You could write that as 1 line:

[ -z "$var" ] && echo "empty" || echo "no it aint"

I was reading a good blog the other day from a guy that runs his law form entirely from a FOSS stack from home & uses ‘hugo’ to generate flat html files from markdown for his blog & mkdocs for static files.

https://decoded.legal/blog/2024/09/running-a-law-firm-on-free-software-2024-edition/

Typical foodie blog with having to read about her life story before getting to the actual recipe!

$3500 per episode sounds like she was going a bit overboard & could easily refactor her costs without sacrificing quality