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sysadmin/scripting utilities, distributed as a single binary
17 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 5 stories, 12 comments · first 2020-04-14 · latest 2025-05-09
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I copied the same idea in my static collection of sysadmin utilities: https://github.com/skx/sysbox/
comment by stevekemp · 2025-05-09 · in From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you." -
I have a collection of small sysadming/scripting utilities distributed as a single binary here: https://github.com/skx/sysbox One of those is "splay" to sleep a random amount of time, before running a command. Very useful to avoid lots of…
comment by stevekemp · 2024-11-20 · in Show HN: Retry a command with exponential backoff and jitter (+ Starlark exprs) -
…amount of time. It's one of those things that is useful surprisingly often, even outside cron. https://github.com/skx/sysbox
comment by stevekemp · 2023-05-09 · in OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps -
…with my sysbox project, collecting tools together in one golang binary with various subcommands: https://github.com/skx/sysbox I use at least one of those tools on a daily basis, though I suspect they're not so universally useful.
comment by stevekemp · 2023-02-10 · in The Rust Implementation of GNU Coreutils Is Becoming Remarkably Robust -
…busybox-inspired collection of tools, written in golang, which includes a simple HTTP client too: https://github.com/skx/sysbox Those are just a couple of examples, I'm certain there are multiple other choices out there. But I guess curl…
comment by stevekemp · 2022-11-26 · in 89 Operating Systems -
That's pretty cool. I wrote something similar in my static collection of sysadmin tools - https://github.com/skx/sysbox - In my simple pre-processor I only allow two special things: #include "file/goes/here" #execute ls -l | wc -l Though…
comment by stevekemp · 2021-07-29 · in M4 as a templating language (2020) -
I bundled together a small collection of sysadmin/scripting-tools here: https://github.com/skx/sysbox Those are probably amongst the things that I use most often which are non-standard.
comment by stevekemp · 2021-06-12 · in Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself? -
…use integrated subcommands. Very helpful and makes deployment easy by having only a single binary: https://github.com/skx/sysbox Not bash/shell, but similar and useful idea to experiment with.
comment by stevekemp · 2021-03-16 · in Sd: My Script Directory -
…for myself, which I find very useful. It includes a subcommand for YAML, JSON, and XML validation: https://github.com/skx/sysbox I've not considered a pretty-printer, but it isn't a bad idea to add such a thing.
comment by stevekemp · 2020-09-28 · in Show HN: DevUtils.app – Developer Utilities for macOS -
…by a busy-box style collection of utilities written in golang (mostly to ease installation): https://github.com/skx/sysbox
comment by stevekemp · 2020-08-22 · in Moreutils – Unix tools that nobody thought to write (2012) -
By coincidence I added a trivial finger-server to my golang utility toolbox today: https://github.com/skx/sysbox Create ~/.plan and clients can query it remotely, just like in the old days.
comment by stevekemp · 2020-05-13 · in Castor: A browser for the small internet (Gemini, Gopher, Finger) -
…days I've been reworking them into a single binary so that I can deploy them even more easily: https://github.com/skx/sysbox That, coupled with my dotfiles (mostly a literate emacs config written in markdown), makes me pretty productive…
comment by stevekemp · 2020-05-09 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?