Dotfiles CLI Tools & Development Preferences

Preferred Development Methods

Python

• Always use uv — never pip, pip3, or poetry
• uv add <pkg> to add dependencies, uv run <script> to run, uv sync to install
• ruff for linting and formatting (not black/flake8), ty for type checking

JavaScript / TypeScript

• Always use yarn — never npm or pnpm
• yarn add <pkg>, yarn dev, yarn build
• biome for linting and formatting (not eslint/prettier for JS/TS projects)
• bun for scripts/running when speed matters, but yarn for package management

Rust

• cargo for all package management and builds
• bacon for background compile-on-save watching during development
• rustup to manage toolchain versions

Nix

• Format with just fmt (runs alejandra), never edit unformatted
• Use just switch / just switch-fast — never bare nixos-rebuild, darwin-rebuild, or nh
• Verify packages with nix search nixpkgs <name> before adding

Shell Scripts

• shellcheck to lint, shfmt to format
• Prefer nushell scripts over bash for new work

Task Running

• Always use just for project tasks — check just --list first before running commands manually

Shell Functions

• z <dir> — smart directory jump (zoxide)
• zf — jump to flake root
• flake <cmd> — shorthand for just recipes
• f — pay-respects (suggests corrections for failed commands)

Nushell git.nu shortcuts

gs, gl, gb, gp, ga, gc, gd, gm, gr (from fj0r/git.nu)