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Fakhri Thaher
Behind the systems. Enabling everything.
A personal technical blog: open-source tools, system administration, Linux, networking, DevOps, security and automation.
Cloud|Network|Security|Automation
fakhri@server: ~
$ uptime
up … years, … days, --:--:--, … user, load average: …
$ whoami
architect_of_uptime
$ cat /etc/motivation.txt
Automate. Monitor. Secure. Optimize.
$ Servers
Keep it running.
Network
Keep it connected.
Security
Keep it protected.
Cloud
Scale it smart.
Automation
Make it efficient.
Monitoring
Watch everything.
Backup
Protect your data.
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Tools
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A line-oriented search tool that recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your `.gitignore`.
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tmux
A terminal multiplexer that lets you run many shells in one window and keep sessions alive after you disconnect.
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htop
An interactive, colorful process viewer for the terminal and a friendlier replacement for `top`.
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direnv
An environment switcher that loads and unloads environment variables automatically as you change directories.
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asdf
A single CLI to manage multiple runtime versions (Node, Python, Ruby, and many more) through a plugin system.
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mise
A fast, all-in-one tool for managing dev runtime versions, environment variables, and project tasks.
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Alacritty
A fast, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator focused on simplicity and performance.
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autojump
A faster way to navigate your filesystem by jumping to directories based on how often you visit them.
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From the scripts library
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Backup All MySQL Databases with mysqldump
Dumps each MySQL database to its own compressed SQL file.
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pythoncross-platformIntermediate
Cron Expression Next-Run Calculator
Given a cron expression, print the next several times it will fire along with the countdown to each.
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bashlinuxIntermediate
Lock inactive users
Finds human accounts with no login activity beyond a chosen threshold and locks them, with a safe dry-run mode by default.
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pythoncross-platformIntermediate
Bulk Download Images from a CSV of URLs
Download many images concurrently from a CSV list of URLs, with safe file naming and per-request timeouts.
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