Our internally created tools boost our productivity, remove friction, and make our work-lives not suck. I will discuss a few tools I came across and a few I made to make our life not suck at work.
8. What is an internal tool?
- Built to solve a current internal pain
- Developed internally
- Takes something that can still be done otherwise but makes it easier.
- Usually coupled to specific infra or service
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9. What is an internal tool?
- Built to solve a current internal pain
- Developed internally
- Takes something that can still be done otherwise but makes it easier.
- Usually coupled to specific infra or service
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10. What is an internal tool?
- Built to solve a current internal pain
- Developed internally
- Takes something that can still be done otherwise but makes it easier.
- Usually coupled to specific infra or service
@Heathenaspargus
11. What is an internal tool?
- Built to solve a current internal pain
- Developed internally
- Takes something that can still be done otherwise but makes it easier.
- Usually coupled to specific infra or service
@Heathenaspargus
22. Jump server man
Saved 10 minutes
per debugging session
per engineer
=
Gazillions!
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23. AWS account switcher man
alias use_prod_aws='/bin/cp ~/.aws/prod ~/.aws/credentials; aws sts get-caller-id'
alias use_dev_aws='/bin/cp ~/.aws/dev ~/.aws/credentials; aws sts get-caller-id'
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24. AWS account switcher man
Saved an entire weekend by preventing execution on prod,
Several times
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25. Wifi Woman
alias wifi_set='networksetup -setairportpower en0 $1'
alias wifi_on='wifi_set on'
alias wifi_off='wifi_set off'
alias wifi_reset='wifi_set off;wifi_set on'
function reset_wifi_if_connection_down {
if ping -q -c 1 -W 1 8.8.8.8 >/dev/null; then
echo "IPv4 is up"
else
echo "IPv4 is down, resetting wifi"
wifi_reset
fi
}
alias reset_wifi_if_down_loop='while true; do; sleep 60; reset_wifi_if_connection_down; done'
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26. Wifi Woman
Saved millions of macs from being thrown against the wall
after sierra release.
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