My 2025 Neovim + Tmux Workflow As A DevOps Engineer (on Arch btw)

Mischa van den Burg β€’ February 15, 2025
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Want to land a six-figure DevOps job even if you're starting from scratch? You're in the right place. I'm Mischa van den Burg, Senior DevOps Engineer and 2x Microsoft MVP. I went from nurse to DevOps freelancer, so I built the system I wish I had when I started. On this channel I cover DevOps, Kubernetes, career strategy, and AI, the stuff that actually gets you hired, not just more certificates. KubeCraft is the #1 DevOps Career Accelerator. Members build production, enterprise-grade systems, get interview-ready, and land DevOps roles in 2–20 weeks instead of grinding alone for years. 1000+ engineers have gone through the program. Members now work at Google, Microsoft, IBM, and NVIDIA. 🎯 Ready? Book a free DevOps strategy call β†’ kubecraft.click/yt-pr

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πŸš€ Apply to join KubeCraft & land your DevOps job: https://kubecraft.dev/ 🎁 Get my Free DevOps Career Blueprint course: https://go.kubecraft.dev/blueprint-yt-1 The CLI-first workflow upgrade no one explains: how I eliminated config bloat without breaking daily usability. 🎯 You’ll Discover: β€’ Why I ditched macOS and moved back to Arch Linux β€’ The DevContainer setup that keeps my system clean β€’ How to scope Neovim configs per project using LazyVim β€’ The biggest mistake engineers make with shell switching πŸ’‘ Member Wins: β€œAfter 100+ applications, I landed a Senior SRE role. The edge came from my KubeCraft home lab.” – Eric, Senior SRE β€œMy salary 3x’d after joining KubeCraft and applying what I learned.” – Jonathan, DevOps Engineer "Landed a Junior DevOps Engineer role moving from IT Support thanks to KubeCraft" - Maor, Junior DevOps Engineer πŸš€ Want to learn faster and finally build a thriving DevOps career? Join 700+ engineers inside KubeCraft β†’ https://kubecraft.dev/ 🎁 Free DevOps Career Blueprint: Learn exactly how to get hired in DevOps β†’ https://go.kubecraft.dev/blueprint-yt-1 πŸ“š Chapters: 00:00 My DevOps workflow philosophy and OS switch 01:58 Why everything lives on GitHub 04:51 Why Arch Linux replaced my MacBook 08:50 Why I switched from Hyperland to Cosmic DE 13:59 Pros and cons of Cosmic for DevOps 17:04 Zsh vs Bash: when to switch 20:31 My daily tmux habits 22:28 Why DevContainers changed everything 29:37 Why I don’t recommend NixOS 33:06 How I spin up clean dev environments with DevPod 39:06 My minimal LazyVim setup 44:23 Firefox, YubiKey, and decoupled security 48:04 Visual note-taking with Obsidian + Neovim 51:01 How Claude AI became my daily DevOps assistant Keep building, Mischa van den Burg – Senior DevOps Engineer, Microsoft MVP, 55K subs, 700+ private students Founder of KubeCraft, the #1 DevOps Career Accelerator & Community β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… #neovim #devcontainers #devopsworkflow

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