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zinit
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zdharma-continuum / zinit

zinit

🌻 Flexible and fast ZSH plugin manager

7Distinct people
12Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
4.9KGitHub stars
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🌻 Flexible and fast ZSH plugin manager

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0123452021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
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Location: Nashville, TN Remote: true Willing to relocate: boston || nashville Technologies: Python, Django, IaC, Terraform, Golang, CI/CD, Azure/AWS, {ba,z}sh, Lua, Springboot, Redis, Docker, Open Service Broker, {,non}relational & vector dbs, shared services, SOA Email: mvdoster@gmail.com resume: https://linkedin.vdoster.com && http://github.com/vladdoster sr. cloud software engineer @ Mastercard (5 years) Designed and built Platform-as-a-Service for microservice workloads running on Azure and AWS to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud. The platform operates globally, allowing teams to deploy to several Azure-backed regions worldwide. Helped plan and create regional landing zones in Azure for application teams wanting to perform globally. Designed platform components using Terraform, Go, and Node;
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developed support tooling using Bash, Python, and Azure CLI. De-risk the platform by addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring the platform is PCI compliant. api/devops software engineer @ Harvard Medical School (2 years) Worked as part of the DevOps team to manage a 15k core CentOS HPC cluster. Designed and implemented Python-based security scanning pipeline to securely deploy & run Apptainer images via SLURM. Coordinated cross-team emergency patching efforts. Collaborated with researchers and engineers across 3-letter institutions to deliver secure research infrastructure. Built CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub, Jenkins, to automate code builds, testing, and deployments. Wrote Puppet modules to manage configuration of HPC fleet. Wrote custom Puppet module & Python scripts to automatically remediate Tenable findings. full-stack software engineer @ Global Prior Art (3 years) Used Django, Celery, Selenium grid, and AWS API Gateway for IP rotation to scrape USPTO patent PDFs, apply CV for data extraction, and generate reports with relevant claims, saving employees 4-5 hours daily. Wrote E2E black-box/fuzzing unit tests. Automated on-premise deployment via Github Actions and Ansible. maintainer @ Zinit (5 years) Develop and maintain a zsh plugin manager on Github with 4k stars. Implemented unit tests, containerization, bug fixes, and new features. See: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit contributor @ Open-source documentation (5 years) Contributed hundreds of documentation corrections and enhancements to 400+ open source projects.
In Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)
This is the .zshrc file I have in my dotfiles. It auto installs everything if you don't have it. Starts effectively instantly. External dependencies (or remove their line at the bottom) - [Mise](https://mise.jdx.dev/) fast asdf, runner, and direnv replacement - [oxide](https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide) smart and fast cd replacement -[atuin](https://atuin.sh/) ctrl + r and shell history finder - [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) fuzzy finder ``` # Plugin Manager declare -A ZINIT ZINIT[NO_ALIASES]=1 ZINIT_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-${HOME}/.local/share}/zinit/zinit.git" [ ! -d $ZINIT_HOME ] && mkdir -p "$(dirname $ZINIT_HOME)" [ ! -d $ZINIT_HOME/.git ] && git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit.git "$ZINIT_HOME" source "${ZINIT_HOME}/zinit.zsh" autoload -Uz compinit; compinit # Plugins zinit light Aloxaf/fzf-tab zstyle '
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:fzf-tab:' use-fzf-default-opts yes zinit light zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting zinit light zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions # Starship zinit ice as"command" from"gh-r" \ atclone"./starship init zsh > init.zsh; ./starship completions zsh > _starship" \ atpull"%atclone" src"init.zsh" zinit light starship/starship zstyle ':fzf-tab:complete:' fzf-bindings 'shift-tab:toggle' zstyle ':fzf-tab:' switch-group ',' '.' zstyle ':fzf-tab:' continuous-trigger '`' source <(fzf --zsh) eval "$(mise activate zsh)" eval "$(zoxide init zsh)" eval "$(atuin init zsh --disable-up-arrow)" ```
In Oh My Zsh adds bloat
