My Minimal Dev Setup

Minimalist development environment for macOS.

Tools Included

GUI Apps:

• iTerm2 - Terminal emulator
• AeroSpace - Tiling window manager

CLI Tools:

• Neovim - Modern Vim editor
• tmux - Terminal multiplexer
• fzf - Fuzzy file finder
• ripgrep - Fast text search
• Starship - Minimal prompt
• Claude Code - AI coding assistant

Fresh Install

# Clone this repo
cd ~
mkdir -p Coding_Env
cd Coding_Env
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles

# Run install script
./install.sh

# Restart terminal or open iTerm2

Post-Install Steps

1. Install Neovim plugins:

   nvim
   # Inside nvim, type:
   :PlugInstall
   # Wait for installation, then quit with :q

2. Setup Claude Code:

   • Get API key: https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys
   • Edit ~/.zshrc and add: export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY='sk-ant-...'
   • Reload: source ~/.zshrc

3. Start AeroSpace:

   • Log out and log back in, OR
   • Open AeroSpace from Applications

Key Bindings

AeroSpace (Alt = Option)

• Alt + h/j/k/l - Focus window
• Alt + Shift + h/j/k/l - Move window
• Alt + 1/2/3/4 - Switch workspace
• Alt + Shift + 1/2/3/4 - Move to workspace
• Alt + f - Fullscreen
• Alt + Enter - Open iTerm2

Neovim

• Space + f - Find files (fzf)
• Space + g - Search in files (ripgrep)
• Space + b - Switch buffers
• Space + w - Save
• Space + q - Quit
• gcc - Toggle comment
• Ctrl + h/j/k/l - Navigate splits

Tmux (prefix: Ctrl-a)

• Ctrl-a | - Split vertical
• Ctrl-a - - Split horizontal
• Ctrl-a h/j/k/l - Navigate panes
• Ctrl-a c - New window
• Ctrl-a r - Reload config

File Structure

~/Coding_Env/dotfiles/
├── init.vim          → ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
├── .zshrc           → ~/.zshrc
├── .tmux.conf       → ~/.tmux.conf
├── starship.toml    → ~/.config/starship.toml
├── aerospace.toml   → ~/.config/aerospace/aerospace.toml
├── install.sh       (installation script)
├── .gitignore
└── README.md

Customization

Edit files in ~/Coding_Env/dotfiles/, changes apply immediately via symlinks.

# After editing:
source ~/.zshrc              # Reload zsh
tmux source ~/.tmux.conf     # Reload tmux (or Ctrl-a r)
# Neovim: just reopen or :source %

Workflow

┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│   AeroSpace (window management)     │
│  ┌──────────────┬──────────────┐   │
│  │ iTerm2       │ Browser      │   │
│  │  ┌────────┐  │              │   │
│  │  │ tmux   │  │              │   │
│  │  │ ├─vim  │  │              │   │
│  │  │ └─term │  │              │   │
│  │  └────────┘  │              │   │
│  └──────────────┴──────────────┘   │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘

Tips

• Learn Vim motions: vimtutor
• Customize AeroSpace: edit aerospace.toml
• Add more Neovim plugins: edit init.vim, then :PlugInstall
• Explore fzf: Ctrl-r for history search in terminal

Backup

cd ~/Coding_Env/dotfiles
git add .
git commit -m "Update configs"
git push