Why “You Suck at Programming”

You’re Using `cat` Wrong - The UUOC Award Explained (ft. Actually Useful cat)

Why I Quit My Tech Job for a Year and a Half - My story of tech burnout

Why `&` is such a problem with Parameter Expansion in Bash! You Suck at Programming #074

This 3D Engine Runs in Bash. Creating & Rendering a 3D scene on the terminal with 0 external tools.

Command vs. Process substitution in Bash - explaining the difference. You Suck at Programming #073

`/dev/null` is Super Useful! But it can also be weird. You Suck at Programming #072

How much I make on YouTube with 50k Subscribers (YouTube, Adsense, TikTok, Instagram, Patreon, etc.)

Tilde expansion in bash is surprisingly complex and powerful. You Suck at Programming #071

"AI is search (but worse)" - Why replacing search with AI has its cost.

Here Strings in Bash! Redirecting a string into stdin. You Suck at Programming #070

Unix/Linux Files Explained - what is an inode? (hardlinks, symlinks, etc.)

Heredocs in Bash! Understanding how they work and a few gotchas. You Suck at Programming #069

How I Make my Website You Can `curl` - Deep-dive into the Bash Scripts that power my website!

Improve your `cd` experience RIGHT NOW with these 2 Bash Features! You Suck at Programming #068

Creating a PERSISTENT Progress Bar on the Terminal with Bash! v2 Progress Bar

Why I Don't Use #!/bin/bash - Shebangs Explained!

Refactor Nested Loops in Bash by giving [n] to `break` and `continue` - You Suck at Programming #067

Creating an Animated Progress Bar from scratch in Bash to batch-process files!

test vs [ vs [[: Bash Conditionals Explained! You Suck at Programming #066

The Problem with Bash 'Strict Mode' - Why I Don’t Use `set -euo pipefail`

Find *all* files with `**` in Bash! Recursive globbing with bash using globstar.

I Created a Bitmap Image using Just Bash! (yes, really) - Graphics Programming in Bash?!

Trapping signals with `trap` in Bash! Responding to Unix signals. You Suck at Programming #064

Simple Trick to Syntax Check Bash Scripts without executing them - You Suck at Programming #063

Can You Write A Web Server in PURE BASH?! (no socat, no netcat, no external tools)

Exit Codes in Bash explained! Some gotchas and pitfalls with them. You Suck at Programming #062

Bash v5.3 Released! New features and syntax in the latest version of the Bash Shell.

Bash "Argument List Too Long" - What is this error and how to fix it! You Suck at Programming #061

This user challenged me to write a website in bash in a week - so I roast it (with @bashcop)

You asked for it! My personal shell aliases from my .bashrc

Reading .env files *automatically* in Bash using BASH_ENV - You Suck at Programming #060

Crash-Course! Functions in Bash quickly explained and demystified!

Named Pipes with `mkfifo` with Bash! Piping data between processes - You Suck at Programming #059

Is it possible? Having multiple shells on a single machine - quick Unix Shell talk.

Finding files - the `find` Command and Shell Globbing - You Suck at Programming #058

Why you shouldn't use AI to document your code - my thoughts on documentation and software dev.

Crash-Course in using `getopts` to parse Command Line Arguments in Bash!

Using The Timeout Command (GNU Coreutils) With Bash Functions! You Suck at Programming #057

*How* I wrote a Music Player TUI in Bash - Complete Code Breakdown and Walkthrough.

I made my own TUI to release my album! It's a bash script (+ ffmpeg) that you can run yourself!

Using Parameter Transformation in Bash! really neat variable tricks - You Suck at Programming #056

Advanced Globbing bash! Getting fancy with wildcards using extglob - You Suck at Programming #055

Print Working Directory? Present Working Directory? A deep-dive into pwd and PWD on your unix shell.

Bash Globbing Basics! How to use wildcards on the shell - You Suck at Programming #054

WHY IS THIS EVERY AI PRODUCT?? - "What Do You Want To Create Today?" is creatively bankrupt.

C-Style For Loops in Bash! - Why {$n..$m} doesn't work - You Suck at Programming #053

Reviewing Shopify's Leaked Corporate Email from the CEO - AI Is Now a Baseline Expectation

Curly Brace NUMERIC Expansion in Bash! easily iterate on numbers - You Suck at Programming #052

Curly brace expansion in Bash! everything you need to know - You Suck at Programming #051

I'm DONE with bash in 2025 and using the HOTTEST NEW PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE exclusively going forward.

Arrays in Bash Explained in 7 Minutes! - Indexed, Associative, and Nested / Multi-Dimensional

2.5 Hours of Various Bash & Unix tips, tricks, and gotchas. (YSAP Compilation 1-50)

Understanding `bg` and `&` to background jobs in Bash - You Suck at Programming #050

Use `exec` In Bash as a Shortcut to Reload your Shell.

Why shebangs and permissions are important for Bash Scripts - permissions can be fun!

Bonus - Redemption in Bash! Advent of Code 2024 in Bash: Day 23 - LAN Party

Special Characters in Bash with $'...' - You Suck at Programming #049

DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY. Advent of Code 2024 in Bash: Day 25 - Code Chronicle

Full Adder in Bash! Advent of Code 2024 in Bash: Day 24 - Crossed Wires