Dotfiles

My configuration files, obsessively tuned for one goal: same muscle memory on every machine.

The Setup

I use three operating systems daily:

• macOS - Work-issued MacBook for work
• Windows - Beast gaming PC, WSL for development
• Linux - Older laptop, better battery life and speed

Switching between them shouldn’t mean relearning shortcuts.

The Philosophy

Keyboard-focused workflow. Mouse is for gaming. Everything else: hjkl navigation, consistent modifiers, muscle memory that transfers.

Tiling Window Managers

The crown jewel. Three different systems, same behavior:

Same shortcuts everywhere:

• Alt+H/J/K/L for window navigation
• Alt+1-9 for workspaces
• Super+Space for app launcher
• Super+Shift+N for Neovim

Similar gaps, similar aesthetics. When I sit down at any machine, my hands already know what to do.

Omarchy

DHH’s opinionated Arch Linux distro. Comes ready to use with a nice tiling setup. I gave up on it due to hardware issues on my specific machines, but the keybind philosophy stuck. The config works anywhere now.

Editor

Neovim with Kickstart.nvim as the base. Custom plugins:

• claude-code.nvim for AI assistance
• auto-layout.lua for smart window arrangement
• The usual suspects: surround, toggleterm, treesitter

Shell

ZSH with Oh My Zsh. Robbyrussell theme (the default), git plugin, nothing fancy. The shell is for running commands, not showing off a prompt.

Why Bother?

Context switching has cognitive cost. When I move from my work Mac to my gaming PC to my Linux laptop, I don’t want to think about how to split a window or switch workspaces. The consistency pays off in flow state.

Also it’s just fun to configure things.