hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu on Hacker News

…script handy for these situations, which automatically installs most of the options listed here: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu More readable presentation: https://hiandrewquinn.github.io/shell-bling-ubuntu/ Among…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2026-09-17 · in Small programming tricks

Do I have to give just one? I have a whole script to install them! https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu Looking over this list I would recommend you check out `fd`, a much faster `find` with an interface that actually fits…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2026-08-19

…(Datadog-level log filtering but for local machines and files) as very helpful for dev work. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu?tab=read...

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2025-06-24 · in Starship: A minimal, fast, and customizable prompt for any shell

…"foo" [0 1719242905] $ echo "fell asleep before hitting enter" && sleep 5 [5 1719242910] $ [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2025-06-24 · in Starship: A minimal, fast, and customizable prompt for any shell

…there, but everything I find myself shocked not to have on a new Ubuntu VM out of the box is. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2025-06-24 · in How I use my terminal

…Finnish @ https://finbug.xyz/ , * my somewhat popular Ubuntu dev machine bootstrapping scripts @ https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu , or * my old, tiny SSG tutorial, "Minimum Viable Hugo" @…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2025-06-02 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025)

For Ubuntu, not Mac, but I maintain a set of 3 shell scripts over at https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu that put 95% of everything I use on an everyday basis. I picked shell scripts specifically because I didn't want the…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2025-05-30 · in Ask HN: How do you set up a new dev machine? (2025 edition)

…not guaranteed to be doing Ansible, or any other config management tool for that matter. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2025-02-10 · in Some terminal frustrations

…hear Avante mentioned in these discussions, which someone has already mentioned. Back when I wrote https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu LazyVim seemed to provide the simplest out of the box experience for getting Copilot up,…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2025-01-28 · in Ask HN: Is there an equivalent of Cursor for Vim?

Agreed. This is exactly why I built Shell Bling Ubuntu https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu , and test it every 6 months or so against a fresh install of Ubuntu in a VM - I don't want to have to remember all the little…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-10-08 · in Who's a Good Boy? A Puppy Linux Mini-Review

Zero config tools are quite excellent. I include quite a few of them in https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu , although I also include high-config stuff in there at well so people can compare and contrast - you've got `hx`…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-10-02 · in We need more zero config tools

…default shell with `bash` as a fallback. Alternatively, you could install default Ubuntu and run https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu to switch your terminal to fish, kitty, and get a whole slew of other niceties in there by…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-09-11 · in The Modern CLI Renaissance

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Shell Bling Ubuntu: Turn a new Ubuntu box into a developer's workhorse

story by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-06-11 · 0 comments

…the shell experience itself more addictive to people who aren't already seasoned Unix hands. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-06-10 · in Omakub – Opinionated Ubuntu Setup

…I ended up collecting them all together into scripts I can `curl | bash` on any new Ubuntu machine: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu Obviously these scripts won't work on Mac. But I do list the programs I install in it…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-04-26 · in Ask HN: I want to learn to use the terminal, where do I start

…It would be fun and might turn people onto new tools, which is a big aim of this project. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-02-22 · in Atuin – Magical shell history

…on what programs you actually run most frequently based on your long term shell history. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-02-11 · in What it was like working for Gitlab

…configuration. It also installs fzf, fd, rg, and a whole bunch of other useful tools all at once. https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-02-01 · in Neovide – A simple, no-nonsense, cross-platform GUI for Neovim

Yes! This is why I pair the two up in https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu . These context clues are especially important for newcomers to the command line. A CLI newbie who sticks with it might eventually progress to the…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-01-26 · in Starship.rs: minimal, fast prompt for any shell

…for third parties to audit, who may not be familiar with either tool before they try it. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-01-23 · in Oh My Zsh

…so I'm biased. I've been considering including an option to install `hx` as well in there. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2024-01-16 · in Modeless Vim

…a tool I found persisting beyond a full Season of Famine, and therefore it gets my recommendation. https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2023-12-06 · in How Often Should We Sharpen Our Tools?

…If you have Copilot set up in either of those, then it will also work here. I know from working on https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu that Neovim's LazyVim setup now supports Copilot out of the box now. I never had much…

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2023-11-07 · in Show HN: Inshellisense – IDE style shell autocomplete

…to spin up your own, so you can see the difference with your own two eyes, no VM required. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2023-11-02 · in App::Rak – 21st century grep / find / ack / ag / rg on steroids

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Ask HN: How does `lnav` run its playground which you can just SSH into?

story by hiAndrewQuinn · 2023-11-02 · 6 comments

…to even bother installing Ansible to run a `host: localhost` self-configuration playbook on. [1]: https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2023-10-19 · in Ask HN: Is anyone using cloud dev environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work?

…just scroll down to "Add Copilot to Neovim" to see. It's refreshingly user friendly for NV configs. https://github.com/hiAndrewQuinn/shell-bling-ubuntu

comment by hiAndrewQuinn · 2023-10-15 · in Cursor – The AI-First Code Editor

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Show HN: 3 scripts to turn a stock Ubuntu live USB into a modern devbox

story by hiAndrewQuinn · 2023-10-11 · 3 comments