Our first meeting at the Valley Spinners Guild...

A career CIA hitman who's been solely using the classified section of newspapers to receive orders discovers that his division's actually been shut down for years.

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I've lived in a shell for the last 40 years or so, always with a terminal window open.

Changing shells always felt like an upgrade: from sh to ksh, to csh, to tcsh, to bash, to zsh. I used Oh My Zsh for a while but found it slow and bloated, so I wrote my own .zshrc. That was better, but still required regular tweaking.

Recently, I started trying fish. I can't recall exactly why—something I read must've piqued my interest.

No .fishrc? Definitely a downgrade. My zsh configuration was sizeable, with lots of customization, functions, and aliases. I wasn't looking forward to reimplementing most of it.

Then I actually started using fish…

“Oh, it already does that!” became my mantra for the day.

After a few days, I realized it did 99% of what I needed out of the box. I only had to configure the prompt, add a few aliases and abbreviations, and convert a whopping 4 functions.

I also installed fisher, a plugin manager, along with these plugins:

• eitzig/sdkman-for-fish
• jorgebucaran/nvm.fish
• patrickf1/fzf.fish

I tried hard to find more things to configure or install, but that was it. If that's what minimalism looks like, sign me up.

Then the real fun began…

I wanted to convert some of my regular shell scripts to fish scripts. Fish syntax is different but in a good way. It doesn't feel as hackish as bash, though there's a small learning curve.

This was the final test: convert my most intricate script. I thought it would fail miserably, sending me back to clunky zsh.

It didn't. It wasn't easy, but it was a valuable learning experience. Change is good, right?

Is there anything I miss from zsh? Yes and no. I'm not missing functionality, but I have to unlearn some ingrained habits.

Who said you can't teach old dogs new tricks?

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Set in 1991 Miami, Dexter: Original Sin follows Dexter as he transitions from student to avenging serial killer. When his bloodthirsty urges can’t be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness. With the guidance of his father, Harry (Golden Globe® winner Christian Slater), he adopts a Code designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to be eliminated from society without getting on law enforcement’s radar. This is a particular challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.

Scott Adkins has got no cover, no back-up, and no way out in this claustrophobic action thriller. Sam Lorde has spent a lifetime killing people. After a hit gone wrong, he finds himself disillusioned and lacking purpose, deciding to retire as a hitman. His final job however, results in him being a target himself. With little to no cover, he must fight with everything he has to survive.