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# Assorted articles, tools and links

## Simple benchmarking

If you need to benchmark something, the fastest way is to use the `time` shell builtin. Often times you want to run the same command multiple times to account for filesystem cache warmup and eliminate statistical outliers. In those cases comparing `time` outputs and remembering to preface every command with that command can be `time` intensive (hehe). Instead of `time` you can use `hyperfine` which has much more options and automates much of the boring statistical work.

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## Better finding

The `find` command (TODO: write article) is a mess. There's a much more user friendly (and faster) alternative called `fd`:

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## Fuzzy finder for the command line

Use `fzf` to:

* find files, fast (e.g. in Vim)
* collate completed commands (e.g. with `C-r` in your shell)
* procure processes (e.g. fuzzy find the process you want to kill)
* get general git gizmos (e.g. branches, tags)
* ... and [more](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/wiki/examples)!

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