freyfogle, 3 months ago

@bagder At a tech recruiting event we once ran the following contest:

Given access to a command line and using any language of your choice how quickly can you create a working "Hello World" script?

Only one caveat - you can only use your left hand.

Hours of wholesome fun for both participants and observers ensued.

brother, 3 months ago

@bagder the note on wget on busy box is interesting.
Analogue with the curl in windows. Even though that one was not even functionally close.

bagder, 3 months ago

@brother true, but Windows also has the real curl now since several years back so at least a lot less damage these days

libredove, 3 months ago

@bagder Most people can still move their hands...

bagder, 3 months ago

@libredove sometimes you wonder!

FSMaxB, 3 months ago

@bagder Literally the only reason I was preferring wget in the past was not having to write the -O parameter. Nowadays I usually try curl first, but switch to wget if it isn't installed on the system I'm on (which does happen, as unbelievable as it sounds).

FSMaxB, 3 months ago

@bagder That said it wasn't about not writing -O, it was about me not remembering it and being too lazy to open the manpage 😅

bagder, 3 months ago

@FSMaxB I know you are far from the only one going about it that way...

BrodieOnLinux, 3 months ago

@bagder Just have bad typing form then everything can be typed with one hand