My Development Environment 2025

Introduction

Your development environment directly impacts productivity. In this article, I'll introduce the tools and configurations I use in my daily development.

Editor

Cursor

I use Cursor as my main editor. It's VS Code-based with integrated AI assistant features.

Frequently used features:

Cmd + K: Code generation/editing
Cmd + L: Chat panel
Tab: Apply inline suggestions

Recommended extensions:

- Tailwind CSS IntelliSense
- Pretty TypeScript Errors
- Error Lens
- GitLens

Font

I use JetBrains Mono for programming.

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "JetBrains Mono",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.lineHeight": 1.6
}

Terminal

Warp

I use Warp as my terminal emulator.

What I like:

Modern UI
Block display of command history
AI command search
Fast completions

Shell

I use zsh with sheldon as the plugin manager.

# ~/.config/sheldon/plugins.toml
[plugins.zsh-autosuggestions]
github = "zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions"
 
[plugins.zsh-syntax-highlighting]
github = "zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting"
 
[plugins.zsh-completions]
github = "zsh-users/zsh-completions"

Starship

I customize my prompt with Starship.

# ~/.config/starship.toml
[character]
success_symbol = "[❯](green)"
error_symbol = "[❯](red)"
 
[directory]
truncation_length = 3
truncate_to_repo = true
 
[git_branch]
symbol = " "

CLI Tools

Essential Tools

Tool	Purpose	Replaces
eza	ls replacement	ls
bat	cat replacement	cat
fd	find replacement	find
ripgrep	grep replacement	grep
zoxide	cd replacement	cd
fzf	Fuzzy finder	-

Alias Configuration

# ~/.zshrc
alias ls="eza --icons"
alias ll="eza -la --icons"
alias cat="bat"
alias find="fd"
alias grep="rg"
alias cd="z"

# Git aliases
alias g="git"
alias gs="git status"
alias ga="git add"
alias gc="git commit"
alias gp="git push"
alias gl="git log --oneline -10"
alias gd="git diff"
alias gco="git checkout"
alias gb="git branch"

lazygit is also handy:

alias lg="lazygit"

Package Managers

Homebrew

I use Homebrew for macOS package management.

# Common commands
brew install <package>
brew upgrade
brew cleanup
brew list

Bun

I use Bun for JavaScript/TypeScript projects.

bun install      # Install packages
bun run dev      # Run scripts
bun add <pkg>    # Add package
bun remove <pkg> # Remove package

Other Tools

Docker Desktop

I use Docker Desktop for container management.

Raycast

I use Raycast as my launcher. A great Spotlight replacement.