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I have the M1 MacBook Air and it’s best computer I’ve ever owned, hands down. Brought me back to Mac from my X1 carbon 6th gen running Linux (arch btw). The m

by tbrock 6y ago

I have the M1 MacBook Air and it’s best computer I’ve ever owned, hands down. Brought me back to Mac from my X1 carbon 6th gen running Linux (arch btw). The machine itself? - Faster than blue blazes - Dead silent - Cold to the touch (even when cranking) - Has excellent screen and keyboard - No touchbar - Has bonkers battery life - Comes with tiny a/c adapter that charges it quickly When I say fast I mean desktop processor fast. It hauls ass. I do all of my development remotely via ssh and local forwards so the different platform doesn’t affect me at all. Kinda bummed that I can only hook one LG5k display in at a time but whatever, that is kind of a fringe desire anyway. If there was a 14/16" version I'd throw money at Apple again. Once I compared zoom using 120% cpu on my intel Mac to 30% cpu on my apple silicon Mac it was game over. The processors are just more efficient in so many ways. I've been pretty jaded on hardware recently but this made me sit up and go "holy crap" everything else just became obsolete. Unless you have something x86 specific you need to be doing locally or need a huge screen do not hesitate to buy this machine. Apple has knocked it out of the park.

ataylor32 6y ago
Can you elaborate on this?: > I do all of my development remotely via ssh and local forwards I do a little with SSH tunnels, but not much. Do you mean you have it set up so that on your Mac you can go to localhost:8080 (or whatever) in your browser and it will actually go to the remote machine?
- tbrock 6y ago
  Yes, just set up a localforward in your .ssh/config like this: Host dev HostName <ip_of_dev_box> User <my_username> ForwardAgent yes AddKeysToAgent yes IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_m1_air LocalForward 8443 localhost:8443 LocalForward 8080 localhost:8080 LocalForward 8065 localhost:8065 LocalForward 3000 localhost:3000 ... Those line's effectively mean forward my local port 8443 to the remote host's 8443. The local port + remote port (and even the remote host) don't need to be the same. Since it’s forwarding a TCP port your aren’t limited to forwarding just the web traffic either. I forward: - Database ports (run mysql or psql locally for example) - Docker socket - Backend api ports - Redis port - Webserver port And more... Then you just use local clients as if those things were all running on your local machine
  - tga 6y ago
    Just one more step missing for a fully remote docker setup: have you ever tried combining this with a sshfs mount so you can also develop an app running in a remote container?
    - tbrock 6y ago
      Maybe I'll try that
    - jokethrowaway 6y ago
      Visual Studio has [this](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh) which is quite painless to use
  - ataylor32 6y ago
    Thanks! This sounds like a great setup.
- beagle3 6y ago
  It’s worth reading a bit about sshuttle. It basically leverages ssh into a simple one way VPN as far as ergonomics and user experience go (but the underlying implementation is closer to opening LocalForward connections on demand). Highly recommended.
  - crgwbr 6y ago
    Almost as easy: just setup a point to point WireGuard tunnel. I used sshuttle for remote Docker dev for a while, but found that WireGuard way outperforms it.
    - beagle3 6y ago
      sshuttle is definitely no efficiency daemon - however, it only requires being able to ssh to the other side, amd run Python there, and that’s it - whereas for Wireguard you need root on the other side, a sufficiently new kernel (or building an out of kernel module) - it’s way better if you can use it but IME it isn’t “almost as easy” - sshuttle usually just works if you can ssh.
kyawzazaw 6y ago
> i use arch btw :)))
mraza007 6y ago
Hey do you miss using Arch linux when you moved to m1 Mac
- tbrock 6y ago
  Yes I do. I love my Linux setup but I was getting sick of my computer performing like dogshit when I needed to be on a video call screen share AND do something at the same time.
  - mraza007 6y ago
    I see I have been using Arch on my Dell XPS 13 running i3wm I’m kinda hesitant to switch to mac as I would loose the power to customize my environment compared to linux

by tbrock 6y ago

ataylor32 6y ago

Can you elaborate on this?: > I do all of my development remotely via ssh and local forwards I do a little with SSH tunnels, but not much. Do you mean you have it set up so that on your Mac you can go to localhost:8080 (or whatever) in your browser and it will actually go to the remote machine?

tbrock 6y ago
Yes, just set up a localforward in your .ssh/config like this: Host dev HostName <ip_of_dev_box> User <my_username> ForwardAgent yes AddKeysToAgent yes IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_m1_air LocalForward 8443 localhost:8443 LocalForward 8080 localhost:8080 LocalForward 8065 localhost:8065 LocalForward 3000 localhost:3000 ... Those line's effectively mean forward my local port 8443 to the remote host's 8443. The local port + remote port (and even the remote host) don't need to be the same. Since it’s forwarding a TCP port your aren’t limited to forwarding just the web traffic either. I forward: - Database ports (run mysql or psql locally for example) - Docker socket - Backend api ports - Redis port - Webserver port And more... Then you just use local clients as if those things were all running on your local machine
- tga 6y ago
  Just one more step missing for a fully remote docker setup: have you ever tried combining this with a sshfs mount so you can also develop an app running in a remote container?
  - tbrock 6y ago
    Maybe I'll try that
  - jokethrowaway 6y ago
    Visual Studio has [this](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh) which is quite painless to use
- ataylor32 6y ago
  Thanks! This sounds like a great setup.
beagle3 6y ago
It’s worth reading a bit about sshuttle. It basically leverages ssh into a simple one way VPN as far as ergonomics and user experience go (but the underlying implementation is closer to opening LocalForward connections on demand). Highly recommended.
- crgwbr 6y ago
  Almost as easy: just setup a point to point WireGuard tunnel. I used sshuttle for remote Docker dev for a while, but found that WireGuard way outperforms it.
  - beagle3 6y ago
    sshuttle is definitely no efficiency daemon - however, it only requires being able to ssh to the other side, amd run Python there, and that’s it - whereas for Wireguard you need root on the other side, a sufficiently new kernel (or building an out of kernel module) - it’s way better if you can use it but IME it isn’t “almost as easy” - sshuttle usually just works if you can ssh.

kyawzazaw 6y ago

> i use arch btw :)))

mraza007 6y ago

Hey do you miss using Arch linux when you moved to m1 Mac

tbrock 6y ago
Yes I do. I love my Linux setup but I was getting sick of my computer performing like dogshit when I needed to be on a video call screen share AND do something at the same time.
- mraza007 6y ago
  I see I have been using Arch on my Dell XPS 13 running i3wm I’m kinda hesitant to switch to mac as I would loose the power to customize my environment compared to linux