diff --git a/src/elf/better_bash.py b/src/elf/better_bash.py
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+
+# cli decode
+def cli_decode(base64_encoded_script: str) -> str:
+    return f"echo '{base64_encoded_script}' | base64 -d | gunzip "
+
+# source now
+def source_now(base64_encoded_script: str) -> str:
+    return f"source <({cli_decode(base64_encoded_script)})"
+
+better_env = """
+export TERM=xterm
+export PS1="\[\e[0;32m\]\u@\h (\$(ip route get 8.8.8.8 | sed -n '/src/{s/.*src \([^ ]*\).*/\\1/p;q}')):\w\$ \[\e[0m\]"
+
+alias tl='_tl_func() {
+  LAST_MODIFIED_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "%T@ %p\\0" | sort -znr | head -zn1 | cut -d" " -f2- --zero-terminated);
+  if [ -n "$LAST_MODIFIED_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Tailing: "$LAST_MODIFIED_FILE";
+    tail -f "$LAST_MODIFIED_FILE" "$@";
+  else
+    echo "No files found in the current directory to tail.";
+  fi
+}; _tl_func'
+
+echo "Bash customizations sourced successfully!"
+"""
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/elf/utils.py b/src/elf/utils.py
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+"""
+Utility functions for string compression and encoding.
+
+This module provides functions for compressing strings using gzip
+and encoding them with base64 for efficient storage and transmission.
+"""
+
+import base64
+import gzip
+from typing import Final
+
+
+def compress_string(text: str, *, encoding: str = "utf-8") -> bytes:
+    """
+    Compress a string using gzip with maximum compression.
+    
+    Args:
+        text: The string to compress
+        encoding: The text encoding to use (default: utf-8)
+        
+    Returns:
+        The compressed data as bytes
+        
+    Raises:
+        UnicodeEncodeError: If the text cannot be encoded with the specified encoding
+    """
+    text_bytes: bytes = text.encode(encoding)
+    return gzip.compress(text_bytes, compresslevel=9)
+
+
+def encode_base64(data: bytes) -> str:
+    """
+    Encode bytes to a base64 string.
+    
+    Args:
+        data: The bytes to encode
+        
+    Returns:
+        The base64-encoded string
+    """
+    return base64.b64encode(data).decode("ascii")
+
+
+def compress_and_encode(text: str, *, encoding: str = "utf-8") -> str:
+    """
+    Compress a string with gzip and encode it as base64.
+    
+    This is a convenience function that combines compress_string() and encode_base64().
+    
+    Args:
+        text: The string to compress and encode
+        encoding: The text encoding to use (default: utf-8)
+        
+    Returns:
+        The compressed and base64-encoded string
+        
+    Raises:
+        UnicodeEncodeError: If the text cannot be encoded with the specified encoding
+    """
+    compressed_data: bytes = compress_string(text, encoding=encoding)
+    return encode_base64(compressed_data)
+
+
+# Constants for common use cases
+MAX_COMPRESSION_LEVEL: Final[int] = 9
+DEFAULT_ENCODING: Final[str] = "utf-8"