All this points are good but I tend not to invest too much overhead time in my work programs.
- tmux (easy)
- iterm (easy)
Using zsh, no. Too much bloat and configuration for me. Fish shell (plus something like Fisherman) is from the start much easier to (pre-)configure.
The same with neovim. Nothing against it but I started my career with Notepad++, Ultraedit going to Sublimetext (in between some IntelliJ) and nowadays vscode which again is with less configuration a really productive tool. I never had too much time to spare to invest into a new editor concept and I also disagree with vim keybindings for daily work (python and web developer mostly). The terminal is nice but not the only productive solution.
I think anyone that says there is “one true way” to be productive is probably selling something (or they’re suffering from some kind of sunk cost fallacy).
If you have something that works for you then that’s great, personally I see the appeal of intellij IDEs (I’m a very light user of PyCharm)- but most of the time I end up in the terminal.
My personal belief is that terminal programs have a much higher learning curve in the beginning but can be much more powerful in the mid to long term, and the constraints of not using graphical elements or being able to place anything anywhere actually leads to a more cut down and consistent experience.
I’d be using Mutt if it weren’t for the extreme prolificaction of html in emails.
But yes, YMMV and I dont think we have to be zealots about how we work unless you put constraints on other people for working much different. (For instance if I tried to force everyone to send text-only emails)
I still use Mutt, combined with offlineimap (due to exchange mail server), w3m for for converting mails from HTML, using markdown to write email, and pandoc to format back to HTML... Works like a charm!
Did not find any other mail client (although tried mailspring etc) with such powerfull customizations, nothing even close to Mutt.
Sometimes I feel like it's not vi being so great, but alternatives being not so great. The only other editor you can expect on every shell machine is nano, but sometimes it's such a pain to use. Ctrl-Space to skip a word forwards - ok. Escape-Space to go backwards? Good luck doing that often on TouchBar Macbooks...
Yeah I tried my hand at vim with all its crazy plugins and config to fit in with the other vim gods at work but found myself much more productive with vscode and easyvim
- tmux (easy)
- iterm (easy)
Using zsh, no. Too much bloat and configuration for me. Fish shell (plus something like Fisherman) is from the start much easier to (pre-)configure. The same with neovim. Nothing against it but I started my career with Notepad++, Ultraedit going to Sublimetext (in between some IntelliJ) and nowadays vscode which again is with less configuration a really productive tool. I never had too much time to spare to invest into a new editor concept and I also disagree with vim keybindings for daily work (python and web developer mostly). The terminal is nice but not the only productive solution.