Location: Nashville, TN Remote: true Willing to relocate: boston || nashville Technologies: Python, Django, IaC, Terraform, Golang, CI/CD, Azure/AWS, {ba,z}sh, Lua, Springboot, Redis, Docker, Open Service Broker, {,non}relational & vector dbs, shared services, SOA Email: mvdoster@gmail.com resume: https://linkedin.vdoster.com && http://github.com/vladdoster sr. cloud software engineer @ Mastercard (5 years) Designed and built Platform-as-a-Service for microservice workloads running on Azure and AWS to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud. The platform operates globally, allowing teams to deploy to several Azure-backed regions worldwide. Helped plan and create regional landing zones in Azure for application teams wanting to perform globally. Designed platform components using Terraform, Go, and Node;
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developed support tooling using Bash, Python, and Azure CLI. De-risk the platform by addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring the platform is PCI compliant. api/devops software engineer @ Harvard Medical School (2 years) Worked as part of the DevOps team to manage a 15k core CentOS HPC cluster. Designed and implemented Python-based security scanning pipeline to securely deploy & run Apptainer images via SLURM. Coordinated cross-team emergency patching efforts. Collaborated with researchers and engineers across 3-letter institutions to deliver secure research infrastructure. Built CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub, Jenkins, to automate code builds, testing, and deployments. Wrote Puppet modules to manage configuration of HPC fleet. Wrote custom Puppet module & Python scripts to automatically remediate Tenable findings. full-stack software engineer @ Global Prior Art (3 years) Used Django, Celery, Selenium grid, and AWS API Gateway for IP rotation to scrape USPTO patent PDFs, apply CV for data extraction, and generate reports with relevant claims, saving employees 4-5 hours daily. Wrote E2E black-box/fuzzing unit tests. Automated on-premise deployment via Github Actions and Ansible. maintainer @ Zinit (5 years) Develop and maintain a zsh plugin manager on Github with 4k stars. Implemented unit tests, containerization, bug fixes, and new features. See: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit contributor @ Open-source documentation (5 years) Contributed hundreds of documentation corrections and enhancements to 400+ open source projects.
In Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)
Location: Nashville, TN Remote: true Willing to relocate: boston || nashville Technologies: Python, Django, IaC, Terraform, Golang, CI/CD, Azure/AWS, {ba,z}sh, Lua, Springboot, Redis, K8s, Open Service Broker, {,non}relational & vector dbs, shared services, SOA Email: mvdoster@gmail.com resume: http://linkedin.vdoster.com sr. cloud software engineer @ Mastercard (5 years) Designed and built Platform-as-a-Service for microservice workloads running on Azure and AWS to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud. The platform operates globally, allowing teams to deploy to several Azure-backed regions worldwide. Helped plan and create regional landing zones in Azure for application teams wanting to perform globally. Designed platform components using Terraform, Go, and Node; developed support tooling using Bas
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h, Python, and Azure CLI. De-risk the platform by addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring the platform is PCI compliant. api/devops software engineer @ Harvard Medical School (2 years) Worked as part of the DevOps team to manage a 15k core CentOS HPC cluster. Designed and implemented Python-based security scanning pipeline to securely deploy & run Apptainer images via SLURM. Coordinated cross-team emergency patching efforts. Collaborated with researchers and engineers across 3-letter institutions to deliver secure research infrastructure. Built CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub, Jenkins, to automate code builds, testing, and deployments. Wrote Puppet modules to manage configuration of HPC fleet. Wrote custom Puppet module & Python scripts to automatically remediate Tenable findings. full-stack software engineer @ Global Prior Art (3 years) Used Django, Celery, Selenium grid, and AWS API Gateway for IP rotation to scrape USPTO patent PDFs, apply CV for data extraction, and generate reports with relevant claims, saving employees 4-5 hours daily. Wrote E2E black-box/fuzzing unit tests. Automated on-premise deployment via Github Actions and Ansible. maintainer @ Zinit (5 years) Develop and maintain a zsh plugin manager on Github with 4k stars. Implemented unit tests, containerization, bug fixes, and new features. See: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit contributor @ Open-source documentation (5 years) Contributed hundreds of documentation corrections and enhancements to various open source projects. See: https://github.com/vladdoster
In Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)
Location: Nashville, TN Remote: true Willing to relocate: boston || nashville Technologies: Python, Django, IaC, Terraform, Golang, CI/CD, Azure/AWS, {ba,z}sh, Lua, Springboot, Redis, K8s, Open Service Broker, {,non}relational & vector dbs, shared services, SOA Email: mvdoster@gmail.com resume: http://linkedin.vdoster.com sr. cloud software engineer @ Mastercard (5 years) Designed and built Platform-as-a-Service for microservice workloads running on Azure and AWS to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud. The platform operates globally, allowing teams to deploy to several Azure-backed regions worldwide. Helped plan and create regional landing zones in Azure for application teams wanting to perform globally. Designed platform components using Terraform, Go, and Node; developed support tooling using Bas
Read the rest
h, Python, and Azure CLI. De-risk the platform by addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring the platform is PCI compliant. api/devops software engineer @ Harvard Medical School (2 years) Worked as part of the DevOps team to manage a 15k core CentOS HPC cluster. Designed and implemented Python-based security scanning pipeline to securely deploy & run Apptainer images via SLURM. Coordinated cross-team emergency patching efforts. Collaborated with researchers and engineers across 3-letter institutions to deliver secure research infrastructure. Built CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub, Jenkins, to automate code builds, testing, and deployments. Wrote Puppet modules to manage configuration of HPC fleet. Wrote custom Puppet module & Python scripts to automatically remediate Tenable findings. full-stack software engineer @ Global Prior Art (3 years) Used Django, Celery, Selenium grid, and AWS API Gateway for IP rotation to scrape USPTO patent PDFs, apply CV for data extraction, and generate reports with relevant claims, saving employees 4-5 hours daily. Wrote E2E black-box/fuzzing unit tests. Automated on-premise deployment via Github Actions and Ansible. maintainer @ Zinit (5 years) Develop and maintain a zsh plugin manager on Github with 4k stars. Implemented unit tests, containerization, bug fixes, and new features. See: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit contributor @ Open-source documentation (5 years) Contributed hundreds of documentation corrections and enhancements to various open source projects. See: https://github.com/vladdoster
In Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025)
Location: Nashville, TN Remote: true Willing to relocate: boston || nashville Technologies: Python, Django, IaC, Terraform, Golang, CI/CD, Azure/AWS, {ba,z}sh, Lua, Springboot, Redis, K8s, Open Service Broker, {,non}relational & vector dbs, shared services, SOA Email: mvdoster@gmail.com resume: http://linkedin.vdoster.com sr. cloud software engineer @ Mastercard (5 years) Designed and built Platform-as-a-Service for microservice workloads running on Azure and AWS to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud. The platform operates globally, allowing teams to deploy to several Azure-backed regions worldwide. Helped plan and create regional landing zones in Azure for application teams wanting to perform globally. Designed platform components using Terraform, Go, and Node; developed support tooling using Bas
Read the rest
h, Python, and Azure CLI. De-risk the platform by addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring the platform is PCI compliant. api/devops software engineer @ Harvard Medical School (2 years) Worked as part of the DevOps team to manage a 15k core CentOS HPC cluster. Designed and implemented Python-based security scanning pipeline to securely deploy & run Apptainer images via SLURM. Coordinated cross-team emergency patching efforts. Collaborated with researchers and engineers across 3-letter institutions to deliver secure research infrastructure. Built CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub, Jenkins, to automate code builds, testing, and deployments. Wrote Puppet modules to manage configuration of HPC fleet. Wrote custom Puppet module & Python scripts to automatically remediate Tenable findings. software engineer @ Global Prior Art (3 years) Used Django, Celery, Selenium grid, and AWS API Gateway for IP rotation to scrape USPTO patent PDFs, apply CV for data extraction, and generate reports with relevant claims, saving employees 4-5 hours daily. Wrote E2E black-box/fuzzing unit tests. Automated on-premise deployment via Github Actions and Ansible. maintainer @ Zinit (5 years) Develop and maintain a zsh plugin manager on Github with 4k stars. Implemented unit tests, containerization, bug fixes, and new features. See: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit contributor @ Open-source documentation (5 years) Contributed hundreds of documentation corrections and enhancements to various open source projects. See: https://github.com/vladdoster
In Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)
Location: Nashville, TN Remote: true Willing to relocate: boston || san francisco Technologies: Python, Django, IaC, Terraform, Golang, CI/CD, Azure/AWS, {ba,z}sh, Lua, Springboot, Redis, K8s, Open Service Broker, {,non}relational & vector dbs, shared services, SOA Email: mvdoster@gmail.com resume: http://linkedin.vdoster.com sr. cloud software engineer @ Mastercard (5 years) Designed and built Platform-as-a-Service for microservice workloads running on Azure and AWS to migrate on-prem workloads to the cloud. The platform operates globally, allowing teams to deploy to several Azure-backed regions worldwide. Helped plan and create regional landing zones in Azure for application teams wanting to perform globally. Designed platform components using Terraform and Go; developed support tooling using Bash,
Read the rest
Python, and the Azure CLI. De-risk the platform by addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring the platform is PCI compliant. api/devops software engineer @ Harvard Medical School (2 years) Worked as part of the DevOps team to manage a 15k core CentOS HPC cluster. Designed and implemented Python-based container security scanning pipeline to securely deploy Docker & Singularity containers to an HPC cluster. Coordinated cross-team emergency patching efforts. Wrote custom Puppet Module & Python scripts to automatically remediate Tenable findings. Wrote custom Ruby Facts for visibility and reporting. software engineer @ Global Prior Art (3 years) Used Django, Celery, Selenium grid, and AWS API Gateway for IP rotation to scrape USPTO patent PDFs, apply CV for data extraction, and generate reports with relevant claims, saving employees 4-5 hours daily. Wrote E2E black-box/fuzzing unit tests. Automated on-premise deployment via Github Actions and Ansible. maintainer @ Zinit (5 years) Develop and maintain a zsh plugin manager on Github that has 3750 stars. Implemented unit tests, containerization, bug fixes, and new features. See: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit contributor @ Open-source documentation (5 years) Contributed hundreds of documentation corrections and enhancements to various open source projects. See: https://github.com/vladdoster
In Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2025)
Am i the only one who feels fish is not worth it despite of hype? Don't get me wrong. I think that fish is really good shell. BUT... After adding the following plugins to zsh(before you chime in, it's just adding these lines,not anything configuring much. also it auto bootstraps on new install), I found out that fish is no where as good as configured zsh. 1) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit (plugin manager) 2) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlightin... 3) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/history-search-multi-wo... 4) https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions 5) https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions 6) https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab 7) any good shell prompt generator like https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k For example, I use fzf integration for tab completion. Fish's fzf integration
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is nowhere as good as that of zsh's. Also, posix compat and almost bash compat of zsh is plus. I acknowledge that zsh isn't perfect shell either and I have tried and failed few times in past to switch to fish. If you provide me compelling reason/s to switch to fish, I am all ears.
In Fish – A friendly interactive shell
Regarding your first point, why not just run scripts with `bash script.sh` or even better, use shebangs and `./script.sh`? The standard shell experience is decades old, and makes it cumbersome to keep up with the pace of today. The appeal of zsh/fish is the user experience and extensibility. I have a shell config using zinit [^1] that installs my dev environment for me (fzf, tmux, nvim, and my zsh-plugins) as long as zsh exists on the new machine. While one may argue that they prefer strictly standard bash so that everything is POSIX compliant, you just have to ensure that your scripts are run with bash or whatever shell the script was made for. [^1]: https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit
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