[h4kunamata]

>alias gp='git push'

I prefer CLI over GUI but I also prefer to have a life over making my life harder. On that same context, I prefer nano over vi/vim any time.

Now, the problem with aliases is that the more you use the more addicted you get. If you have to touch another terminal without those aliases, you will automatically try the aliases you are used to or create them so you can do whatever you have to do.

Meaning, it is not a practice easy to transfer to other environment. zsh + auto complete makes your life a lot easier and you won't forget the commands.

[jhatemyjob]

I used to believe this for like 10 years. And I never had any custom environment. But then I was at a job where I was forced to create a custom dev environment, because theirs was awful. And then I had to transfer my scripts to another machine, and it turns out, it was actually really easy (just have a git repo you can pull from anywhere). I wasted 10 years with a subpar dev environment.

I'm actually at the point now where I just can do `curl https://website.com/my_environment.sh | bash`, and it sets everything up for me. So even if I SSH into a machine for a brief period of time I'll have my environment with me there too.

[royal__]

> I prefer CLI over GUI but I also prefer to have a life over making my life harder.

I think this is actually a really profound statement. Many people seem to get caught up in trying to take the most efficient path when you could take a somewhat less efficient path that requires much less time. It can become a form of yak-shaving.

Now, don't get me wrong: there's absolutely a benefit in investing time to learn efficient methods. But life is also short, and you've gotta choose where you invest.

[saurik]

Life is longer than a lot of people seem to think. I put a lot of effort into configuring vim and bash... 20 years ago maybe? And now I barely think about it, but the changes I made have made me more efficient and effective throughout those 20 years. Go ahead and put some time into figuring out how you use a tool and make scripts or aliases for using them... if you invest in good tools you will get decades of use out of, instead of chasing dumb fads, you'll just keep compounding your efficiency.

[Wowfunhappy]

It certainly helps that vim and bash, unlike some software, doesn't just go and change its config every few years!

[tacoda]

That’s fair. I usually have a separate alias file in my config. But it’s really a convenience for me.

[tough]

zsh has alias plugins pretty easy to migrate your dotfiles but yeah its too custom then