In this post I'd like to share how I ( @asciimoo - the author of Hister) use Hister to maximize my productivity and privacy. The tools I mention are interchangeable: the concepts apply equally well to different environments and operating systems. The Search Workflow My core workflow comes down to three steps: Open Hister as quickly as possible Check with the fewest keystrokes whether the result is already in Hister Fall back to a traditional search engine if nothing relevant is found Let me walk through each step. 1. Opening Hister Instantly Setting Hister as your browser's default search engine is a good start, but it still requires you to switch to a browser window, open a new tab, and hit Enter before results appear. A much faster approach is to bind a global hotkey in your window manager that jumps directly to your browser and opens a new Hister tab. With this setup, a two-key combination always puts a fresh search prompt in front of you. I use the i3 window manager.…