smh is a command-line utility that allows you to keep track of how many times you've shaken your head at something and why. It started as a joke, and it still kind of is.
You can shake your head at something using the at command:
smh at dad for making a terrible joke
You can then view an entry for a particular subject using the entry command:
smh entry dad
// outputs
Name: dad, Count: 1, Reasons: {"Aug 18, 2023 15:13": "making a terrible joke"}
(Note that the date an entry was added is automatically generated.)
You can view an entire log with the, well, log command:
smh log
// outputs
Name: dad, Count: 1, Reasons: {"Aug 18, 2023 15:13": "making a terrible joke"}
Name: example, Count: 1, Reasons: {"Aug 18, 2023 15:15": "idk lol"}
You can also remove a subject using the remove command. (Note that there isn't currently--and might not ever be--a way to remove a particular reason for s'ing your h.)
smh remove example
I thought "smh" would make a good command for a CLI. Then I realized an "smh" tracker could prove useful when I want to remember silly jokes, frustrating things about particular software, etc. and decided to make this utility as a learning project for creating CLIs, managing files, and working with JSON in Rust. So here we are!
Beats me!
smh is a learning project; its features are dictated by my progress through learning Rust, my expectations for a utility of this type, and a certain amount of whimsy.
That said, the following changes at least seem interesting:
- making it so printing the reasons for shaking your head at a subject isn't terrible
- adding the ability to remove a particular reason rather than the entire subject
- creating a backup of the data file to minimize the chance of losing data
These features might never arrive, however, and this utility may remain forever cursed.