diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
index e15c424..ab1a5fd 100644
--- a/.bash_profile
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -1,8 +1,40 @@
-# just to make sure we always source .bashrc
-source ~/.bashrc
-
 # this is the iterm2 shell integration stuff, making it use XDG_CONFIG_HOME
-source "${HOME}/.config/iterm2/shell_integration.sh"
+source "$HOME/.config/bash/iterm2_integration.sh"
 
 # iterm2 specific commands and functions
 export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin/iterm2
+
+# this is for macs without apple silicon, e.g. before M1
+export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Library/Python/3.11/bin
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ macOS PATH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+if [[ $(uname) == *"Darwin"* ]]; then
+    # don't warn me that BASH is deprecated, becasuse it is already upgraded
+    export BASH_SILENCE_DEPRECATION_WARNING=1
+    # bash completion on macOS
+    if [ -f "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh" ]; then
+        # sources bash completion
+        . "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh"
+    fi
+
+    pip_path="lib/python3.11/site-packages"
+
+    # check if this apple silicon
+    if [ $(uname -a | grep arm > /dev/null ; echo $?) -eq 0 ]; then
+        # On M1/M2: brew default installs here
+        export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
+        pip_packages="/opt/homebrew/$pip_path"
+    else
+        # For older macs before the M1, pre-2020
+        pip_packages="/usr/local/$pip_path"
+    fi
+
+    # Load GNU sed, called gsed, instead of MacOS's POSIX sed
+    export PATH=/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:$PATH
+
+    # Always use GNU sed
+    alias sed='gsed'
+fi
+
+# just to make sure we always source .bashrc
+source ~/.bashrc
diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index bdaa059..51b03ae 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-#             @jessebot's personal .bashrc (and .bash_profile)               #
-##############################################################################
-
-
+#                      @jessebot's personal .bashrc
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 #                                 General                                    #
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@@ -16,7 +13,7 @@ esac
 # I hate bells a lot
 set bell-style none
 
-# python version is subject to change
+# python version is subject to change, but really important
 export PYTHON_VERSION="3.11"
 
 # this just makes howdoi use colors
@@ -25,299 +22,34 @@ export HOWDOI_COLORIZE=1
 # makes gpg prompt for passphrase in the terminal for git commit -S
 export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#                                 History
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# source all the pathing exports
+. ~/.config/bash/path.sh
 
-# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
-shopt -s histappend
+# history settings are in this file
+. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/history.sh
 
-# name of the history file to create and log to
-HISTFILE="$HOME/.local/state/bash/.history"
+# everything to do with things like less and editors is in here
+. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/text_editing.sh
 
-# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
-HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
+# aliases are all confined to this file
+. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/alias.sh
 
-# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
-HISTSIZE=10000
-HISTFILESIZE=20000
+# k8s aliases and configuration
+. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/k8s.sh
 
