[tabio]

Wow, I can't remember the last time I ran a shell directly on a prod machine. The very thought feels so dirty now.

[eropple]

When you inherit your environment and are whipping it into shape, shit happens.

[zaroth]

Whether it's shell literally, or "shell" as in, the window from which you ultimately perform shell-like things, there's still a place you perform these tasks and knowing when you are in simulation or actual is an important state to track.

[jebblue]

How do you know what's really going on on those machines and in their respective environments assuming they are geographically distinct?