Small frictions compound. The fastest developers are not the ones who type faster, but the ones who remove repetitive decisions from their day.
MOD_NOTE
Compound your time. One hour spent on shell shortcuts can return days of saved effort across a year.
SSH_AS_SUPERPOWER
Use a dedicated key per machine, and wire your ~/.ssh/config so hosts become memorable names instead of IP addresses.
Host staging
HostName 192.168.1.10
User deploy
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_stagingPair that with ssh-copy-id once, and you will never retype a password again.
TERMINAL_LEVERAGE
Your shell is a multiplier. A few smart tools pay back every hour.
rgfor fast, project-wide search.fzfto jump through files and command history.git worktreeto keep multiple branches in parallel.tmuxorzellijto keep sessions alive.
"Automation is kindness to your future self."