7 Useful macOS/Linux Commands

A practical guide to 8 macOS and Linux CLI commands every developer should know – including wc, ls, head, cut, grep, sort, uniq, and sha256sum – with…

Feb 26 • Ali Mahouk

Bimaps

TIL about bidirectional maps (bimaps) — like a regular key-value map, but with built-in reverse lookups baked in.

Feb 21 • Ali Mahouk

The OWASP Top 10 for LLMs you haven't read yet

If you’re building with LLMs, you’re probably creating vulnerabilities you don’t even know about.

Feb 13 • Ali Mahouk

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August 2025

Download of the Week

GNU CoreUtils

Aug 1, 2025 • Ali Mahouk

April 2025

What is this "[" binary in /bin?

I was looking at the /bin directory on my Mac when I noticed this peculiar executable.

Apr 9, 2025 • Ali Mahouk

March 2025

I think I got an idea

I've been trying to come up with a good project idea around business intelligence (BI) - something that can tie into some newfound knowledge-ingesting…

Mar 31, 2025 • Ali Mahouk