Lighning Talk Round A: .dotfiles management

[tiuweehan]

Summary

Dotfiles are plain text configuration files on Unux systems for things like our shell, ~/.zshrc, our editor in ~/.vimrc, and many others. They are called "dotfiles" as they typically are named with a leading . making them hidden files on your system, although this is not a strict requirement. This talk will delve into why you should take the time to properly configure your dotfiles

PUNCH

• Personal: I used to not manage my dotfiles. I spent a lot of time typing long git commands, which was long and repetitive.

WIIFY

• Managing your dotfiles properly can reduce overhead and improve your productivity.
• Using version control on your dotfiles allows you to reuse them on other systems and give you access to the features you customize.

Promise/Road Map

• To appreciate the benefits of good dotfiles management

Key Points

• Customizing dotfiles can provide features to simplify many things that you do
• Managing dotfiles with git allows you to easily port them over to other systems
• One will inevitably learn a lot (including highly employable skills) and have fun in the process of configuring dotfiles

Impact

• Know: What dotfiles are and how they can be used to configure your system
• Believe: Customizing and managing your dotfiles can help become more productive, spend more time doing other things
• Do: Find out more about dotfiles

Slides

[damithc]

Slides?

[tiuweehan]

@damithc it slipped my mind to link the slides, but I have added it in. Sorry for the delay!