Useful commandline tools

Optimizing my workflow to reduce unnecessary typing has been a game-changer, enhancing both my productivity and my connection to the tools I rely on. These shortcuts and efficiencies? Absolute lifesavers. Once you integrate them into your routine, the speed boost is unreal. z This tool makes use of a “frecency” algorithm to remember the directories you navigated to. You then navigate to the directory by using bits and pieces of the location you want to jump to. Try it for a few days and you’re hooked. ...

November 30, 2024 · 3 min

A hacker's manifesto, in 2024

Another one got caught today. It’s all over the newsfeeds: “Teen Arrested in Cybercrime Scandal,” “Hacker Infiltrates Financial Systems.” Damn kids. They’re all alike. But have you, with your algorithm-driven profiling and sanitized corporate logic, ever looked beyond the headlines? Have you ever wondered what drives the hacker? What pushes us to explore systems and transcend boundaries? I am a hacker. Step into my world. Mine is a world forged in the classroom. A place where I’m surrounded by mundane lessons on topics I mastered long ago, where innovation is stifled, and curiosity is punished. ...

January 1, 2024 · 3 min · Tom Herder