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Amila Welihinda Profile picture
@amilajack
Jan 7, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Life is to short to use dated cli tools that suck

Try these instead 🧵
`bat` is `cat` with syntax highlighting and line numbers

github.com/sharkdp/bat Image
diff-so-fancy shows best-looking diffs you'll ever see

it should be git's default pager

github.com/so-fancy/diff-… Image
fx is the best JSON viewer you'll ever use

github.com/antonmedv/fx
fzf is an insanely fast fuzzy search written in @golang

github.com/junegunn/fzf Image
exa is `ls` but with coloring

duff shows a better du summary

github.com/muesli/duf Image
htop is a modern `top` replacement

github.com/htop-dev/htop Image
hexyl is a beautiful hex viewer

github.com/sharkdp/hexyl Image
@fig is next-gen autocompletion

it integrates with npm, yarn, docker, aws, kubernetes, and more!

fig.io Image
Love dev tools? Follow me for all things devtools and open source!
Here's a few things I've built

github.com/amilajack

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Jan 22, 2022
Load all content above the fold first

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Tech recruiting is so broken that I had to remove my college education from LinkedIn to land my first job.

Here's why 🧵
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After I graduated, I knew I wouldn't feel challenged in a fresh grad role. I knew I could skip a SWE level but the FAANG recruiting machine doesn't account for edge cases.
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Jan 16, 2022
3 browser plugins I can't live without

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