Our internally created tools boost our productivity, remove friction, and make our work-lives not suck. I will discuss a few tools I came across and a few I made to make our life not suck at work.

1. @Heathenaspargus

2. @Heathenaspargus

3. @Heathenaspargus

4. @Heathenaspargus

5. Jerry Steiner
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6. The unsung glory of Internal
tools
@Heathenaspargus
Gil Zellner

7. Who am I?
Now:
Past:
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8. What is an internal tool?
- Built to solve a current internal pain
- Developed internally
- Takes something that can still be done otherwise but makes it easier.
- Usually coupled to specific infra or service
@Heathenaspargus

9. What is an internal tool?
- Built to solve a current internal pain
- Developed internally
- Takes something that can still be done otherwise but makes it easier.
- Usually coupled to specific infra or service
@Heathenaspargus

10. What is an internal tool?
- Built to solve a current internal pain
- Developed internally
- Takes something that can still be done otherwise but makes it easier.
- Usually coupled to specific infra or service
@Heathenaspargus

11. What is an internal tool?
- Built to solve a current internal pain
- Developed internally
- Takes something that can still be done otherwise but makes it easier.
- Usually coupled to specific infra or service
@Heathenaspargus

12. These are not internal tools:
@Heathenaspargus

13. These are internal tools:
@Heathenaspargus

14. SANTA
deploy tool
@Heathenaspargus

15. Crossflow
Data task management solution
@Heathenaspargus

16. Claw
*not the actual logo, since there is none
Cloudify Almighty Wrapper
Bootstrapping tool
@Heathenaspargus

17. The unsung tools:
(no logos)
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18. “Not The tools gotham deserves,
but definitely the tools gotham needs”
(Not really commissioner Gordon)
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19. VPN Woman
function evilcorp_vpn {
vpn -s connect $VPNSERVER <<"EOF"
3
username
password
EOF
}
alias proxyvpn='docker run --rm -ti --privileged --device /dev/net/tun -p "3128:3128"
pdocker.evilcorp.com/docker_vpn'
@Heathenaspargus

20. VPN Woman
Saved upto 20 minutes per day
@Heathenaspargus

21. Jump server man
GATEWAY_SERVER="gateway.coolcompany.com"
INTERNAL_DOMAIN="ccm"
function cwl() {
I couldn’t find the code for this,
So take my word for it
}
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22. Jump server man
Saved 10 minutes
per debugging session
per engineer
=
Gazillions!
@Heathenaspargus

23. AWS account switcher man
alias use_prod_aws='/bin/cp ~/.aws/prod ~/.aws/credentials; aws sts get-caller-id'
alias use_dev_aws='/bin/cp ~/.aws/dev ~/.aws/credentials; aws sts get-caller-id'
@Heathenaspargus

24. AWS account switcher man
Saved an entire weekend by preventing execution on prod,
Several times
@Heathenaspargus

25. Wifi Woman
alias wifi_set='networksetup -setairportpower en0 $1'
alias wifi_on='wifi_set on'
alias wifi_off='wifi_set off'
alias wifi_reset='wifi_set off;wifi_set on'
function reset_wifi_if_connection_down {
if ping -q -c 1 -W 1 8.8.8.8 >/dev/null; then
echo "IPv4 is up"
else
echo "IPv4 is down, resetting wifi"
wifi_reset
fi
}
alias reset_wifi_if_down_loop='while true; do; sleep 60; reset_wifi_if_connection_down; done'
@Heathenaspargus

26. Wifi Woman
Saved millions of macs from being thrown against the wall
after sierra release.
@Heathenaspargus

27. @Heathenaspargus
Takeaway #1:
Make things that
remove friction, even if
they get no glory

28. @Heathenaspargus
Takeaway #2:
Give credit to tools that
remove friction, even if
they are not technical
marvels, for Jerry.

29. email:
Gil.Zellner@gmail.com
Twitter:
@Heathenaspargus