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My boss introduced a bug into our build system because of misunderstanding bash semantics. LLMs really haven’t solved this. Bash makes everyone a muppet if you
by dave4420 3y ago
My boss introduced a bug into our build system because of misunderstanding bash semantics. LLMs really haven’t solved this.
Bash makes everyone a muppet if you push it hard enough. (True of all tools, perhaps. But you don’t have to push very hard with bash.)
- wrs 3y agoWith Bash quoting rules it’s not like you have to push, it’s more like you don’t pull hard enough to keep it from going over the edge.
- fiddlerwoaroof 3y agoShellcheck basically solves this problem
- DonHopkins 3y agoThat's like saying opioids solve the cancer crisis, and Naloxone solves the opioid crisis.
- dymk 3y agoNo, it’s like saying shellcheck solves most of the challenges with writing shell scripts, which it does
- DonHopkins 3y agoBut your metaphor is missing the apt comparison of shell scripts with cancer and opioids.