Mike Barlow

🛠 Server management tools
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[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

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[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

Abstrax is live and ready to try.

If you use it, we would love to know:

what helped
what confused you
what command should exist next

https://t.co/iNA9OJRRK1

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

Abstrax is open source.

Issues, docs fixes, command ideas, and pull requests are welcome.

Repo: https://t.co/t2DIvUiWnZ

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

Abstrax is for the command line jobs you understand perfectly, but still cannot remember exactly.

Server admin commands you can actually remember.

https://t.co/iNA9OJRRK1

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

What Linux server commands do you always forget?

Not the clever stuff.

The boring, useful task that sends you back to Google every time.

Ideas welcome: https://t.co/t2DIvUiWnZ

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

SSH into server.

Know what you need to do.

Forget the exact command.

Search notes.

Copy command.

Wonder why you keep doing this.

Install Abstrax.

https://t.co/iNA9OJRRK1

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

The Abstrax docs are live.

Install guide, command reference, and usage notes.

Docs should be boring, practical, and clear.

https://t.co/f8JCjYsAGX

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

Abstrax is intentionally small right now.

Better to be useful for a few real server tasks than huge, vague, and confusing.

https://t.co/iNA9OJRRK1

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

The worst commands are not the ones you have never used.

They are the ones you used 3 months ago and almost remember.

Abstrax is for those.

https://t.co/iNA9OJRRK1

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

A server CLI should be inspectable.

Abstrax is open source, so you can see what it does before you run it.

Repo: https://t.co/t2DIvUiWnZ

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

Abstrax is not a control panel.

It does not replace Linux knowledge.

It does not pretend your server is magic.

It is a CLI for common admin tasks you want to remember more easily.

https://t.co/iNA9OJRRK1

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

Install Abstrax: curl -fsSL https://t.co/ffxDkLKvbw | sh

Check it: abstrax version

Docs: https://t.co/f8JCjYsAGX

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

Not every CLI needs to be magical.

Some just need to save you from searching your notes folder for the fifth time.

That is Abstrax.

https://t.co/iNA9OJRRK1

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

Server admin is not always hard.

Sometimes it is just:

“What was that command again?”

That is the bit Abstrax is built for.

https://t.co/iNA9OJRRK1

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

So I've been working on something else recently! Abstrax is live.

An open source CLI for Linux server admin commands you can actually remember.

For developers who manage their own servers and are tired of digging through old notes and shell history.

Website: https://t.co/RxUjiOCAyV
GitHub: https://t.co/xr5QDFX284

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

@danielebesana Hey, all fixed. Sorry about that!

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

@danielebesana Thanks for reaching out. I’ll take a look and get back to you

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

@sesigl @SumitM_X The only correct answer so far! Everyone jumping into solutions before understanding the issue!

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

Been a bit quiet recently, but I've been tinkering with something for a while, reworking an existing SaaS idea and turned it open source! Get X and Bluesky scheduling for free! Built with #Laravel #Livewire do with it as you please

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[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

New profile picture day! Had to give chatGPT a go for making an avatar of me. Makes my beard look neater than it actually is 😂

[Mike Barlow @mikebarlow]

@driesvints If you're looking for something that handles none tailwind stuff as well i've been working on https://t.co/aGGZLZ7Eul