I briefly had a blog back when I was a Mac OS X Server admin (~15 years ago... sigh). It was a miserable failure but some of the tips and tricks might be worth revisiting today.
In the Terminal and SSH, I prefer listing directories using ls -Gal (colourized output, hidden files, long format), but I really hate typing it!
Create an alias ("list" in my case) in your #bash or #zsh profile to make life easier and less error-prone.
alias list='ls -Gal'
A terminal is an invaluable, irreplaceable tool. Sometimes…
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@Geekman Nice! Basically have the same thing but call it `ll` for a reason I can’t remember.
@chrisgervais @Geekman ll, lla, and la are pretty common. List long and list long all.
Been using them since the 90s.
@chrisgervais @Geekman Makes me wonder if multiple people came up with it independently or if it spread from a single place.
It’s like a configuration virus hunt :)
@breadbin I think you of all people know why I chose "list". 
@Geekman OPEN “$”,8 you mean?:)
AmigaDOS is such a funky beast. But from the little I’ve read about it, it sounds like the in house version would have been fairly similar.
@breadbin Close! It's in your avatar.
@Geekman LISTing a basic program?:)