Last week, I shared a LinkedIn post about the all-too-familiar pain of setting up local development environments. To my surprise, it struck a nerve. Thousands of reactions and hundreds of comments poured in from developers and DevOps pros worldwide.
Why did it resonate? Because it highlighted a universal frustration: messy configurations, broken READMEs, and undocumented “tribal knowledge” that slows everyone down. What followed was a lively exchange of tools, tips, and battle stories. I discovered things like nix-shell for reproducible environments and Tilt for easier Kubernetes workflows.
This wave of engagement reminded me why I write in the first place: to connect, to learn, and to help move the DevOps community forward. It reignited my passion for sharing and reinforced the power of collective insight.
If you want the full story and maybe pick up a few dev environment tips for yourself, hit the Read button below and dive in!
Tmux is a terminal multiplexer. It allows you to disconnect from a session without actually terminating it.
For example, if you SSH to a remote server and the connection between your computer and that server is interrupted, then you'll get logged out of that session on the remote server.
But if you start up a tmux session:
PrismJS Highlighted Shell Command
tmux new -s deploy
Then you can run what ever you need, and even detach from it.
When you come back at a later time, you can reattach to the same session:
Last week was a great week of building agents. This week, more agents, GitHub, Jira, and Linear. Drop me a DM if you have any ideas.
See you next week!
Mark C Allen
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