Thread by @QuinnyPig

Since a lot of friends seem to be getting MacBooks Pro, I will dump some of the things I do to set mine up as a former Grumpy *nix Admin(tm).

A thread...

I've been using vcsh (github.com/RichiH/vcsh) for years to manage my dotfiles. I'm redoing my zsh config this break to remove over a decade of cruft. Early returns are looking promising.

# This function means `cdf` changes directory to that of your frontmost Finder window.
cdf() {
target=`osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to get POSIX path of (target of front Finder window as text)'`
cd "$target"
}

# This alias opens your current directory in Finder.
alias f='open -a Finder ./'

# These make things like `cd ...` go up three directories.
alias -g ...=../..
alias -g ....=../../..
alias -g .....=../../../..
alias -g ......=../../../../..
alias -g .......=../../../../../..
alias -g ........=../../../../../../..

I hate the idea of ssh keys just hanging out on disk (even with a passphrase), so I've been using Secretive to keep it in the Secure Enclave. I just have to tap the TouchID button every time I want to use it. github.com/maxgoedjen/sec…

Similarly I've been using AWS SSO to log into my AWS accounts. It integrates "interestingly" with aws-vault; I still need to work out some kinks with that one.

I like @alfredapp and @getcommande both. The latter was acquired by @Dropbox recently so uh... don't quote me on that endorsement. 😬

alias mansplain=man # aliases `mansplain` so it runs `man`. `man` is the Linux manual page command; it's used to explain what different commands do.

Those are my big ones. What are yours?

Oh, if you work at @awscloud for god's sake install this immediately: github.com/pallotron/yubi…

@awscloud Almost forgot iStat Menus. Super handy!

https://twitter.com/adhalls/status/1473116972996972546

I use @DropshareApps to stuff screenshots into a CloudFront/S3 situation. I wish it knew that Intelligent Tiering was the right answer and that Reduced Redundancy is very much not.

I'm a big fan of Fantastical from @flexibits to handle calendar management across all of my stuff.

If you haven't gotten into @Tailscale yet, fix that. It's amazing.

Can’t forget @macbartender; my iMac is big enough that I didn’t need it but the laptop isn’t so lucky.