mise
+7
Oct 7, 2026
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2 min read
Auditing an install script on macOS before you trust it
macOS has a kernel-level sandboxing tool you can use from the terminal. You can leverage it with the audit pattern: use a deny-list profile that lets you run a script once, watch the kernel deny its first write, and decide what to do next.
CLI
+7
Sep 30, 2026
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3 min read
colima on macOS: Same docker CLI, no need for Docker Desktop
Docker Desktop is one way to run a Docker daemon on a Mac. colima is another: the same daemon, inside a Lima VM, driven by the same docker CLI.
CLI
+6
Sep 23, 2026
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3 min read
HTTPie for the interactive half of HTTP work
While curl is universal in scripts, for interactive API work, HTTPie makes it easy to write your request.
mise
+9
Sep 16, 2026
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3 min read
The four-tool shell session: zoxide, mise, starship, and fzf
The Modern CLI Stack book presents zoxide, mise, starship, and fzf one chapter at a time. This issue wires them into a single session.
CLI
+5
Sep 9, 2026
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3 min read
DuckDB: Do SQL on the files you already have
SQL queries directly on the files you already have, CSV, JSON-lines, Parquet, with no database server and no load step.
CLI
+3
Aug 26, 2026
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2 min read
bat: the one-line override that teaches bat your file extensions
Discover the one-line override that maps a file extension to a language from bat's catalog.
CLI
+4
Aug 19, 2026
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3 min read
lazygit: four ways the M key reshapes your git history
lazygit's M menu offers four merge modes. Each one runs the same merge, but the resulting commit graph is different.
CLI
+4
Aug 12, 2026
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2 min read
Three lazygit workflows that replace 90% of your git muscle memory
Three lazygit workflows with the plain-git equivalents for readers who have not switched yet.
CLI
+6
Aug 5, 2026
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2 min read
fzf: turning any list of things into a one-line picker
The real fzf power comes from piping any list of candidates into it.
CLI
+4
Jul 29, 2026
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2 min read
Iterate a list of items and do something: three shell idioms
Three idioms, while read, xargs, and find -exec, look interchangeable, but they are not. Pick the one whose input shape matches your data.
CLI
+4
Jul 22, 2026
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4 min read
fzf
Getting started with the fuzzy finder that turns 30-second searches into 3-second searches.
