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by nrvn 807 days ago
Some time ago I reviewed my usage and dependency on one of the most popular zsh plugin managers, boiled down everything that I needed into a single .zshrc, removed this thing and have never looked back.

The point is: all these zsh kitchen sink projects try to be all-in-one-fits-everyone tools that unfortunately fail this way or another and sometimes are very opinionated. I have to admit they are good for starters and for those who want to delve into the guts of zsh (and shells in gerenal) in order to tailor your own config in the end. But not this one! This looks like hell from all perspectives.

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Same for these "lightning fast" bashrc frameworks. I boiled down my main cases into 15 lines in my rc:

https://mstdn.science/@mtekman/111861830339082890