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In this guide, we configure Alacritty, a fast and minimal GPU-accelerated terminal, with sensible defaults, a clean Monokai Pro theme, and macOS-inspired keybindings that seamlessly integrate with Tmux—a powerful terminal multiplexer. We install Alacritty alongside a Nerd Font for enhanced visuals, set up Tmux with useful plugins like tpm, tmux-resurrect, and tmux-continuum to manage sessions persistently, and customize both tools for an efficient and polished terminal workflow. This setup blends modern aesthetics with practical features, making your terminal experience both productive and enjoyable.

This guide covers how to install and configure asdf, a flexible version manager for multiple languages. It walks through installing asdf via Homebrew, enabling support for legacy version files like .nvmrc, and setting up Node.js with the official plugin. You’ll also learn how to set a global default Node.js version and use a custom Bash function to automatically install the latest patch version for a given major release—streamlining the process of staying up to date.

This page contains a curated collection of useful command-line snippets for AWS CLI, Kubernetes, and general shell usage. Each snippet is accompanied by a short explanation to help understand its purpose and usage. These commands are designed to streamline common DevOps tasks such as monitoring infrastructure, inspecting logs, or parsing large outputs efficiently.

Leadership in engineering is often shown through consistent action—owning complex systems, improving team workflows, mentoring others, and sharing knowledge. These behaviors reflect both technical depth and people-centered influence, regardless of role or title. A natural next step is growing into strategic leadership: shaping direction, guiding architecture, and contributing to long-term planning. Start small, document well, connect across teams—leadership grows through action, not permission.

This article explains how to create a custom awsctx command in Zsh to easily switch AWS profiles with tab autocompletion, similar to kubectx for Kubernetes. It guides you through defining the awsctx function, enabling Bash-style completion in Zsh using bashcompinit, and writing a Bash-based completion script that uses compgen to dynamically suggest AWS profile names. With this setup, users can quickly switch profiles using fuzzy search or direct tab-completion, streamlining AWS CLI workflows.