[throwaway71271]

I make those decks (https://punkx.org/) to help me teach my daughter, and so far they seem very effective, especially the unix pipes one and the 4917 machine code https://punkx.org/4917/ and the pointers deck https://punkx.org/c-pointer-game/ , from the python deck I use only 10 cards or so

btw, you might also like https://punkx.org/overflow/ which is a buffer overflow riscv assembly board game, or depending on your kid's level you can also play snakes and ladders with gotos https://punkx.org/overflow/build/snakes-and-ladders.pdf

Also if you have kids, I would recommend you print https://punkx.org/panic/ which has amazing pranks that fit in one poker card (e.g. randomly hitting backspace or space every 30 seconds, or pressing W randomly if minecraft is open)

I am donating a lot of the decks to teachers and schools, so if you are interested send me an email.

PS: I am in London for 1 more week, so if you order decks now the shipping will be delayed, but I will make sure I add 1-2 extra decks in the package because of it.

PPS: the unix pipes expansion deck is all about process substitution, but I don't think its useful for kids, though I think it contains nice puzzles

[pvg]

There was also a Show HN thread a couple of years ago, for people who are into the whole reading old comments thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33222687

[dang]

Thanks! Macroexpanded:

Show HN: The Unix Pipe Card Game – teach kids basic Unix commands - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33222687 - Oct 2022 (59 comments)

[vesinisa]

This is really cool!

One thing I noticed: in the game there are tasks like print the second line and print the seventh line. But both of those lines are empty. So technically e.g. a non-matching grep is a correct solution. :)

[throwaway71271]

yep :)

[RhysU]

As a prior customer, may I please request a deck based upon https://www.designhacks.co/products/cognitive-bias-codex-pos...?

[jjice]

So cool! I'm ordering a few of these after rework tonight.

Out of curiosity, how do you handle printing? DIY? POD? Order in bulk and ship yourself? I'm always so interested in how people handle physical product sales at a small scale.

[throwaway71271]

I print with local print shop http://www.hrspeelkaarten.nl/ and https://www.printenbind.nl/ and I print a lot so the price gets to 3-4$ (like 800 decks or so) and then I ship myself.

TBH physical products are amazing, I want to make more. Its such an amazing feeling once the product is "done", you can just start working on the next one, in contrast with software which is always in your head..

[Daegalus]

I ordered 1 of all your available decks a few months ago, my daughters are too young for them still, but I think they are great, and I can't wait to bust these out in 8+ years

[koolba]

What age and how much terminal familiarity did you start playing?

[liendolucas]

KUDOS for the creativity of coming up with something like this!