Dotfiles Culture
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
The culture of heavily customizing shells, editors, terminals, and environments through personal configuration files, often called dotfiles. It reflects both developer identity and the belief that workflow should be shaped deliberately rather than accepted by default.
In plain English: The developer culture around customizing tools with personal config files.
Example: "Their dotfiles culture was strong enough that half the team could identify who had paired on a machine just by looking at the shell prompt and aliases."