Minimal shell setup

I spend a lot of time using the terminal and, like a lot of other developers, I’ve toyed with new tools and apps to try and improve the experience. Originally, when I started programming, I just looked up the most popular tools to use, which at the time where iTerm 2, Oh My Zsh, and Powerlevel10k. For a number of years, this became a core part of my terminal setup, however I ended up slowly accumulating a number of plugins, aliases, themes, and configuration I barely used. This became more apparent while setting up an older M1 MacBook Air I had for some light development work. I realised that my terminal setup just felt overly complicated without providing any additional benefits. So I decided to strip it back. Over the last few months, I’ve settled on a minimal but functional shell setup. It’s not minimal in the purist sense, but it is minimal enough that I can understand it, reproduce it, and extend it, making it a great foundation to use across all my machines going forward. Here’s…