Part 1 of 3: The Dorothy Configuration Series

This is the first installment in a three-part series exploring how I use Dorothy to manage my shell configuration across multiple shells and operating systems. In this series, I’ll walk through my journey from dotfile chaos to a portable, maintainable system.

Series Overview:

• Part 1: Taming the Dotfile Chaos with Dorothy - Introduction and core concepts (this post)
• Part 2: Secrets Management with 1Password - Safe environment variable handling
• Part 3: AI-Powered Shell Commands with Shell-GPT - Natural language shell integration

This post was written with AI assistance (Claude) for structure, formatting, and information gathering. The ideas, direction, and voice are my own.