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I have switched to Windows for development on a laptop as well. Linux still feels very "raw" to me on laptops outside of laptops designed to run Linux, and tho
by swe_dima 3y ago
I have switched to Windows for development on a laptop as well.
Linux still feels very "raw" to me on laptops outside of laptops designed to run Linux, and those are very few, hard to buy, not enough options.
MacOS laptops are great... unless you need to work with Docker, then it's still a nightmare. And these days most devs who work with backend need Docker.
Windows with WSL offers a sweet middle spot.
- hoistbypetard 3y agoDocker just incorporated rosetta by default on apple silicon, and it's a night-and-day difference for the way I was using it. I had gone so far as to stop using docker for python app vms, and only use it for postgres and redis. Now I can use it for django and celery again.
- swe_dima 3y agoPersonally, I have used it on Intel macs and on my wife's M1 Pro about a year ago. But we recently had a couple of new folks join our team who opted for M2 laptops and they've been having more or less the same pains I had a year ago, so have to run images with emulation (and those sometimes have nasty segfaults).
- hoistbypetard 3y agoThe update that made it not terrible for me came about a week ago.
- swe_dima 3y agooh, in that case it's awesome news!