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Re:Nushell 0.86 by sundarurfriend on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:50AM (#37926274)
How big of an initial time investment does it require? I.e. if I wanted to try it out on the side from time to time, can I just install and start using it, or does it take a week of learning and writing a configuration before I can properly use it?
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Re:Nushell 0.86 by vajdagabor on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @07:18AM (#37927145)
Just install, and start using it on the side. It's quite intuitive. Maybe start with the `tutor` command, then go through the guide book: https://www.nushell.sh/book/
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Re:Nushell 0.86 by sidkshatriya on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @10:24AM (#37929131)
I'd say if you spend a day experimenting with it, you're on your way to mastery.
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Re:Nushell 0.86 by kytazo on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @11:20AM (#37929931)
I picked it up right around when this got posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37576303

More or less a month ago. As of speaking, I'm almost entirely familiar with the standard API, comfortable with the language enough to implement a wrapper around openai with built-in tooling and have a configuration which closely resembles my previous zsh interactive setup.

All and all, after a month of usage, I have no regrets apart from reasonable ones like investing time into what could be categorized as personal delight but the power that lies beneath your fingertips grows exponentially with all of this functionality available out of the box.

Its been a pleasure so far and witnessing its incredible pace makes it even more exciting with pleasant surprises from features introduces waiting in every second corner

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Re:Nushell 0.86 by jimbob74 on Saturday October 21, 2023 @02:15AM (#37964514)
you can start using it right away and much of your muscle memory will still give decent results. I say much - since piping with > isn't a thing, but still, it doesn't take long to get used to using it.
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