Using C is a great way to learn some discipline, your given so much control.

I’m a huge proponent of the command line, but you often spend more time learning tools and configuring your environment than getting work done.

I agree with this. I remember spending soo much of my time learning and configuring my environment, the time just seemed to fly by.
These days I prefer to just log into xfce and get some work done. I still use my sweet setup of bspwm from time to time tho, will not forget it.

Same old. I have an exam this Friday, just wanna get it over with so I can concentrate more on reading and writing.