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Just bought my first macbook what apps should I install as a web developer? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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During my entire life (32 years) I used windows and linux machines. Now I bought my first mac book and I would like to know what tools is nice to have to make my work easy.

I am a developer ruby on rails and use vscode, also I use the terminal a lot and the default terminal is not that great. Also I miss notepad++

Any sugestions?

Thank You

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

iStat Menus - gives nice menubar system monitoring panes
Soulver - notepad/calculator hybrid. great for working out thinky problems that involve math
GrandPerspective - disk space usage management/visualization. There's prettier options but none as quick and straightforward.
Postico - Nice GUI for postgres
Turn on hot corners for multitasking. Throw your cursor in a corner -> see all open apps/windows/desktop. (Used to be a default but now it's more hidden.)

For development? I just use VSCode and the default terminal with zpresto. (Though i switch to Nova for basic build-less html css/js stuff. It's a nice native app as all things Panic are.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using GrandPerspective since I worked at an Apple store in 2008. Highly recommend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Go oldskool - try DiskInventoryX (free)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wow this hot coners is very cool. Thanks for this.