https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/Recent content in The Textsmith's Workshop on The Textsmith MagazineHugoen-gbSat, 01 Aug 2026 21:11:00 +0200https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-rustification-of-the-unix-toolbox/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:11:00 +0200https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-rustification-of-the-unix-toolbox/The best Rust tools rarely reject the philosophy of small composable programs–they simply revisit decades-old implementations with today’s programming languages and expectations.https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-case-for-small-tools-why-unix-still-teaches-us-the-best-way-to-solve-big-problems/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:10:33 +0200https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-case-for-small-tools-why-unix-still-teaches-us-the-best-way-to-solve-big-problems/Every program is a set of functions that cooperate to produce the desired result. Did you ever consider how your computer makes it possible for you to craft complete programs on-the-fly through its small utilities?https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/why-system-administration-is-applied-text-processing/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:40:00 +0200https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/why-system-administration-is-applied-text-processing/In this article, I look at what system administration entails. We see that the real work is understanding, producing, transforming, and maintaining text.https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/thinking-in-transformations-why-textsmiths-love-search-and-replace/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:58:28 +0200https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/thinking-in-transformations-why-textsmiths-love-search-and-replace/One of the greatest changes that happens when someone becomes a textsmith is not learning a new command. It is learning a new way of thinking.https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-unix-view-of-text-files-are-streams-not-pages/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:29:01 +0200https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-unix-view-of-text-files-are-streams-not-pages/Many people learn the Unix slogan “everything is a file.” That’s true, but I almost think the more profound slogan is: “Everything is a stream waiting to be read or written.”