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alternatively, see https://usesthis.com/ https://usesthis.com/ - "a collection of nerdy interviews asking people from all walks of life what they use to get the

by 50 3y ago

alternatively, see https://usesthis.com/ https://usesthis.com/ - "a collection of nerdy interviews asking people from all walks of life what they use to get the job done" ongoing since january 2009 some somewhat notable interviews have been submitted before: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=usesthis.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=usesthis.com e.g., aaron swartz[1]: https://usesthis.com/interviews/aaron.swartz/ https://usesthis.com/interviews/aaron.swartz/ 1: his reference of using the MPW 9 font led me towards the discovery of the monaco 9pt bitmap font - curious if it's still around

bjornasm 3y ago
I had a period where I read every interview there, it was so cool to read about peoples tech stacks. I kind of fell off as it seemed like it ended up being more interviews with non-tech people than tech-people which removed some of the interest and utility for me. Got to revisit that site.
- 50 3y ago
  i tend to find the non-tech interviews the most interesting for the remoteness of the tools so to speak, e.g., coming across tools like https://www.wonderdraft.net/ https://www.wonderdraft.net/, a fantasy map creation tool, and thinking it's rather neat
  - beezlebroxxxxxx 3y ago
    I find them interesting too because tech people tend to just all have the latest and greatest hardware, while a lot of non-tech people are getting by on bizarre clunkers and set-ups which have more novelty value.
mattl 3y ago
I did one a few years ago. https://usesthis.com/interviews/matt.lee/ https://usesthis.com/interviews/matt.lee/ Glad to see they’re still doing them. My stack has completely changed since.
- 0ct4via 3y ago
  You should consider asking if they'd like an update! I'm sure they'd love to see how things have changed in the past ~6 years, and readers would enjoy it too :)
  - mattl 3y ago
    Good idea! I’ll reach out
beezlebroxxxxxx 3y ago
Another one is https://workspaces.xyz https://workspaces.xyz , although it's more interesting to see the actual spaces where some people work. Some are hilariously clean and staged, while others look like they were taken mid escape with a go-bag. Unfortunately they're becoming more like a way of marketing tbh, but the sheer amount of posts on it are interesting nonetheless. (The number of people working in crypto is also hilarious.)
jdsalaro 3y ago
I compared some all-time favorite programming fonts last week; you might enjoy that write-up :) ( I tried not to be too biased towards Fira Code as well as JetBrains and Julia Mono ) https://jdsalaro.com/blog/best-programming-fonts/ https://jdsalaro.com/blog/best-programming-fonts/ I also got quite a few suggestions on Mastodon and Tildes, which were added retroactively.

by 50 3y ago

bjornasm 3y ago

I had a period where I read every interview there, it was so cool to read about peoples tech stacks. I kind of fell off as it seemed like it ended up being more interviews with non-tech people than tech-people which removed some of the interest and utility for me. Got to revisit that site.

50 3y ago
i tend to find the non-tech interviews the most interesting for the remoteness of the tools so to speak, e.g., coming across tools like https://www.wonderdraft.net/ https://www.wonderdraft.net/, a fantasy map creation tool, and thinking it's rather neat
- beezlebroxxxxxx 3y ago
  I find them interesting too because tech people tend to just all have the latest and greatest hardware, while a lot of non-tech people are getting by on bizarre clunkers and set-ups which have more novelty value.

mattl 3y ago

I did one a few years ago. https://usesthis.com/interviews/matt.lee/ https://usesthis.com/interviews/matt.lee/ Glad to see they’re still doing them. My stack has completely changed since.

0ct4via 3y ago
You should consider asking if they'd like an update! I'm sure they'd love to see how things have changed in the past ~6 years, and readers would enjoy it too :)
- mattl 3y ago
  Good idea! I’ll reach out

beezlebroxxxxxx 3y ago

Another one is https://workspaces.xyz https://workspaces.xyz , although it's more interesting to see the actual spaces where some people work. Some are hilariously clean and staged, while others look like they were taken mid escape with a go-bag. Unfortunately they're becoming more like a way of marketing tbh, but the sheer amount of posts on it are interesting nonetheless. (The number of people working in crypto is also hilarious.)

jdsalaro 3y ago

I compared some all-time favorite programming fonts last week; you might enjoy that write-up :) ( I tried not to be too biased towards Fira Code as well as JetBrains and Julia Mono ) https://jdsalaro.com/blog/best-programming-fonts/ https://jdsalaro.com/blog/best-programming-fonts/ I also got quite a few suggestions on Mastodon and Tildes, which were added retroactively.