Tmux is a terminal multiplexer. It lets you switch between several programs through windows and panes, detach your session and reattach to it on a different computer. I reckon it’s mostly used on servers where people have long running jobs and such running in a tmux session.

The learning curve is what always withheld me from just diving in and giving Tmux a chance to get integrated into my workflow. I wanted to share some of the small changes I made to my Tmux configuration to make life a little easier.

Places like Reddit and Twitter are filled with people who practice their version of minimalism. The most prevalent method is to just have less of everything. Some groups of people even go so far as to think they can only have a fixed amount of things in their lives.

Don’t let anyone tell you this is the spirit of minimalism because it’s not. Let me explain.