2026

The ZDOTDIR environment variable in Zsh defines the configuration location, used as a bootstrap to redirect the rest of the shell startup process and align it with the XDG standards

I rebuilt my Zsh configuration into a clean, modular system after struggling with my old messy, brittle setup that slowed down my workflow. By organising configs, replacing heavy weigth frameworks with lightweight functions, and treating my shell like a structured project, I made it easier to maintain, extend, and debug.

Ditching drawing tools for a declarative, code-based diagramming solution using Mermaid.js…with Catppuccin. Meow!

After having my feed bombared with the power of AI-assisted coding using spec driven devolpment and this being a more rational approach to outcome success vs the slop of “vide coding”. I thought I would examin its use to implement a specific Hugo feature I wanted to create for my site, from requirements to styled solution, in minutes.

A primer on Nix and Nix-Darwin and the how and why I have implemented it as a replacement to Homebrew and MacPorts on my laptop for easier and reproducable application and state management in a MacOS environment.