General Tips

• use vim mode wherever possible
  • use an editor that has a vim mode
  • use the browser with a vim mode extension
  • enable vi mode in your terminal shell
• do all of your text editing in your editor and then copy it to wherever you need it
• alias your shell commands to something shorter, like changing git to g
• use ergonomic shell utilities like fish shell, lazygit, and fzf
• reduce the amount of code you need to write with code snippets, autocompletion, and refactoring tools
• reduce repetition while editing with vim macros and search and replace
• use keyboard driven workflows where possible
  • consider switching to a tiling window manager like i3 or Sway
  • learn the keybinds for GUI programs
  • use CLI and TUI programs instead of GUI programs
• text manipulation and navigation outside of vim mode
  • Home and End for jumping to the beginning and end of the line
  • PageUp and PageDown for jumping a page up and down
  • Ctrl+{Home,End} for jumping to the beginning and end of the document
  • Ctrl+{Left,Right} for jumping left and right an entire word
  • prepend a navigation commands with Shift to select that section of text