My biggest boosters were: - learning more then a few basic hot keys for zsh (things like ctrl-k, ctrl-r and beyond) - mastering tiling window manager, today I

My biggest boosters were: - learning more then a few basic hot keys for zsh (things like ctrl-k, ctrl-r and beyond) - mastering tiling window manager, today I can switch, compose, mix and match windows in a blink of any eye - it used to take seconds - switch to minimal OS setup, tile WM, your basic terminal tool suit, browser + the few apps you actually need (saves you trouble configuring all of that extra crap + updating it daily) - find time to read MAN on every program you use daily, you will find lots of hidden gems in there