tmux is king scripting and configs abound

lib/alias.zsh

@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@ alias g="git"
 is-executable gum && alias plz="gum input --prompt='🔒' --password | sudo -nS"
 
 alias dockdots='docker run --rm -it -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "$PWD:/home/$USER/data" dots'
+
+
+alias tmux-labbook="$DOTFILES_DIR/tmux/labbook.sh"

tmux/labbook.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+CURDIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+source "$CURDIR/tmux-functions.sh"
+
+# Set Session Name
+SESSION="labbook"
+WORK_DIR="$HOME/$SESSION"
+
+if ! [[ -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
+	echo "expected to find $WORK_DIR but didn't"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+#  Only create tmux session if it doesn't already exist
+if ! tmux list-sessions | grep $SESSION; then
+	# Start New Session with our name
+	tmux new-session -d -s $SESSION -c "$HOME/labbook"
+
+	# Name first Pane and start zsh
+	tmux rename-window -t $SESSION:0 'Main'
+	tmux send-keys -t 'Main'
+
+	# Create and setup pane for sphinx
+	tnw -t $SESSION:1 -n 'sphinx'
+	tsk -t 'sphinx' 'source ./.venv/bin/activate' Enter
+	tsk -t 'sphinx' 'make live' Enter
+
+	# setup writing window
+	tnw -t $SESSION:2 -n 'writing'
+	tsk -t 'writing' "nvim ./now.md" Enter
+fi
+
+# Attach Session, on the Main window
+tmux attach-session -t $SESSION:0

tmux/tmux-functions.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Custom tmux new window to apply $WORK_DIR for all commands
+tnw() {
+	tmux new-window -c "$WORK_DIR" "$@"
+}
+
+tsk() {
+	tmux send-keys "$@"
+}