screen utility
One utility I don’t use nearly often enough. Screen, it’s a funny little tool for detaching and re-attaching terminals in Linux. It’s very cool. I can start a process at work, VPN back in an re-attach, picking up right where I left off.
debugging
I was reading a novel by Ellen Ullman called “The Bug” and I came across
a quote that made me think of you.
door closed, likely I am bugging. However, I’ll keep the term “bugger”
off of my business cards and resume for the time being.
a quote that made me think of you.
“Debugging: what an odd word. As if “bugging” were the job of
putting in bugs, and debugging the task of removing them. But no.
The job of putting in bugs is called programming.”
If you see me hands bent over the keyboard, clacking away, with theputting in bugs, and debugging the task of removing them. But no.
The job of putting in bugs is called programming.”
door closed, likely I am bugging. However, I’ll keep the term “bugger”
off of my business cards and resume for the time being.