I’ve used shell scripts before, but mostly in a pretty limited way with other people’s open source scripts to do something specific, or the occasional one off to clean up a drive.
Ironically, now that agents are genuinely good at coding, I find myself “writing” more shell scripts.
They’re robust, portable, and work in almost any environment I care about. Agents are very comfortable producing them, they execute fast, and they’re great for automation.
What I’ve ended up with is a growing set of automations built around simple, interactive shell script menus that handle things I do all the time. When I want to improve one, add branching logic, or tweak behavior, I just ask AI to mod the script and move on. I kind of love it.
It feels like a shell script revival, at least for me.
Curious if others are experiencing the same shift or if I fell into some weird bubble/anti-pattern.
Ironically, now that agents are genuinely good at coding, I find myself “writing” more shell scripts.
They’re robust, portable, and work in almost any environment I care about. Agents are very comfortable producing them, they execute fast, and they’re great for automation.
What I’ve ended up with is a growing set of automations built around simple, interactive shell script menus that handle things I do all the time. When I want to improve one, add branching logic, or tweak behavior, I just ask AI to mod the script and move on. I kind of love it.
It feels like a shell script revival, at least for me.
Curious if others are experiencing the same shift or if I fell into some weird bubble/anti-pattern.