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Ask HN: What is your development setup?

13 points by vaughan 15y ago

Just wondering what hardware fellow Hackers are using to write software. Laptop/desktop/monitors/etc.

vaughan 15y ago
MacBook Pro 13" 2009 C2D 2.66 4GB Dell 24" Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0
jfb 15y ago
Bigass Macbook Pro with 27" monitor. Kinesis keyboard, J. Random large mouse (I have huge hands). Software, primarily Emacs, some Xcode.
- nuclearsandwich 15y ago
  I recognized your buildout and thought "huh, looks like JFB... oh it is JFB."
  - jfb 15y ago
    Creature of habit.
mcarrano 15y ago
Macbook Pro 13' 2011, Acer 24" Monitor
there 15y ago
11" macbook air, usually looking at 3 tiled xterms under ratpoison on desktop 1, firefox in desktop 2 standup desk - http://www.flickr.com/photos/symmetricalism/5488994391/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/symmetricalism/5488994391/ (i've since gotten rid of the cinema display)
- twog 15y ago
  what are you using for your network monitor?
nantes 15y ago
2009 Mac Mini w/8GB RAM with dual 22" LCD's with a Synergy-connected 14.3" Ubuntu 10.10 laptop. PyCharm for Django development, vim and PhpStorm for PHP, a little Xcode as I learn iOS programming.
nuclearsandwich 15y ago
- Standing station (technically sit-stand but I never sit). - Imprint Runner floor mat - Macbook Pro 8GB, 2.5GHz Core i7, SSD - 25inch Asus Monitor - Das Keyboard Ultimate (recently switch to silent after complaints from coworkers) - Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse (a good mouse is a weighted mouse) - Reasonably crappy Sennheiser headphones - Vim and iTerm in full screen, occasionally switch to X/XMonad+urxvt when I start missing proper window managers.
kingofspain 15y ago
At the risk of looking the odd one out (no Mac here!), I use a dusty Dell tower (8GB RAM, 3x24" screen) and my 13" HP laptop, though I've been working almost exclusively off the laptop for the past few weeks - with a dirt cheap TeckNet wireless mouse that is by far the most comfortable mouse I've ever used.
steventruong 15y ago
Image: http://bit.ly/uszUar http://bit.ly/uszUar 2010 15" Macbook Pro: 2.66GHz Core i7 Processor, Hi-Res Anti-Glare Screen, 8GB Ram, 512GB SSD 30" Apple Cinemas Display Wireless Bluetooth Mac Keyboard Logitech M705 Mouse Razer Vespula Mouse Pad Spare cheap Logitech Cord Mouse Apple Trackpad Logitech Z-2300 Speakers 10 USB Pluggable Hub Samson C03U Microphone
chrisbennet 15y ago
A T400 Thinkpad laptop (closed) running XP (!) and a couple of decent 24" monitors and a decent chair. My person dev setup is a 17" macbookpro and a nice 24" monitor. I'm also a huge fan of the Logitech cordless mice with the tiny USB "nub" transmitter and scroll wheels that spin freely.
dsantos 15y ago
i switched from this: http://imgur.com/QBQNt.jpg http://imgur.com/QBQNt.jpg to this: http://imgur.com/No4os.jpg http://imgur.com/No4os.jpg and to this: http://imgur.com/JVqRa.jpg http://imgur.com/JVqRa.jpg and now i am basically using the macbook pro
- farb 15y ago
  Out of curiosity: why did you made the switch from a bigger monitor to the smaller display of the macbook?
chrisnelson 15y ago
i7 3.4ghz, 16GB DDR3 Hackintosh with a 23inch IPS Dell.
sixtofour 15y ago
Compqrap laptop, linux browser, terminal/shell/ssh. Work and browse on desktop 1, minimal monitoring on desktop 2.

13 points by vaughan 15y ago

Just wondering what hardware fellow Hackers are using to write software. Laptop/desktop/monitors/etc.

vaughan 15y ago

MacBook Pro 13" 2009 C2D 2.66 4GB Dell 24" Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0

jfb 15y ago

Bigass Macbook Pro with 27" monitor. Kinesis keyboard, J. Random large mouse (I have huge hands). Software, primarily Emacs, some Xcode.

nuclearsandwich 15y ago
I recognized your buildout and thought "huh, looks like JFB... oh it is JFB."
- jfb 15y ago
  Creature of habit.

mcarrano 15y ago

Macbook Pro 13' 2011, Acer 24" Monitor

there 15y ago

11" macbook air, usually looking at 3 tiled xterms under ratpoison on desktop 1, firefox in desktop 2 standup desk - http://www.flickr.com/photos/symmetricalism/5488994391/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/symmetricalism/5488994391/ (i've since gotten rid of the cinema display)

twog 15y ago
what are you using for your network monitor?

nantes 15y ago

2009 Mac Mini w/8GB RAM with dual 22" LCD's with a Synergy-connected 14.3" Ubuntu 10.10 laptop. PyCharm for Django development, vim and PhpStorm for PHP, a little Xcode as I learn iOS programming.

nuclearsandwich 15y ago

- Standing station (technically sit-stand but I never sit). - Imprint Runner floor mat - Macbook Pro 8GB, 2.5GHz Core i7, SSD - 25inch Asus Monitor - Das Keyboard Ultimate (recently switch to silent after complaints from coworkers) - Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse (a good mouse is a weighted mouse) - Reasonably crappy Sennheiser headphones - Vim and iTerm in full screen, occasionally switch to X/XMonad+urxvt when I start missing proper window managers.

kingofspain 15y ago

At the risk of looking the odd one out (no Mac here!), I use a dusty Dell tower (8GB RAM, 3x24" screen) and my 13" HP laptop, though I've been working almost exclusively off the laptop for the past few weeks - with a dirt cheap TeckNet wireless mouse that is by far the most comfortable mouse I've ever used.

steventruong 15y ago

Image: http://bit.ly/uszUar http://bit.ly/uszUar 2010 15" Macbook Pro: 2.66GHz Core i7 Processor, Hi-Res Anti-Glare Screen, 8GB Ram, 512GB SSD 30" Apple Cinemas Display Wireless Bluetooth Mac Keyboard Logitech M705 Mouse Razer Vespula Mouse Pad Spare cheap Logitech Cord Mouse Apple Trackpad Logitech Z-2300 Speakers 10 USB Pluggable Hub Samson C03U Microphone

chrisbennet 15y ago

A T400 Thinkpad laptop (closed) running XP (!) and a couple of decent 24" monitors and a decent chair. My person dev setup is a 17" macbookpro and a nice 24" monitor. I'm also a huge fan of the Logitech cordless mice with the tiny USB "nub" transmitter and scroll wheels that spin freely.

dsantos 15y ago

i switched from this: http://imgur.com/QBQNt.jpg http://imgur.com/QBQNt.jpg to this: http://imgur.com/No4os.jpg http://imgur.com/No4os.jpg and to this: http://imgur.com/JVqRa.jpg http://imgur.com/JVqRa.jpg and now i am basically using the macbook pro

farb 15y ago
Out of curiosity: why did you made the switch from a bigger monitor to the smaller display of the macbook?

chrisnelson 15y ago

i7 3.4ghz, 16GB DDR3 Hackintosh with a 23inch IPS Dell.

sixtofour 15y ago

Compqrap laptop, linux browser, terminal/shell/ssh. Work and browse on desktop 1, minimal monitoring on desktop 2.