100 Days of Development Tips

SSH Escape Sequences — Escaping the Frozen SSH Connection

Dev tip 8/99

Ever have an SSH connection to a remote server freeze because the internet died or you switched from wifi to wifi? In the past I would shut down the terminal window and create a new…

Comparing Time

Dev tip 7/99

Comparing time values in code bit me when I was younger. Specifically, I struggled…

Copy Shell Output

Dev tip 4/99

There are many times where I need the output of a shell command in another application (e.g., Slack, Chrome, etc). Selecting the output of a command with the mouse so I can copy doesn’t scale when the output is multiple screens long.

Last recently used

Dev tip 3/99

The cd command has a wonderful helper for the last visited directory. Type cd — to jump back to the last directory you were in.

This also works with git branches — git checkout — returns to the last branch you opened.

The big dot

Dev tip 2/99

At PlanGrid I spend plenty of time in Jenkins every day. I look at the output of builds…