Tag: productivity

Multiple Claude Code Accounts, One Config

Run several Claude Code accounts on one Linux machine. CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR plus symlinks share your skills, hooks and history while each login stays isolated.

How to Stretch a Free LLM Tier

Free LLM tiers usually die from bloated prompts, not stingy quotas. Context discipline, caching, tiering, batching, and backoff that triple your runway.

Steam Deck as a Homelab Toolkit (Yes, Really)

SteamOS 3.x is Arch Linux under the hood. Here's how to turn your Steam Deck into a portable sysadmin console for SSH, Tailscale, IPMI, and more.

Devbox vs Devenv: Nix Without the Pain

Devbox and devenv both tame Nix for reproducible dev environments without needing a PhD first. Here is which one will not send you reading a 40-page manual.

Topgrade: One Command Updates Everything

Topgrade runs every package manager and update tool on your machine in one single command. Stop juggling apt, brew, flatpak, pip, cargo, and gem separately.

Carapace: Universal Shell Completions

Carapace-bin delivers tab completions for 1000+ CLI tools across every major shell, one install, one config line, zero per-tool completion script headaches.

procs vs ps: Modern Process Listing

procs adds color, Docker container awareness, and process tree views to replace ps. Here is exactly when switching is worth it in your daily Linux workflow.

btop vs htop vs bottom: Top Replacements

btop, htop, and bottom compared on features, memory footprint, and personality, find out which terminal process monitor earns a spot in your daily toolkit.

Difftastic: Structural Diff That Makes Sense

Difftastic parses source code structure instead of raw text lines, giving diffs that reflect what actually changed logically, not just how it was reformatted.

gitui vs lazygit: Two Git TUIs Compared

gitui vs lazygit: a practical comparison of the two best terminal Git UIs available. Which one earns a permanent spot in your daily developer workflow in 2026?

LazyVim vs LunarVim vs AstroNvim: Distros

LazyVim, LunarVim, and AstroNvim compared: which Neovim distro actually saves your setup time and which one quietly turns into a full weekend side project?

Mise Deep Dive: Tasks, Tools, Env Vars

Mise manages your dev tools, env vars, and task runner all from one config file. Here is how to put all three of its features to practical use together.