Password protect zip file on mac OSX command line

Many of the terminal tools that come with unix environments like MacOS and Windows WSL are functionally similar to how they were 20 years ago. But developer tooling has advanced quite a bit since then.

You can replace many of these cli tools with equivalents that support full colour, unicode icons, git and more. Changing OS and git defaults will better match your workflow.

Your prompt can be made git aware and use colour to indicate state so you don’t have to query git so often.

I work on MacOS and Windows machines and I’ll show you how to have the same terminal and experience on both.

Delivery managers and team leads have the responsibility to deliver a software system via an engineering team.

Your customer wants every feature to work perfectly and they want it delivered yesterday. Your team wants to learn and grow.

It’s a tough role managing all the stakeholders and creators in a project.

Engineers can help drive great delivery by empathising with and supporting the delivery manager or leads in a project team.

No one wants to waste time working for an organisation that’s a bad fit. But how do you know a good place from a bad place until you actually work there?

It’s important to spend the same amount of time analysing a potential organisation as they spend analysing you!

During an interview process an organisation has personality testing, resumes, tech testing, behavioural testing, reference checks, bank checks, police checks and more.

If it sounds like a very one-sided process that’s because it is! But there are ways you can bring more balance and here are some important things to research before accepting any engineering job offer.

How to set the default text editor to be visual studio code on the mac

Update 29 Jan 2022 - I added this and more to comprehensive instructions for configuring a modern developer shell and MAcOS in another article here. You should check that out.