My Secret Stash: Why I'm Hesitant to Share My Dotfiles
2025-08-06

The author loves dotfiles – configuration files for software and operating systems – and enjoys sharing ideas and code. However, they're hesitant to publicly release their own extensive dotfiles repository, which includes configurations for zsh, tmux, neovim, vscode, a Homebrew package list, Stylus CSS rules, and is managed with GNU Stow. They feel their personalized customizations are too intimate to share, despite the coolness factor. This raises questions about the balance between personalized developer configurations and open-source sharing.
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