Official DevOps Daily CLI (npx devops-daily)

[bobbyonmagic]

Summary

Ship an official CLI so DevOps engineers can interact with the site from their terminal. Distinctive brand moment, shareable ("try this in your terminal"), creates a habit loop that pulls users back to the web property.

```bash
npx devops-daily # TUI menu
npx devops-daily latest # Show latest post
npx devops-daily quiz # Random 5-question quiz in terminal
npx devops-daily game # Pick a random simulator (ASCII version)
npx devops-daily tip # Daily DevOps tip
npx devops-daily search 'k8s' # Search posts/guides
```

Features (MVP)

• `latest` — fetch and display the latest post title + summary + URL
• `quiz` — pull random questions from our quiz JSON, interactive MCQ in terminal
• `tip` — daily tip rotated from a curated pool
• `search ` — full-text search across posts, pipes to `less` or opens browser
• `open ` — open a specific post/sim in the browser
• `version` / `help`

Stack

• Ink (React-for-CLI) or clack for the TUI
• commander for command routing
• chalk for colors (match the site's amber terminal aesthetic)
• Pulls content from devops-daily.com via public JSON endpoints

Distribution

• Publish to npm as `devops-daily`
• `npx devops-daily` works without install
• Optional: `brew install devops-daily` via homebrew tap

Why

• Memorable, shareable — people tweet about fun CLIs
• Pulls devs back to the site (every command has a "read more" link)
• Brand moment: DevOps Daily lives where DevOps engineers actually work (the terminal)
• Cheap to build (~1-2 days with Ink)