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This is not particularly interesting. He uses typical software and hardware. Nothing esoteric, interesting, or insightful here. Just a guy using a Mac getting s

by naner 16y ago

This is not particularly interesting. He uses typical software and hardware. Nothing esoteric, interesting, or insightful here. Just a guy using a Mac getting some work done.

tzury 16y ago
it is quite interesting when you look at what this guy is producing. a single laptop, period. and until recently, not even an office. That is to teach us, productivity is not necessarily correlated with "gadgetivity"
- wyclif 16y ago
  That's true, but production is not what The Setup is about; it's about the tools you use. So I get what the GP is griping about. If every The Setup becomes a variation of "Hey, I use a MBP, TextMate, and Terminal.app" (like it has been lately), then why read The Setup?
daliusd 16y ago
It is interesting but there is very simple lesson to learn: terminal and decent editor is all you need. I know a lot of people who are still afraid of terminal (they can't live without TortoiseWhatever and are not familiar with basic terminal commands) and can't live without fancy development environments (like Visual Studio) after years of development. Even more - terminal + editor allows developer to switch between platforms almost without problem (e.g. my usual week consists of developing completely different projects for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux). After all David killed Goliath with sling. What's wrong with the fact that magic things happens with dumb tools?
- edanm 16y ago
  "[A] [T]erminal and decent editor is all you need." Just to give the other side of the "argument": "all you need" isn't something to strive for. An environment which makes you the most productive is what most people strive for, not the minimum environment to be somewhat productive. IDEs make a lot of people a whole lot faster, and for good reason - smart people have worked really hard to make it that way. (I mostly use editors and not IDEs these days, but the allure of good IDEs is strong.)
  - sjs 16y ago
    Yup. After writing Java for Android in IDEA 10 CE for a few months I die a little inside every time I want to rename a function in C or JavaScript in TextMate. I should check if anyone has used js2-mode to write some refactoring functions for JavaScript in Emacs. What good cross-platform IDEs do people use for C and JavaScript?
sjs 16y ago
I agree, however I find it refreshing and inspiring. A lot of us use typical software and hardware. Nothing esoteric, interesting, or insightful. Just guys using Macs getting some work done.

by naner 16y ago

This is not particularly interesting. He uses typical software and hardware. Nothing esoteric, interesting, or insightful here. Just a guy using a Mac getting some work done.

tzury 16y ago

it is quite interesting when you look at what this guy is producing. a single laptop, period. and until recently, not even an office. That is to teach us, productivity is not necessarily correlated with "gadgetivity"

wyclif 16y ago
That's true, but production is not what The Setup is about; it's about the tools you use. So I get what the GP is griping about. If every The Setup becomes a variation of "Hey, I use a MBP, TextMate, and Terminal.app" (like it has been lately), then why read The Setup?

daliusd 16y ago

It is interesting but there is very simple lesson to learn: terminal and decent editor is all you need. I know a lot of people who are still afraid of terminal (they can't live without TortoiseWhatever and are not familiar with basic terminal commands) and can't live without fancy development environments (like Visual Studio) after years of development. Even more - terminal + editor allows developer to switch between platforms almost without problem (e.g. my usual week consists of developing completely different projects for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux). After all David killed Goliath with sling. What's wrong with the fact that magic things happens with dumb tools?

edanm 16y ago
"[A] [T]erminal and decent editor is all you need." Just to give the other side of the "argument": "all you need" isn't something to strive for. An environment which makes you the most productive is what most people strive for, not the minimum environment to be somewhat productive. IDEs make a lot of people a whole lot faster, and for good reason - smart people have worked really hard to make it that way. (I mostly use editors and not IDEs these days, but the allure of good IDEs is strong.)
- sjs 16y ago
  Yup. After writing Java for Android in IDEA 10 CE for a few months I die a little inside every time I want to rename a function in C or JavaScript in TextMate. I should check if anyone has used js2-mode to write some refactoring functions for JavaScript in Emacs. What good cross-platform IDEs do people use for C and JavaScript?

sjs 16y ago

I agree, however I find it refreshing and inspiring. A lot of us use typical software and hardware. Nothing esoteric, interesting, or insightful. Just guys using Macs getting some work done.