Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Join us on this treasure trove of CLI tools that will improve your development environment.
Rio Kierkels, Head of Platform Engineering for Tribe.ai, shares his expert setup, from a lightning-fast shell prompt (you know it as starship.rs) to reproducible dev containers and seamless dotfile management.
🛠️ TOOLS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO
1. starship.rs - the minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!
Learn more about Starship
2. Bluefin OS - a custom image of Fedora Silverblue, designed for developers who need a reliable and powerful workstation.
3. Distrobox - use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever you want.
4. Devpod - create reproducible developer environments with a single command.
5. chezmoi - a powerful dotfile manager that helps you manage your personal configuration files across multiple machines.
6. mise - a next-generation version manager for your development tools, replacing asdf, nvm, and more.
7. Bat - a cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
If you enjoyed this and want to explore more:
- Become a member at 📺 makeitwork.tv for the full length content & no ads
- Tune into 🎧 https://makeitwork.fm for the podcast
- Let's pair-up on something together 👨💻 makeitwork.club (share real workflows, tools, and hard-won lessons from production systems)
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:37 - starship.rs
00:02:10 - Bluefin OS
00:03:55 - Distrobox
00:08:41 - xeyes & cmatrix
00:10:38 - devpod.sh
00:12:22 - chezmoi
00:15:42 - mise
00:18:27 - setup.sh
00:23:28 - How do you run databases in dev?
00:24:48 - What do you use for live-reloading K8s in dev?
00:26:28 - Let's build a make-it-work devpod
00:27:25 - What do teams often miss?
00:28:50 - What is good team communication?
00:32:10 - Thank you Rio for sharing all these tips with us
Join us on this treasure trove of CLI tools that will improve your development environment.
Rio Kierkels, Head of Platform Engineering for Tribe.ai, shares his expert setup, from a lightning-fast shell prompt (you know it as starship.rs) to reproducible dev containers and seamless dotfile management.
🛠️ TOOLS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO
1. starship.rs - the minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!
Learn more about Starship
2. Bluefin OS - a custom image of Fedora Silverblue, designed for developers who need a reliable and powerful workstation.
3. Distrobox - use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever you want.
4. Devpod - create reproducible developer environments with a single command.
5. chezmoi - a powerful dotfile manager that helps you manage your personal configuration files across multiple machines.
6. mise - a next-generation version manager for your development tools, replacing asdf, nvm, and more.
7. Bat - a cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
If you enjoyed this and want to explore more:
- Become a member at 📺 makeitwork.tv for the full length content & no ads
- Tune into 🎧 https://makeitwork.fm for the podcast
- Let's pair-up on something together 👨💻 makeitwork.club (share real workflows, tools, and hard-won lessons from production systems)
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:37 - starship.rs
00:02:10 - Bluefin OS
00:03:55 - Distrobox
00:08:41 - xeyes & cmatrix
00:10:38 - devpod.sh
00:12:22 - chezmoi
00:15:42 - mise
00:18:27 - setup.sh
00:23:28 - How do you run databases in dev?
00:24:48 - What do you use for live-reloading K8s in dev?
00:26:28 - Let's build a make-it-work devpod
00:27:25 - What do teams often miss?
00:28:50 - What is good team communication?
00:32:10 - Thank you Rio for sharing all these tips with us
