A terminal command that tells you if your USB-C cable is bad
2 days ago
- #scripting
- #AI
- #USB
- Apple altered the system command for Tahoe.
- Different USB cables have varying charging and data transfer speeds.
- Android Studio warns about slow USB cables when connected to a phone.
- A script named 'usbi' was created to check USB connections via command line.
- The script parses macOS's system_profiler SPUSBHostDataType command for cleaner output.
- Initial version was a messy bash script, difficult to maintain.
- Rewritten in Go for better structure, maintainability, and cross-platform compatibility.
- AI significantly reduced the time and effort needed for script creation and rewriting.
- AI has lowered the friction for creating small utility scripts, changing what's worth our time.