I developed for a long time exclusively on the Mac because I wanted a unix backend with a good user interface and hardware that "just worked". Recently though

I developed for a long time exclusively on the Mac because I wanted a unix backend with a good user interface and hardware that "just worked". Recently though I've moved away from OS X and back to Linux on the desktop. The experience is much rockier in general and requires much more setup/customization but in the end I feel that the developer experience is better. There's a broader selection of tools and better native support for things like Docker. High Sierra was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I was having a lot of weird issues and general slowness.