Full (hopefully) dev config

Requirements:

• Setup is for a Mac device only - I am currently working on an M1 Macbook Pro.

Setup

This section gives a step-by-step process of setting up my dev environment

1. System Settings

• Caps Lock to CTRL
• Hide dock + menu bar
• Keyboard key repeat fastest, key delay until repeast shortest
• Keyboard change input sources to ctrl+option+space

2. Browser

• Install Zen
• Cmd-shift-e for compact mode
• Import bookmarks if needed
• Setup needed spaces
• Setup default search engine - https://unduck-maimunars-projects.vercel.app/
• Plugins - Vimium, uBlock Origin, Password manager, Privacy Badger, (optional) React Developer tools
• Theme - tokyonight

3. RayCast

• https://www.raycast.com/

• Open with cmd + space (remove mac spotlight)

• Setup vim keybinds, dark mode

• Store modules I use - Obsidian, Spotify, (optional) Trello

• In Keyboard Shortcuts on mac set up cycle between apps to not use cmd-` but rather opt-n (mneumonic - next)

• Window management shortcuts + notes and todo list (possibly from store) shortcuts

• I have some scripts in the repo under scripts/ i use with raycast like the obsidian daily note

• Make sure to export your raycast info when changing a computer. I have not included it here due to privacy reasons

4. Homebrew - https://brew.sh/

5. Terminal

• wezterm (current) or ghostty
• use terminal configuration from the repo + font
• setup zsh:
  • p10k (oh-my-zsh): https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k
  • alternatively, you can use zinit for a lighter config
  • .zshrc - check repo for many features like autosuggestions, autocomplete...
  • setup ssh profiles/passwords
• setup nvm - https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

6. Software - some of these can be installed with homebrew, which should be the preferred way - double check their installation

• AltTab - https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
  • Make it work with cmd+tab
  • Blacklist all apps with a raycast shortcut
• AlDente - https://apphousekitchen.com/
• BeardedSpice - I use this to control Spotify with media keys instead of it opening iTunes (annoyingly) - https://beardedspice.github.io/
• Obsidian -
• sioyek - PDF reader
• Discord
• Docker
• Vial - for my custom keyboard. Vial files are in the repo for importing
• More brew software - check the file leaves.txt or install all with xargs brew install < leaves.txt (not recommended)
• More brew casks - cask.txt
• Honorable mentions of brew software - atac (alternative to postman), btop (htop alternative), bat (better cat), yazi (file explorer, config can be improved)
• Fonts - I use Fira Code and MesloLGS Nerd Font Mono

7. Obsidian - note-taking

• https://obsidian.md/
• Tokyo Night theme, vim keybidnings
• Plugins: Advanced URI, Git (for backup), Excalidraw, Omnisearch, Homepage

8. Code tools

• tmux - use tpm + the config from the repo
• Tmux Package Manager - git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
• neovim - config available in repo

9. Spotify

• I use spicetify - https://spicetify.app/
• Tokyo night theme, browse marketplace for good plugins, but I recommend genres and vim plugin as well as fullscreen

Alternatives

These are things I used to use that I have now deleted from my main configuration, however are still things someone could find use in and most configuration stays in this repo.

1. Firefox - if you dont like zen, you can use firefox with a custom user.js - https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox
2. iTerm - https://iterm2.com/ - I used to use iTerm2, but lately I moved to Wezterm in effort of moving towards an os-agnostic setup. I also did not utilize much of the extra features of iTerm2.
3. I used to use aerospace, but I have moved to raycast for simplicity and velocity - I use its window management features and I use app hotkeys to switch between apps. Before aerospace, I used yabai + skhd, but if you are interested in a tiling window manager, aerospace is much better, since it doesnt need extra permissions and is slightly faster. All the configurations I used to use are available in the repo
4. Gitui - I started using lazygit instead of it, config is still available
5. Sketchybar - I used to use it to showcase my spaces and time, but I dropped it to save screen real estate. Instead I use a better tmux line + mneumonics for the needed spaces (opt+ T = terminal, etc, check aerospace/aerospace.toml)
   • If you are using sketchybar and aerospace/yabai, you need to add a padding on top of the page in yabai/aerospace

Future Plans:

• I use obsidian for note-taking, but still havent done a proper setup for nvim complementing it
• I am looking into setting up a better way to manage my dotfiles - I am considering stow and will probably be implementing this soon
• I have started playing with an archlinux setup in my offtime, so more and more effort is put into making my setup os-agnostic