Knowing Bash is about more than just writing build scripts. I use it every day for one-off tasks and trying to use anything else instead would be a huge waste of time.
> GCP cloud services in a single line in package.json -- how many lines is that in bash?
My whole point was: use the right tool for the job. Sure nobody would do GCP stuff in Bash, just like it would be ludicrous to do certain tasks in TypeScript instead. The original statement was about Bash being a useful skill, and imho that's practically undeniable.
> Installing command line tools via the platform's package manager doesn't work in practice for various reasons
I wish installing dependencies via package.json and npm was as reliable, it would save me quite some time.
> GCP cloud services in a single line in package.json -- how many lines is that in bash?
My whole point was: use the right tool for the job. Sure nobody would do GCP stuff in Bash, just like it would be ludicrous to do certain tasks in TypeScript instead. The original statement was about Bash being a useful skill, and imho that's practically undeniable.
> Installing command line tools via the platform's package manager doesn't work in practice for various reasons
I wish installing dependencies via package.json and npm was as reliable, it would save me quite some time.