New zine: The Secret Rules of the Terminal
Julia Evansby Julia Evans26 Jun 2025
Hello! After many months of writing deep dive blog posts about the terminal, on Tuesday I released a new zine called “The Secret Rules of the Terminal”!
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top 59%Using `make` to compile C programs (for non-C-programmers)
Julia Evansby Julia Evans10 Jun 2025
I have never been a C programmer but every so often I need to compile a C/C++ program from source.
Standards for ANSI escape codes
Julia Evansby Julia Evans7 Mar 2025
Hello! Today I want to talk about ANSI escape codes. For a long time I was vaguely aware of ANSI escape codes (“that’s how you make text red in the terminal and stuff”) but I had no real...
How to add a directory to your PATH
Julia Evansby Julia Evans13 Feb 2025
I was talking to a friend about how to add a directory to your PATH today. It’s something that feels “obvious” to me since I’ve been using the terminal for a long time, but when I searched for...
Some terminal frustrations
Julia Evansby Julia Evans5 Feb 2025
A few weeks ago I ran a terminal survey (you can read the results here) and at the end I asked: What’s the most frustrating thing about using the terminal for you?
What's involved in getting a "modern" terminal setup?
Julia Evansby Julia Evans11 Jan 2025
Hello! Recently I ran a terminal survey and I asked people what frustrated them. One person commented: There are so many pieces to having a modern terminal experience.
"Rules" that terminal programs follow
Julia Evansby Julia Evans12 Dec 2024
Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal is some combination of: - Your operating system’s job - Your shell’s job - Your terminal emulator’s job - The job of...
Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering
Julia Evansby Julia Evans29 Nov 2024
Here’s a niche terminal problem that has bothered me for years but that I never really understood until a few weeks ago.
Importing a frontend Javascript library without a build system
Julia Evansby Julia Evans18 Nov 2024
I like writing Javascript without a build system and for the millionth time yesterday I ran into a problem where I needed to figure out how to import a Javascript library in my code without using a...