Caliban – Opinion and Righteous Anger

What a day.

Friday was one of the most gruelling days I’ve had in a long time. It was also rather humbling to meet some guys who know a lot more about many aspects of system administration than I do.

Things are looking up. There is life after all of this.

bash 2.05 is out; has been for a month, actually. How the hell did I miss that?

Anyway, I’ve just been hacking group completion into the code and have now also added service completion. These new features are available with complete -g and complete -s respectively.

Once I clean up the code, I’ll submit these to Chet Ramey for inclusion in bash 2.06.

Tomorrow came and then became yesterday. I survived; corporeally, at least.

We’re going to Yosemite for Memorial Day Weekend, which will be a very welcome breather from all of this. I can’t wait.

For me, employment is largely comprised of two complementary factors: cool things to do and cool people with whom to do them. The removal of both leaves a considerable void and I find myself struggling to fill the vacuum.

I’m curious what life will look like six or even three months from today.

Tomorrow is one of those days you just wish didn’t have to dawn; like starting at a new school or going to a dental appointment as a kid.

But tomorrow is coming and I will survive it.

I spent some of today trying to hack some new completion features into bash. Indirectly, I was reminding myself what this whole open-source thing is all about. A guy could lose sight of that in all of the recent commotion.

This, too, will pass.

No news is good news; I think.

If I were at liberty to talk about the things I am experiencing in my professional life, it would make for a captivating, unenviable tale.

But I can’t.