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Tools: Breaking: The 3 Terminal Tools That Make Every Dev Around Me Jealous

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Tools: Breaking: The 3 Terminal Tools That Make Every Dev Around Me Jealous

The 3 Terminal Tools That Make Every Dev Around Me Jealous

1. zoxide — directory jumping that learns you

2. fzf — fuzzy find everything

3. lazygit — git in a TUI that makes sense

Bonus: starship prompt

One-liner to install all four Every time I pair-program with someone new, the same thing happens: I do something in the terminal, they ask "wait, how did you do that?" Three tools. All install in under a minute each. cd is from 1971. zoxide tracks which directories you actually visit and lets you jump to them by typing any part of the path: It learns your patterns. After a week, navigating feels like teleportation. fzf is a command-line fuzzy finder. But it's really a universal picker. Use it for: Git's CLI is powerful but hostile. lazygit gives you an interactive terminal UI where you can stage hunks, manage branches, rebase, and cherry-pick — all without memorizing flags. Just type lazygit in any repo. The interface is intuitive enough to figure out in 5 minutes. Shows git branch, language versions, error codes, command duration — right in your prompt. Zero config to start: Your terminal in 2024 should feel fast. These make it feel fast. I write about developer tools and workflows. Follow to catch the next one. Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse

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