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πŸ‘‹ Hey Dev.to β€” I'm Raymon, and I Build Battle-Tested Bash CLIs (That Actually Do Stuff)

I'm a solutions engineer working in the HashiCorp ecosystem, but really, I'm just someone who enjoys turning chaos into clean automation β€” especially with a Bash script or two.

Most of my tools start with a personal itch:

  • Too many stale Git repos? I built repository_audit
  • Lost in my own folder structure? That became folder_tree
  • Want backups that actually restore? Say hello to repository_backup
  • Need to simulate leaked secrets for Vault Radar? That’s radar_love

All of these are Bash-based, Homebrew-installable CLIs β€” modular, documented, and built for CI/CD from day one. Because automation should automate itself. And also look good doing it.


🧰 Why I'm Here

Dev.to has that rare mix: technical depth without gatekeeping, and devs who genuinely want to build smarter, not louder. I’m here to share tools, document tricks, and write in a way that’s more β€œhere’s what worked” than β€œlet me lecture you about infrastructure.”

My writing leans practical and conversational β€” with a focus on:

  • πŸ”§ CLI tooling
  • πŸ“¦ DevOps flows (Terraform, Vault, Nomad, etc.)
  • 🧠 Automation philosophy
  • πŸ—‚οΈ Keeping your repos clean, backed up, and documented

🌱 What’s Coming

In the next few posts, I’ll be sharing:

  • folder_tree β€” a Brewable CLI that turns your folder layout into Markdown docs (with presets, ignore rules, and wizard mode)
  • repository_backup β€” for Git-aware backups that won’t embarrass you when it’s time to restore
  • Some meta tooling (sanity_check, generate_docs, etc.) that I use across all my CLIs to keep things clean and maintainable

🎨 A Bit of Style

If my tools had a personality, it would be:

  • 90% helpful
  • 5% sarcastic
  • 5% β€œlet’s make this look good too”

β€”-

πŸ‘‰ Curious about the tools I mentioned? Head over to github.com/raymonepping and explore.

Expect emojis, Markdown, clear docs, and sometimes a cyborg image or two generated by AI for no good reason except vibes.


πŸ“« Want to connect?

You’ll find me building DevOps demos, writing Medium articles, or overengineering my personal CLI tooling because I actually enjoy it.

Let’s build cool stuff.

β€” Raymon

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