"The single biggest win is what's not there: no oh-my-zsh, no prezto or plugin manager. I've honestly never understood the appeal of these frameworks."

"Most of these optimizations are about leaving stuff out. It's about being intentional and only adding things you're going to use."

I don't use X11 or a similar graphics layer, only textmode. Thus I don't use a terminal emulator

I don't use zsh. I use NetBSD sh

Smaller and faster

This is what I am comfortable with

Others may have their own preferences; to each their own

I might not understand others' preferences but that's their business, not mine