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DOTFILES

The machine as a living document.

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A decade of config managed via GNU Stow. Neovim, zsh, tmux, git, macOS defaults — reproduces a full dev environment on fresh hardware in under an hour.

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STACK_MANIFEST
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WHAT_IT_DOES
Symlink-managed with GNU Stow — no install scripts to trust
Neovim config in Lua, lazy-loaded plugins
One bootstrap command from bare metal to working env
PROJECT_TIMELINE
ERA_1 Loose files copied between machines by hand
ERA_2 Repo + GNU Stow — symlinks as the single source of truth
NOW Neovim-in-Lua era; continuous pruning
THE_CHALLENGE

Config rot. Every machine drifts until none of them match and none of them are reproducible.

THE_OUTCOME

The repo is the source of truth. A fresh laptop clones, stows, and is indistinguishable from the last one in under an hour.

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