Aider is a “pair-programming” tool that can use various providers as the AI back end, including a locally running instance of ...

The ls command, short for “list,” is a Linux command that’s used to display files and directories in the terminal. In most cases, it is used to get an idea about the files in the working directory and ...

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

I use Linux for both desktop and server. My preference for a server OS is one without a GUI, which means I have to turn to a lot of command-line tools. In some cases, I prefer to use the same ...

For years, code-editing tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub’s Copilot have been the standard for AI-powered software development. But as agentic AI grows more powerful and vibe coding takes off, a ...

If you were a fan of the MS-DOS from the 90s, you will love Microsoft Edit – a fully open-source command-line interface (CLI) text editor. Microsoft Edit addresses a specific need for a default CLI ...

You know that user choice mechanism that Google said it was planning to release for third-party cookies in Chrome? Well, it’s not happening. Google changed its mind. Going forward, it’ll be business ...