Posts in Linux

Hacking Your Zsh Terminal with Custom Widgets

Blog Post Publish Date: 2026/10/28

This blog post explains how to create custom Zsh widgets by registering shell functions to keyboard shortcuts powered by the Zsh Line Editor (ZLE).

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Hacking Your Bash Terminal with Custom Widgets

Blog Post Publish Date: 2026/10/25

This blog post is an extension of GNU Readline: The Magic Behind Terminal Autocomplete. Here, I explain how to create custom Bash widgets by registering Bash functions to keyboard shortcuts powered by the GNU Readline library.

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GNU Readline: The Magic Behind Terminal Autocomplete

Blog Post Publish Date: 2026/10/18

This blog post explains what GNU Readline is and how it powers the line editing, history navigation, and auto-completion you use every day in the terminal. I will also show the one configuration I reach for the most: making the Up and Down arrows search your command history by prefix. It is a small change that saved me a lot of keystrokes.

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fzf: Life is Too Short for Pipe Grep

Blog Post Publish Date: 2024/04/28

This blog post outlines the advantages of the fzf (Fuzzy Finder CLI) and explains how to configure its Zsh widgets.

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ZSH + Starship: A Productivity Masterpiece

Blog Post Publish Date: 2024/02/08

This blog post covers my prompt customization experience, favorite ZSH Plugins, ZSH options, and Starship configuration. Finally, I introduce a simple guide to configure my custom theme from scratch.

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Properties Overriding: A Smart Way to Customize Systemd Unit Properties

Blog Post Publish Date: 2023/11/19

This blog post covers an smart alternative to customize systemd unit process parameters.

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