-# for setting time stamps on history
-HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T "
-
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-#                              Text Editor
-# Default, in order of preference (subject to availability): nvim, vim, vi
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-
-# Default EDITOR is nvim
-if [ -n "$(which nvim)" ]; then
-    export EDITOR=nvim
-# if nvim is not available, set EDITOR to vim
-else
-    export EDITOR=vim
-fi
-
-# always use nvim (or vim) instead of vi
-alias vi=$EDITOR
-
-# make all colors work by default
-export TERM=xterm-256color
-
-# -- This is for making some basic resizing working with various cli tools --
-# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
-# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
-shopt -s checkwinsize
-
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-#                              TEXT VIEWING                                 #
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
-[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
-
-# colors for less when displaying man pages
-export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\e[1;32m'
-export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;32m'
-export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m'
-export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m'
-export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[01;33m'
-export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m'
-export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[1;4;35m'
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-
-# TODO: Write those docs with links to both apps (rich, and bat)
-# Function to use the best syntax highlighting app for the job
-function dog {
-    # if file has more lines than legnth of the terminal use app with pager
-    too_long=false
-    if [ $(wc -l $1 | awk '{print $1}') -gt $(tput lines) ]; then
-        too_long=true
-    fi
-
-    # if this is a markdown or csv file, ALWAYS use rich to print the data
-    if [[ "$1" == *".md" ]] || [[ "$1" == *".csv" ]]; then
-        if $too_long; then
-            # pager allows moving with j for down, k for up, and :q for quit
-            rich --pager $1
-        else
-            rich $1
-            echo ""
-        fi
-    else
-        # use batcat - sytnax highlighting + git support and pager
-        bat $1
-    fi
-}
-
-alias raw='env cat'
-alias cat='dog'
-
-
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-#                                 Pathing                                    #
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENERAL PATH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-# golang requires this
-GOROOT=$HOME
-export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linux PATH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-if [[ $(uname) == *"Linux"* ]]; then
-
-    # iptables on debian is here
-    export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/share
-
-    # snap package manager installs commands here
-    export PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin
-
-    # HomeBrew on Linux needs all of this to work
-    export HOMEBREW_PREFIX=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
-    export HOMEBREW_CELLAR=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar
-    export HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew
-    export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/man
-    export INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/info
-    export PATH=$PATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin
-    # pip packages installed via linuxbrew will be here
-    pip_packages="/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"
-fi
-
-# python default install location when you do: pip$PYTHON_VERSION install --user package
-export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin
-# this is for macs without apple silicon, e.g. before M1
-export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/Library/Python/$PYTHON_VERSION/bin
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ macOS PATH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-if [[ $(uname) == *"Darwin"* ]]; then
-    # don't warn me that BASH is deprecated, becasuse it is already upgraded
-    export BASH_SILENCE_DEPRECATION_WARNING=1
-    # bash completion on macOS
-    if [ -f "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh" ]; then
-        # sources bash completion
-        . "/usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh"
-    fi
-
-    pip_path="lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"
-
-    # check if this apple silicon
-    if [ $(uname -a | grep arm > /dev/null ; echo $?) -eq 0 ]; then
-        # On M1/M2: brew default installs here
-        export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
-        pip_packages="/opt/homebrew/$pip_path"
-    else
-        # For older macs before the M1, pre-2020
-        pip_packages="/usr/local/$pip_path"
-    fi
-
-    # Load GNU sed, called gsed, instead of MacOS's POSIX sed
-    export PATH=/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:$PATH
-    # Always use GNU sed
-    alias sed='gsed'
-fi
-
-
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-#                                 ALIASES                                    #
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Typos <3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-alias pign='ping'
-alias gtop='gotop'
-# can never spell clear
-alias celar='clear'
-alias clar='clear'
-# clear, but in dutch
-alias leegmaken='clear'
-alias gti='git'
-alias gtt='git'
-# can't spell tree
-alias ter='tree'
-alias tre='tree'
-alias tere='tree'
-
-# can't spell python
-alias pthyon="python$PYTHON_VERSION"
-alias ptyhon="python$PYTHON_VERSION"
-alias pythong="python$PYTHON_VERSION"
-# alias because versions lower than python$PYTHON_VERSION still in some places
-alias python="python$PYTHON_VERSION"
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ General ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-
-# colordiff - diff, but with colors for accessibility
-alias diff='colordiff -uw'
-
-# we love a good tracer t
-alias tracert='traceroute'
-
-# whoami, whereami, whoareyou?
-alias whereami='hostname'
-alias whoareyou='echo "Your friend :)"'
-
-# scrncpy installs adb for you, but it's awkward to use, so we just alias it
-alias adb='scrcpy.adb'
-
-# I never remember what the img2sixel command is called
-alias sixel='img2sixel'
-
-# quick to do
-alias todo="$EDITOR ~/todo.md"
-
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-# lsd instead of ls for colors/icons
-alias ls='lsd -a'
-# lsd and list long, human readable file sizes, show hidden files
-alias ll='lsd -hal'
-# sort by most recent and reversed, so the most recent file is the last
-# helpful for directories with lots of files
-alias lt='lsd -atr'
-# same as above, but long
-alias llt='lsd -haltr'
-# lsd already has a fancier tree command with icons
-alias tree='lsd --tree --depth=2'
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ grep ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-# always use colors
-alias grep='grep --color=auto'
-alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
-alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
-alias grpe='grep'
-alias gerp='grep'
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ git ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-alias gc='git commit -m'
-alias gs='git status'
-# check all directories below current directory for their git status
-alias gsa='ls -1 -A | xargs -I % sh -c "if [ -d % ]; then toilet -f smblock % | lolcat ; cd %; git status --short; cd - > /dev/null; echo ''; fi"'
-alias gd='git diff'
-alias ga='git add .'
-alias gph='git push && git push --tags'
-alias gpl='git pull'
-# glab is gitlab's cli, but I always type gl by accident
-alias gl='glab'
-
-
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-#                               COMPLETION                                   #
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ enable programmable completion features ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-if ! shopt -oq posix; then
-  if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
-    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
-  elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
-    . /etc/bash_completion
-  fi
-fi
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nvm for node.js ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
-# This loads nvm
-[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
-# This loads nvm bash_completion
-[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terraform ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-complete -C /usr/local/bin/terraform terraform
-
-
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# --------------------------  CUSTOM FUNCTIONS ----------------------------- #
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ base64 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-
-#
-function b64 {
-    echo -n $1 | base64
-}
-
-# set decode to be
-function decode {
-    echo -n $1 | base64 --decode
-}
-
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ag (search repos) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
-function agr {
-    if [ $2 = "y"]; then
-        for $repo in $(ls -1 $REPOS); do
-            cd $REPOS/$repo && git pull
-        done
-    fi
-    ag $1 $REPOS
-}
+# load additional bash completion for different commands
+. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/completion.sh
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 #                            Other Load on start                             #
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
-# include external ~/.config/bash/$application if it exists
-# example: if there's a .bashrc_k8s, source that as well
-for bash_file in `ls -1 $HOME/.config/bash`; do
+# This loads nvm
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+
+
+# include external rc files in ~/.config/bash/personal if they exist
+for bash_file in `ls -1 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/personal`; do
     . $bash_file
 done
 
