Note to Self: apropos finds man entries

Ever get that feeling that there just has to be something built right into the shell that will solve the problem you're facing, but have no idea what that something might be? Enter apropos. It searches the man page blurbs for entries that match your keywords, which can be regular expressions. How is it that more people don't talk about features like this?

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Sneak Attack: Functional Java

How is this the first time I've heard of Functional Java?

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Note to Self: nohup a Running Process

nohup -p pid

see also

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Sneak Attack: 10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines

I wish more people would pay attention to things like this. It's not like most of that information is new, but it still gets ignored far too often.

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Sneak Attack: Python is not Java

One of the (in Internet time, at least) golden oldies. Re-reading this makes me cringe when I think back.

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Sneak Attack: Why I Like pip

The most concise description I've found of really using pip.

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Sneak Attack: Sacrificing Quality—Part II—Kaizen

Interesting post about negative hiring impacts caused by sacrificing quality. I also recommend the first post in the series, which focuses on the psychological impacts of sacrificing quality.

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