{"slug": "how-i-used-claude-code-to-speed-up-my-shell-startup-by-95", "title": "How I Used Claude Code to Speed Up My Shell Startup by 95%", "summary": "Nick Taylor documented using Claude Code to cut his shell startup time by 95%, recovering nearly a second on every fresh terminal he opens, after prompting the tool to suggest 10 improvements to his ~/.zshrc. The approach was surfaced by John Lindquist, who proposed the \"Please suggest 10 improvements to my ~/.zshrc\" prompt.", "body_md": "I like the idea of `\"Please suggest 10 improvements to my ~/.zshrc\"` as a prompt ([John Lindquist](https://x.com/johnlindquist/status/1993037322984866168)). Nick Taylor [wrote up all the stuff](https://www.nickyt.co/blog/how-i-used-claude-code-to-speed-up-my-shell-startup-by-95percent) it found for him and got nearly a second back for every fresh terminal opened.\n\n      Master.dev donates to open source projects through [thanks.dev](https://thanks.dev/d/gh/frontendmasters/dependencies) and [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/frontendmasters), as well as donates to non-profits like [The Last Mile](https://thelastmile.org/), [Annie Canons](https://anniecannons.org/), and [Vets Who Code](https://vetswhocode.io/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-used-claude-code-to-speed-up-my-shell-startup-by-95", "canonical_source": "https://blog.master.dev/how-i-used-claude-code-to-speed-up-my-shell-startup-by-95/", "published_at": "2026-10-28 03:35:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-28 03:41:28.332576+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Claude Code", "Nick Taylor", "John Lindquist", "Master.dev", "thanks.dev", "Open Collective"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-used-claude-code-to-speed-up-my-shell-startup-by-95", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-used-claude-code-to-speed-up-my-shell-startup-by-95.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-used-claude-code-to-speed-up-my-shell-startup-by-95.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-used-claude-code-to-speed-up-my-shell-startup-by-95.jsonld"}}