@@ -332,7 +64,6 @@ fi
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 #                            PERSONAL MOTD                                   #
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-
 # run neofetch, a system facts cli script, immediately when we login anywhere
 echo ""
 neofetch
diff --git a/.config/bash/alias.sh b/.config/bash/alias.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7480df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/bash/alias.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+#                           SHELL ALIASES                                    #
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Typos <3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+alias pign='ping'
+alias gtop='gotop'
+# can never spell clear
+alias celar='clear'
+alias clar='clear'
+# clear, but in dutch
+alias leegmaken='clear'
+# can't spell tree
+alias ter='tree'
+alias tre='tree'
+alias tere='tree'
+
+# can't spell python
+alias pthyon="python$PYTHON_VERSION"
+alias ptyhon="python$PYTHON_VERSION"
+alias pythong="python$PYTHON_VERSION"
+# alias because versions lower than python$PYTHON_VERSION still in some places
+alias python="python$PYTHON_VERSION"
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ General ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+# colordiff - diff, but with colors for accessibility
+alias diff='colordiff -uw'
+
+# we love a good tracer t
+alias tracert='traceroute'
+
+# whoami, whereami, whoareyou?
+alias whereami='hostname'
+alias whoareyou='echo "Your friend :)"'
+
+# scrncpy installs adb for you, but it's awkward to use, so we just alias it
+alias adb='scrcpy.adb'
+
+# I never remember what the img2sixel command is called
+alias sixel='img2sixel'
+
+# quick to do
+alias todo="$EDITOR ~/todo.md"
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+# lsd instead of ls for colors/icons
+alias ls='lsd -a'
+# lsd and list long, human readable file sizes, show hidden files
+alias ll='lsd -hal'
+# sort by most recent and reversed, so the most recent file is the last
+# helpful for directories with lots of files
+alias lt='lsd -atr'
+# same as above, but long
+alias llt='lsd -haltr'
+# lsd already has a fancier tree command with icons
+alias tree='lsd --tree --depth=2'
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ grep ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+# always use colors
+alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
+alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
+alias grpe='grep'
+alias gerp='grep'
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ git ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+alias gc='git commit -m'
+alias gs='git status'
+# check all directories below current directory for their git status
+alias gsa='ls -1 -A | xargs -I % sh -c "if [ -d % ]; then toilet -f smblock % | lolcat ; cd %; git status --short; cd - > /dev/null; echo ''; fi"'
+alias gd='git diff'
+alias ga='git add .'
+alias gph='git push && git push --tags'
+alias gpl='git pull'
+# can't spell git
+alias gti='git'
+alias gtt='git'
+
+# glab is gitlab's cli, but I always type gl by accident
+alias gl='glab'
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# --------------------------  CUSTOM FUNCTIONS ----------------------------- #
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ag (search repos) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+function agr {
+    if [ $2 = "y"]; then
+        for $repo in $(ls -1 $REPOS); do
+            cd $REPOS/$repo && git pull
+        done
+    fi
+    ag $1 $REPOS
+}
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ base64 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+function b64 {
+    echo -n $1 | base64
+}
+
+# set decode to be base64 decode
+function decode {
+    echo -n $1 | base64 --decode
+}
diff --git a/.config/bash/completion.sh b/.config/bash/completion.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3b7ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/bash/completion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+#                           TAB COMPLETION                                   #
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ enable programmable completion features ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+if ! shopt -oq posix; then
+  if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
+  elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /etc/bash_completion
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terraform ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+complete -C /usr/local/bin/terraform terraform
+
+# This loads nvm (for node.js) bash_completion
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
diff --git a/.config/bash/history.sh b/.config/bash/history.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4ef6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/bash/history.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#                                 History
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
+shopt -s histappend
+
+# name of the history file to create and log to
+HISTFILE="$HOME/.local/state/bash/.history"
+
+# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
+HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
+
+# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
+HISTSIZE=10000
+HISTFILESIZE=20000
+
+# for setting time stamps on history
+HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T "
diff --git a/.config/bash/iterm2_shell_ingration.bash b/.config/bash/iterm2_integration.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from .config/bash/iterm2_shell_ingration.bash
rename to .config/bash/iterm2_integration.sh
