We spend our lives in IDEs that have more plugins than we have lines of code. We’ve automated our intuition away. To finish my minimalist stack, I had to clean my workspace. I realized that every ‘helper’ tool was actually a barrier between me and the machine.”

So, I stripped my environment down to the essentials: a terminal, a light editor, and a raw compiler. When you stop relying on ‘Auto-Complete’ to guess your intent, you’re forced to know the API. When you stop using ‘GUI Database Clients,’ you’re forced to know the Schema.

True productivity isn’t found in a new plugin; it’s found in the lack of distraction. A minimalist stack requires a minimalist mindset. Build simple, run fast