> I don't do fresh installs very often, but when I do, it's generally because I want it to be a genuine fresh install. As such, I don't install a tool until I n

> I don't do fresh installs very often, but when I do, it's generally because I want it to be a genuine fresh install. As such, I don't install a tool until I need it. I find that tools I once thought I absolutely needed are not tools or libraries that I use anymore. Same. The core tools and libraries I use change more often than my development machine so when switching to a new machine it's a fun time to reassess what I need to install so I'm not carrying any baggage. I think the time automating the installation would be a net loss given how much I'd need it. The setup required for building projects that I work on are automated using things like Vagrant so outside of that I only really need a few tools anyways.