Now run: killport 3000 → It kills everything on port 3000 instantly. No more hunting for PIDs. grep is slow on large codebases. Use rg (ripgrep) instead. It respects .gitignore and is 10x faster.
brew install trash Now alias rm to trash in your shell config: rafian.com
Now, press Ctrl+T anywhere in your terminal. Start typing part of a filename. Instantly jump there. I save ~15 minutes a week just by not typing long paths. How often do you run ps aux | grep node then kill -9 1234 ? Too often. Now run: killport 3000 → It kills everything
alias rm='trash' Deleted files go to your system Trash. You can restore them. This has saved my career at least twice. Pressing the up arrow 20 times is for beginners. Instead, type a partial command and press Ctrl+R . Use rg (ripgrep) instead
# Install ripgrep brew install ripgrep # or sudo apt install ripgrep rg "useEffect" -t js