Tooling

This is how I time my workblocks these days…

Prerequisites

• ALSA : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture

Functions

single_beep() {
( \speaker-test --frequency $1 --test sine )&
pid=$!
\sleep  0.${2}s
\kill -9 $pid
}

morse(){
for i in {1..3};
do
        single_beep 400 $1
        \sleep 0.${2}s
done
}

sos() {
    morse 200 500
    morse 400 500
    morse 200 500
}

timer() {
    \sleep $1 && sos &
}

Usage

The above can be sourced in your shell rc.
I store it in a .bash_funcs where I have all my functions and source them in the end of my rc as source ~/.bash_funcs.

EDIT : 0x22D2 : Fri Sep 27 03:51:30 PM IST 2024

• I’m thinking I’ll proceed in common lisp
• do read on for amusement though

As of 0x22CE (Mon Sep 23 06:48:40 AM IST 2024), These are the operating systems I’ve used:

• Open Suse TumbleWeed
• Fedora, CentOs, Rocky
• Debian, Ubuntu, Kali
• Arch
• Windows XP,Vista,7,10,11

I recently moved away from Fedora 40 to Tumbleweed (I deleted some core python libraries that are essential for yum and dnf (I know, I’m an idiot))…

I recently shifted my operations to a thinkpad x13g4amd (Ryzen 7840U + 780M Radeon) and am using this transfer as an opportunity to realize and improve my work related habits.

GNU/Linux

All of my pipelines are based around Linux and the core GNU utils. I had to use windows for a while due to org-wide constraints but I’ve recently been given the signal to shift to linux.

I rarely used any windows native tools for my workflows and there was always a layer of linux emulation/virtualization (wsl, scoop, and the likes) upon which I conducted my usual operations. Given I use Debian at home, a non native linux experience was frustrating at best and depressing at worst. No more, do I have to confine myself.

I’m an AI Research Engineer and that involves messing around a little with python. I’ve spent the past 4 years perfecting a disciplined, minimal, but enabling setup.

This is a tour of my trusty set of tools, in the hopes that it will help you find the same CLI zen that I’ve been enjoying for a while now.

Tmux : towards an Eternal Shell

I start my work sessions off by ssh’ing into my remote compute cluster.