diff --git a/.config/bash/.bashrc_k8s b/.config/bash/k8s.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from .config/bash/.bashrc_k8s
rename to .config/bash/k8s.sh
diff --git a/.config/bash/path.sh b/.config/bash/path.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4797e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/bash/path.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#                                 Pathing
+#          Adhereing as closely as possible to XDG Base Directory Spec:
+#            https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
+export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
+export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.local/state"
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LinuxBrew PATH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+if [[ $(uname) == *"Linux"* ]]; then
+
+    # iptables on debian is here
+    export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/share
+
+    # snap package manager installs commands here
+    export PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin
+
+    # HomeBrew on Linux needs all of this to work
+    export HOMEBREW_PREFIX=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
+    export HOMEBREW_CELLAR=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar
+    export HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew
+    export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/man
+    export INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/info
+    export PATH=$PATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin
+    # pip packages installed via linuxbrew will be here
+    pip_packages="/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"
+fi
+
+# python default install location when you do: pip$PYTHON_VERSION install --user package
+export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nvm/npm for javascript stuff  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+export NVM_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/nvm
+# also for js stuff
+export NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/npm/npmrc
+
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ golang ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+GOROOT=$HOME
+export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
+
+# Make grade use XDG
+export GRADLE_USER_HOME=$XDG_DATA_HOME/gradle
diff --git a/.config/bash/text_editing.sh b/.config/bash/text_editing.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..896c3bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/bash/text_editing.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+#                              Text Editor
+# Default, in order of preference (subject to availability): nvim, vim, vi
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+# Default EDITOR is nvim
+if [ -n "$(which nvim)" ]; then
+    export EDITOR=nvim
+# if nvim is not available, set EDITOR to vim
+else
+    export EDITOR=vim
+fi
+
+# always use nvim (or vim) instead of vi
+alias vi=$EDITOR
+
+# make all colors work by default
+export TERM=xterm-256color
+
+# -- This is for making some basic resizing working with various cli tools --
+# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
+# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
+shopt -s checkwinsize
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+#                              TEXT VIEWING                                 #
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
+
+# colors for less when displaying man pages
+export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\e[1;32m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;32m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[01;33m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[1;4;35m'
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+# TODO: Write those docs with links to both apps (rich, and bat)
+# Function to use the best syntax highlighting app for the job
+function dog {
+    # if file has more lines than legnth of the terminal use app with pager
+    too_long=false
+    if [ $(wc -l $1 | awk '{print $1}') -gt $(tput lines) ]; then
+        too_long=true
+    fi
+
+    # if this is a markdown or csv file, ALWAYS use rich to print the data
+    if [[ "$1" == *".md" ]] || [[ "$1" == *".csv" ]]; then
+        if $too_long; then
+            # pager allows moving with j for down, k for up, and :q for quit
+            rich --pager $1
+        else
+            rich $1
+            echo ""
+        fi
+    else
+        # use batcat - sytnax highlighting + git support and pager
+        bat $1
+    fi
+}
+
+alias raw='env cat'
+alias cat='dog'
diff --git a/.config/npm/npmrc b/.config/npm/npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2da224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/npm/npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+prefix=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/npm
+cache=${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/npm
+init-module=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/npm/config/npm-init.js
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 9fe0dd8..1f2df25 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ export RPROMPT='${vcs_info_msg_0_} %(1j.%B%j%b.)%(2L.%U%L%u.)'
 export HOSTNAME=`hostname`
 export CORRECT_IGNORE="_*"
 
-# Set a more permissive history
+# make zsh cache to the XDG location
+mkdir -p ~/.cache/zsh/zcompdump-$ZSH_VERSION
+compinit -d ~/.cache/zsh/zcompdump-$ZSH_VERSION
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
+#                          HISTORY
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
 export HISTSIZE=2000
 export HISTFILE=~/.local/state/zsh/history
 export SAVEHIST=2000