• zombie processes, orphans, and stuck processes: a debugging guide March 06, 2026 What zombie, orphan, and stuck processes actually are, how to find them with ps and awk, and how to deal with each type.
• ss vs netstat vs lsof: a practical guide March 06, 2026 When to use ss, netstat, or lsof for network debugging. How each works under the hood, output differences, and awk patterns for parsing.
• the ps | grep | awk | kill pipeline, explained March 06, 2026 Break down the classic ps aux | grep | awk | xargs kill pipeline. What each piece does, why grep -v grep, and how awk extracts PIDs.
• proc vs lsof vs fuser vs killport vs fkill vs procs March 06, 2026 A practical comparison of CLI tools for process and port management on macOS and Linux.
• how to find and kill a process on any port (macOS and Linux) March 06, 2026 Every method to find and kill a process by port number on macOS and Linux — lsof, ss, netstat, fuser, and awk tricks for parsing their output.
• automating process management in shell scripts March 06, 2026 Patterns for reliable process management in shell scripts — PID files, health checks, awk parsing, and why text parsing breaks.
• why i built proc January 15, 2026 I kept forgetting how to find what's on port 3000. So I built a tool where the command you'd guess is the command that works.