I agree. My use of dd just scratches the surface of its capabilities, but this article hasn't convinced me in the slightest to use anything else.
I've seen a lot of hate for dd lately and I don't really understand why, except that maybe people are getting hung up on the nonstandard arg format and unaware of the tool's versatility. I'm not convinced that cat or tail are better (or even as good) for the examples listed in TFA, and if I couldn't remember something as easy as "status=progress" there's no way I'm going to memorize those cat and head pipe contraptions.
I've seen a lot of hate for dd lately and I don't really understand why, except that maybe people are getting hung up on the nonstandard arg format and unaware of the tool's versatility. I'm not convinced that cat or tail are better (or even as good) for the examples listed in TFA, and if I couldn't remember something as easy as "status=progress" there's no way I'm going to memorize those cat and head pipe contraptions.