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I don't get people that limit themselves to 1 laptop, be that a mac or win or linux.
Are there actual devs out there only using a Chromebook? Do they jump from one 6 figure job to the next and just delete their google account with each one?
I think Eli the computer guy is the best Youtube public example for how your setup should be.
Also have a good personal policy on the kind of shit you install on your machine. No "toolbars" kind of software like Lastpass or anything.
Bottom line: you might as well just unplug your internet connection on your main dev machine at this point.

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  • 3
    1y
    I used a x270 for about 1,6 years, before that i usually had 200-300 euros laptop

    Noobz need more resource because they can't work efficiently. If you need a shitass IDE written by a bunch of anally-repressed suit-wearing corporate idiots who beat their wife to code, you're not a real coder.
  • 1
    1y
    @antigermanist so what are you using now?
    I agree with the IDE thing in a big part, but sometimes I feel like I need it.
  • 2
    1y
    @gitstashio still x270 but i have a desktop now that I'm settled. I picked an old think center though. Nothing fancy

    arch + i3 + vim + lsp and you're good to go
  • 1
    1y
    @jestdotty no, I use my own hardware for whatever projects I do in my spare time.

    Regarding company hardware, a guy told me his boss gifted him the laptop upon finishing the job. But the laptop had full admin rights (no config from company) and the dev worked there for 8 years.
  • 1
    1y
    @antigermanist desktop for dev ftw
  • 1
    1y
    @jestdotty I agree its an extremely cheap investment on their part, but they always make it seem like a big deal.
    Had to fight hard to get a proper dev laptop.
    Initally they wanted to give me the cheapest machine they had in stock.
  • 2
    1y
    @gitstashio yeah at least im forced to sit at my desk

    But now i feel i'm spending all the time at my desk. I should really take care of that laptop so i can go to the cafe or something
  • 1
    1y
    @antigermanist I live in a part of the world where working at coffee shops was attempted more than 10-15 years ago, but it never materialized. I think its better this way because it leaves more room for young people to pay "thousands of dollars" per coffee cup just to be away from the boomers.
  • 2
    1y
    @gitstashio here it's not that common but I'm freelancer so i can
  • 3
    1y
    @jestdotty > 'you use your own hardware at jobs?'

    Had a job for a month or so, then got fired.

    One of the reasons was - they _were supposed to_ send me a work PC. They never had, but they bitched about my own HW && its setup.

    There were some other things, but I don't care to reminisce those.

    At the time getting fired sucked, as I was in a bad financial place, but long term - it was for the better.
  • 3
    1y
    I used to use a super cheap laptop that I got as a teen, but honestly, if you want to control where I work/what I run, give me a laptop and you better make sure it's a good one, I don't want to be working for some cheap-ass company that can't invest half a month's salary in a good laptop (with a GPU ;P)

    (I'll probably run linux on it anyway)
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