Curated learning

Good resources for learning this setup without drowning in tabs.

Start with the free fundamentals, add the AI-native workflow docs, then keep the official references nearby. The point is not to collect links; it is to build reliable habits.

#Best first resources

#Terminal and shell

Missing Semester	Free lectures and notes. Use the shell, Vim, Git, and debugging lectures as the foundation for this guide.
explainshell	Paste a shell command and see each flag explained. Useful when copying commands from docs.
ShellCheck	Static analysis for shell scripts. Great for learning what makes scripts fragile.
Ghostty Option as Alt	Official reference for why macOS Option can be configured to send terminal Alt sequences.

#tmux

Ham Vocke tmux guide	A clear beginner walkthrough of sessions, windows, panes, and detaching.
tmux wiki	Official project wiki. Use it when you need exact behavior or command syntax.
vim-tmux-navigator	The plugin that lets pane and Neovim split movement share one directional key family.

#Vim and Neovim

vimtutor	Built in, free, and still excellent. Run it in the terminal, then repeat it the next day.
OpenVim	Browser-based practice for the first motions and editing commands.
VIM Adventures	Paid game for drilling Vim movement and commands. Good for visual practice, teams, and anyone who learns by playing.
LazyVim docs	The distribution behind this Neovim config. Use it for plugin and keybinding behavior.

#Git and collaboration

These are the highlights; the Git page has the full progressive ladder from first hour to deep reference.

GitHub Skills: Introduction to GitHub	The best first hour: branches, commits, and pull requests hands-on in a real repo.
Learn Git Branching	Best visual practice for branching, merging, rebasing, and reset mental models.
freeCodeCamp Git handbook	Plain-English long form that goes genuinely deep without assuming experience.
Pro Git	The free "Git bible": a superb reference, a rough on-ramp. Chapters 1-3 first; the rest when you need it.

#Dotfiles and AI-native work

chezmoi commands	Official command map for daily dotfile work: status, diff, apply, edit, update.
Groundwork AI thesis	The canonical north star for keeping this repo aimed at an AI-native Mac, Linux/WSL, and headless developer foundation.
AGENTS.md	The shared instruction format for coding agents. Use it as the cross-tool source of truth.
Groundwork agent rules	How this repo centralizes AGENTS.md, tool adapters, and skills/ without duplicating policy per AI tool.
Claude Code workflows	Official examples for referencing files, working in docs folders, and using project context.
Claude Code best practices	Official advice for exploring first, planning before edits, verifying results, and using agents safely in larger projects.
Groundwork Codex UI & CLI · OpenAI Codex docs	Local workflow guide plus official reference for OpenAI's coding agent across CLI, app, IDE, and cloud surfaces.
Groundwork GPT & ChatGPT · OpenAI platform docs	How to use GPT for learning, specs, review prompts, and API-backed development without confusing chat with verified repo changes.
Claude prompt engineering	Good general reading on precise instructions, examples, and context management.

#Development and AI learning

Development learning paths	This guide's progressive curriculum for macOS and iOS, React/Next/Node, browser and Unity games, generative media, Rust, Python, ML, and LLMs.
Groundwork FPS Browser track · FPS Unity track	Two substantial week-long shooter paths: a code-first Three.js build that ships to a URL, and a Unity 6 build with C#, NavMesh, UI, profiling, and WebGL shipping.
Groundwork Web track · Apps track	Concrete starter projects for a first website and a spec-first persistent app.
Groundwork Image & video track	A week-long generative-media engineering path: model APIs, local workflows, reproducible prompts and seeds, async video jobs, evaluation, licensing, and assets shipped into real projects.
ComfyUI · docs	Node-based workflow control for image and video generation. Best first local tool when you want reproducibility and visual pipeline inspection.
Hugging Face diffusers · Learn	Code-first diffusion pipelines and ecosystem courses for transformers, datasets, agents, diffusion, and open model workflows.
fal.ai · Replicate	Hosted multi-model APIs for experiments and product integrations when you want provider swapping instead of local GPU setup.
Unity AI · MCP for Unity	Official Unity AI/MCP route and the free open-source MCP bridge for external agents.
Unity Learn · Code Monkey	Best free Unity engine and C# learning path before or alongside AI-assisted game work.
itch.io game jams	Free practice with deadlines; the fastest way to turn game lessons into finished games.
Stanford CS336	Main technical LLM backbone: language modeling from scratch, including data, transformers, training, evaluation, and deployment.
The Odin Project · freeCodeCamp · Scrimba	Free, project-based web-development curricula from HTML/CSS/JS to full stack; Scrimba's interactive courses are free on its free tier.
javascript.info · Exercism	A deep, free JavaScript reference and tutorial, plus free coding practice with human mentoring across many languages.
React Learn · Next.js Learn	Official web-app foundations for the React and Next.js stack.
SwiftUI Tutorials	Official first path for learning Apple-platform app development.

#macOS productivity

Apple keyboard shortcuts	The canonical reference for Mac app, window, Finder, Mission Control, and text-editing shortcuts.
Raycast Window Management	The window-manager layer this setup uses instead of installing Rectangle or Magnet.
Raycast Browser Bookmarks	Search bookmarks from installed browsers through Raycast; use raycast-extensions to open the full Groundwork checklist.
Raycast AI	Quick AI, AI Chat, AI Commands, and model selection from Raycast Pro; optional for this setup.
Anybox	The bookmark and saved-link layer, with Quick Find, Quick Save, menu bar mode, Pro/lifetime, and iCloud sync.
Anybox Raycast extension	Search links, save the current tab, toggle Anydock, and switch Anydock profiles from Raycast.
BetterDisplay	The display-resolution and external-monitor control layer.