[norswap]

I'm actually not convinced by kitchen-sink approaches like oh-my-zsh. It has so much stuff in it... where do you even begin (except for passive discoverability stuff like completion -- that's always good to have).

I would be more tempted by adding a few things at a time, piece-wise. Plundering oh-my-zsh could be an approach: add some parts, see if they're useful, if they fit in your workflow, else ruthlessly discard them.