46 - Paul Alden
He is a web developer with 17 years of experience, currently living in the South of the UK. He studied Computer Science at university and, after graduating, travelled for several years before deciding on his career path. He currently works at Olio as a Senior Ruby Developer, contributing to their mission of reducing food waste and promoting a more sustainable model of consumption. Outside of work, he and his wife are expecting their first child in December, and he plays as much beach and indoor volleyball as he can.
Github: https://github.com/paulalden
Neovim & Terminal
I live in the CLI as much as possible, so my work flow is very Tmux focused. This is the 4th version of my Neovim config, I’ve tried using Lazyvim previously, but it changed so quickly that I found it too unstable for my professional daily driver. This config is based on Kickstart and has been used daily for Ruby development.
Favorite Tools
Neovim – Modern, extensible Vim fork with async support and a built-in LSP client
Tmux – Terminal multiplexer for managing multiple terminal sessions in one window
FZF – Blazing-fast command-line fuzzy finder (great for files, history, git, etc.)
Claude Code – AI-powered coding assistant by Anthropic, integrated into the terminal or IDE
SketchyBar – Fully customizable macOS status bar replacement written in C
Yabai – Tiling window manager for macOS with focus on scripting and automation
ZSH – Powerful shell with better autocompletion, globbing, and customization than Bash
LazyGit – Simple terminal UI for git commands – makes staging, committing, and branching effortless
Dotfiles
You can find Paul’s dotfiles here: https://github.com/paulalden/dotfiles
My dotfiles are a constant work in progress, but this iteration has been my daily driver for about a year.
Favorite Books
Non-technical book:
Technical: