shameless_plug> The process for building debian packages...

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Syndicated 2010-05-13 15:43:13 from The Daily Build

zsh history expansion

Exploring zsh features made me want to figure out some of the history-editing wizardry. (Bash has similar history tricks, I just never bothered to dive too deeply into them.) If you want to...

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Syndicated 2010-02-15 13:59:52 from The Daily Build

Data vs Code

I’ll take an array over a giant switch-case statement any day. The array definition will be more compact and easier to see all at once. Defining actions in an array enforces uniformity. You...

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Syndicated 2010-02-05 16:08:05 from The Daily Build

Set Your zsh Prompt

Since the beginning of time, all the cool kids have had really cool shell prompts. It's a great place to display helpful information, and zsh has features that let you have a flexible, informative,...

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Syndicated 2010-02-01 16:05:13 from The Daily Build

Insist on Automatic Tests

At some point your team is going to be gone. Not all at once (well, maybe, but in that case you won’t care), but over time turnover will completely replace your team. If you are the manager,...

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Syndicated 2010-01-29 19:08:08 from The Daily Build

Make the zsh zle handle “words” correctly

Snippet from my .zshrc: # This controls what the line editor considers a word. By default it # includes '/', which makes it so that when I M-del (attempting to erase # a directory in a path), I erase...

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Syndicated 2010-01-27 15:40:18 from The Daily Build

Moving to zsh

To get started: sudo aptitude install zsh chsh /bin/zsh That’s pretty simple. Of course, you’re not running zsh yet… either logout and log back in or just run zsh at the prompt....

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Syndicated 2010-01-25 15:20:27 from The Daily Build

9 “Must-Have” Tools for Software Teams

The items below are useful systems based on my experience working with a bunch of different software teams at a handful of companies over the past decade-plus. I haven’t bothered to list things...

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Syndicated 2010-01-18 16:06:38 from The Daily Build

Use SSH to Forward Multiple Protocols to Multiple Machines

Let's say you have a half-dozen machines at work you want to log into. Instead of setting up a remote forwarding connection from each of those machines, you can have the connection from your main...

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Syndicated 2009-12-04 16:03:33 from The Daily Build

Open an SSH Tunnel in Four Seconds or Less

As I mentioned in a previous post on ssh configuration, your config file can specify a variety settings for each server. In fact, the Hosts you use don't even have to exist! Consider the following...

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Syndicated 2009-12-03 15:28:47 from The Daily Build

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