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+export ZSH="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh"
+
+ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
+
+plugins=(git docker zsh-vi-mode)
+
+source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
+
+################################################################################################
+# FOR MACBOOK
+################################################################################################
+
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+
+  # init homebrew
+  export LIBRARY_PATH="$LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/homebrew/lib"
+
+  # init maven from IntelliJ
+  alias mvn="~/Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA\ Ultimate.app/Contents/plugins/maven/lib/maven3/bin/mvn"
+
+  # include postgres binaries installed from homebrew
+  export PATH="/usr/local/opt/libpq/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# init NVM
+if command -v nvm 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
+  export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+  [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
+  [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
+fi
+
+################################################################################################
+# Common Aliases
+################################################################################################
+
+alias ls="ls -la --color"
+
+STARTUP_FILE="~/.startup.sh"
+if [ -f $STARTUP_FILE ]; then
+    STARTUP_FILE
+fi
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