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Master the command line — multiplexers, fuzzy finders, terminal emulators, and search tools.
Build a second brain with Obsidian — Zettelkasten, Dataview, plugins, and workflows.
Turn your editor into a full IDE — Neovim Lua config, LSP, completion, and git workflows.
Launchers, gestures, and automation — Raycast script commands, extensions, and BetterTouchTool.
Keyboard remapping, window management, and macOS automation — Hammerspoon and Karabiner-Elements.
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From your first shell command to a fully customized terminal workflow with tmux, fzf, and WezTerm.
Build a connected knowledge base from scratch — Zettelkasten, Dataview, templates, and canvas.
Turn Neovim into a full IDE — lazy.nvim, LSP, Treesitter, snippets, and a complete Lua config.
Remap your keyboard, build a hyper key, and automate macOS with Hammerspoon and Karabiner.
Replace 5 tools with Raycast — script commands, extensions, AI commands, and clipboard management.
Master git in the terminal — LazyGit workflows, interactive rebase, GitHub CLI, and beautiful diffs.
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