Every Tool in My Terminal-First Dev Setup

Neovim, WezTerm, tmux, and the exact shortcuts that helped me ship faster with less context switching.

Oct 19, 2025•11 min read

I switched to a terminal-first workflow two years ago and never looked back.

What changed everything was reducing context switches. A focused setup made me faster than adding more tools.

The core four

Neovim for editing, WezTerm for terminal sessions, tmux for project panes, and zsh for shell automation.

One keyboard-first flow from coding to commits

Consistent shortcuts across projects

Faster recovery when changing machines

Pick one friction point this week (searching files, running tests, or git flow) and improve only that. Compounding wins beat big rewrites.

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