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Mindful Terminal for Developers
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| # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| # 🌿 Mindful Terminal | |
| # | |
| # Read more: https://www.devproblems.com/developer-mindfulness | |
| # | |
| # A simple shell script to trigger mindfulness prompts before long-running | |
| # developer commands (npm install, docker build, etc). | |
| # | |
| # HOW IT WORKS: | |
| # This script is SEQUENTIAL. It introduces a deliberate delay (default: 3s) | |
| # to force a moment of pause before the actual command executes. | |
| # | |
| # INSTALLATION: | |
| # 1. Copy this content. | |
| # 2. Paste it at the bottom of your configuration file: | |
| # - For recent macOS (Zsh): ~/.zshrc | |
| # - For older macOS/Linux (Bash): ~/.bashrc | |
| # 3. Run `source ~/.zshrc` (or ~/.bashrc) to apply. | |
| # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| # 1. THE CONTENT | |
| # Selects a random mindful prompt to display | |
| function trigger_mindfulness() { | |
| local prompts=( | |
| "🌬️ Take a deep breath in... hold... and let it go." | |
| "👀 Look away from the screen. Focus on something 20 feet away." | |
| "💆 Unclench your jaw. Drop your shoulders." | |
| "💧 Have you had enough water today?" | |
| "🧠 The code will be building soon. You can rest for a moment." | |
| "🧘 Notice the silence between the keystrokes." | |
| "🌲 Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." | |
| ) | |
| # Pick a random quote | |
| # (Logic works for both Zsh and Bash) | |
| local msg="${prompts[$RANDOM % ${#prompts[@]} + 1]}" | |
| if [ -z "$msg" ]; then msg=${prompts[0]}; fi | |
| # Print the message | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "---------------------------------------------------" | |
| echo -e " $msg" | |
| echo "---------------------------------------------------" | |
| echo "" | |
| # THE DELAY | |
| # We deliberately sleep for 3 seconds to force the pause. | |
| # The actual command will NOT run until this sleep finishes. | |
| sleep 3 | |
| } | |
| # 2. THE WRAPPERS | |
| # These intercept specific commands to check if they are "heavy" tasks. | |
| # Node / NPM | |
| npm() { | |
| if [[ "$*" == *"install"* || "$*" == *"ci"* || "$*" == *"build"* ]]; then | |
| trigger_mindfulness | |
| fi | |
| command npm "$@" | |
| } | |
| # Yarn | |
| yarn() { | |
| if [[ "$*" == *"install"* || "$*" == *"build"* || "$*" == *"add"* ]]; then | |
| trigger_mindfulness | |
| fi | |
| command yarn "$@" | |
| } | |
| # PHP / Composer | |
| composer() { | |
| if [[ "$*" == *"install"* || "$*" == *"update"* ]]; then | |
| trigger_mindfulness | |
| fi | |
| command composer "$@" | |
| } | |
| # Docker | |
| docker() { | |
| if [[ "$*" == *"build"* || "$*" == *"compose up"* ]]; then | |
| trigger_mindfulness | |
| fi | |
| command docker "$@" | |
| } | |
| # iOS / CocoaPods | |
| pod() { | |
| if [[ "$*" == *"install"* || "$*" == *"update"* ]]; then | |
| trigger_mindfulness | |
| fi | |
| command pod "$@" | |
| } | |
| # Rust / Cargo | |
| cargo() { | |
| if [[ "$*" == *"build"* ]]; then | |
| trigger_mindfulness | |
| fi | |
| command cargo "$@" | |
| } | |
| # Git (Clone/GC can take a while) | |
| git() { | |
| if [[ "$*" == *"clone"* || "$*" == *"gc"* ]]; then | |
| trigger_mindfulness | |
| fi | |
| command git "$@" | |
| } |
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