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bc,,1975,c
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bc,,1975,c
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make,,1976,c
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make,,1976,c
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vi,,1976,c
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vi,,1976,c
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TeX,,1978,pascal
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bourne shell,,1979,c
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bourne shell,,1979,c
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awk,,1985,c
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awk,,1985,c
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screen,,1987,c
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screen,,1987,c
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midnight commander,,1994,c
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midnight commander,,1994,c
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ssh,,1995,c
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ssh,,1995,c
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curl,https://github.com/curl/curl,1996,c
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curl,https://github.com/curl/curl,1996,c
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fish,https://fishshell.com/,2005,c (currently being rewritten in rust)
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fish,https://fishshell.com/,2005,c++ (currently being rewritten in rust)
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fossil,https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki,2006,c
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fossil,https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki,2006,c
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tmux,https://github.com/tmux/tmux,2007,c
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tmux,https://github.com/tmux/tmux,2007,c
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git,https://git-scm.com/,2008,c
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git,https://git-scm.com/,2008,c
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Where possible, documentation should not even be required for the most common use cases.
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Where possible, documentation should not even be required for the most common use cases.
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Whenever I want to use `find`, I almost always have to first look at the man page,
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Whenever I want to use `find`, I almost always have to first look at the man page,
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as I dont use it quite often enough to memorize it.
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as I dont use it quite often enough to memorize it.
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But thats totally unnedded! 90% of my uses of `find` take the form of `find ./ -name "*foo*"`.
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But thats totally unneeded! 90% of my uses of `find` take the form of `find ./ -name "*foo*"`.
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with [fd](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd), the exact same invocation is a simple `fd foo`, dead simple, no man page needed.
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With [fd](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd), the exact same invocation is a simple `fd foo`, dead simple, no man page needed.
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Of course, 10% of the time im doing something else and have to look at the manual even with fd,
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Of course, 10% of the time im doing something else and have to look at the manual even with fd,
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but the point is that manuals are for when you want to do someing with the tool that is not the most common usecase.
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but the point is that manuals are for when you want to do something with the tool that is not the most common usecase.
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There are many other examples as well. How many of your grep invocations are in the form of `grep -R 'foo' ./`?
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There are many other examples as well. How many of your grep invocations are in the form of `grep -R 'foo' ./`?
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most of mine are. [Ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) shortens that to `rg foo`
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Most of mine are. [Ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) shortens that to `rg foo`
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while still having all the power of grep when I need it, and it is faster to boot!
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while still having all the power of grep when I need it, and it is faster to boot!
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This isnt to say that tools should 'dumb themselves down' or hobble themselves to make them easier to use.
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This isnt to say that tools should 'dumb themselves down' or hobble themselves to make them easier to use.
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Tools abosultuely should not shy away from being powerful; however they should keep in mind the first time user experience
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However they should keep in mind the most common usecase that their tool is likely to be used in,
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and what the first time user is likely to want to use the tool for; as that is likely also what power users will want to use the tool for 90% of the time.
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and streamline that usecase.
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## Shedding historical baggage
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## Shedding historical baggage
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Many tools were made for one thing, and over time have evolved into another thing entirely.
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This can happen by conscious design or, more commonly,
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from an industry or community picking a tool up and using it for something it was not originally designed for.
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While hacking tools for uses they were not designed for is always fun and in many cases the only way to do something,
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its perhaps better to make a dedicated tool when the new usecase eclipses
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## The trendsetter
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## The trendsetter
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|bc|1975|c|
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|bc|1975|c|
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|make|1976|c|
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|make|1976|c|
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|vi|1976|c|
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|vi|1976|c|
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|TeX|1978|pascal|
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|bourne shell|1979|c|
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|bourne shell|1979|c|
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|awk|1985|c|
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|awk|1985|c|
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|screen|1987|c|
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|screen|1987|c|
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|midnight commander|1994|c|
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|midnight commander|1994|c|
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|ssh|1995|c|
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|ssh|1995|c|
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|[curl](https://github.com/curl/curl)|1996|c|
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|[curl](https://github.com/curl/curl)|1996|c|
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|[fish](https://fishshell.com/)|2005|c (currently being rewritten in rust)|
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|[fish](https://fishshell.com/)|2005|c++ (currently being rewritten in rust)|
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|[fossil](https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki)|2006|c|
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|[fossil](https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki)|2006|c|
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|[tmux](https://github.com/tmux/tmux)|2007|c|
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|[tmux](https://github.com/tmux/tmux)|2007|c|
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|[git](https://git-scm.com/)|2008|c|
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|[git](https://git-scm.com/)|2008|c|
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