http://beacon-demo.starry-s.moe/tags/tools/Recent content in Tools on Beacon DemoHugoen-USSun, 28 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0800http://beacon-demo.starry-s.moe/posts/my-terminal-setup/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0800http://beacon-demo.starry-s.moe/posts/my-terminal-setup/<p>I keep my terminal setup deliberately small. Every tool here has survived years of use because it does one thing well.</p> <h2 id="the-essentials">The essentials</h2> <ul> <li><strong>A fast shell</strong> with sensible history and completion</li> <li><strong>A fuzzy finder</strong> for files, history, and processes</li> <li><strong><code>ripgrep</code></strong> for searching code at absurd speed</li> <li><strong><code>fd</code></strong> as a friendlier <code>find</code></li> </ul> <h2 id="a-tiny-bit-of-glue">A tiny bit of glue</h2> <p>A handful of aliases removes most of the daily friction:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">alias</span> <span class="nv">gs</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&#34;git status --short&#34;</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">alias</span> <span class="nv">gl</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&#34;git log --oneline -20&#34;</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">alias</span> <span class="nv">serve</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&#34;hugo server --disableFastRender&#34;</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="why-keep-it-minimal">Why keep it minimal?</h2> <p>New machines are painless to set up, and there is less to break. When something does go wrong, I can reason about the whole toolchain in my head.</p>