Stephen Hara

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A Week of the Command Line

Stephen Hara June 8th, 2024 A Week of the Command Line Hi there! Welcome to the inaugural email of my newsletter! What I've Been Writing This week I've been working on an ebook idea I had a couple weeks ago, that being a "gentle introduction to the command line" for folks who lack experience with terminals, programming, and the other nitty gritty of the command line. I got the idea as I was writing for another ebook, one aimed at teaching Elixir as an introduction to software development. It...

3 months ago • 1 min read

Pretty Terminal Prompts

Stephen Hara June 15th Pretty Terminal Prompts This week I made some good progress on one of the more fun sections of my in-progress ebook on the terminal, a section on customizing your terminal experience. I think we all want to have a good time using the terminal, especially if you spend a lot of time with it. My personal favorite part of customizing the terminal is the prompt, that fun little innocuous REPL handler. My prompt <3 Nowadays, there's a whole assortment of ready-to-go prompts,...

3 months ago • 1 min read