Uses
When I was trying to build my home office, the uses.tech website helped me a lot to choose my equipment so I share my own too.
Workstation
14'' MacΒook Pro M1 Pro chip with 8‑core CPU, 14‑core GPU and 16GB RAM (2021)
I have tried plenty of different choices. Windows with WSL2, Debian-based Linux systems and even Arch-based systems with i3wm. Despite the fact I was a lot faster using Linux, I was surprised at how stable MacOS is, so here we are.
Last year, I started working remotely, so I was looking for a simple inexpensive desk. I went to IKEA, I tried it, I bought it and I am happy with it.
The same story with the desk. A simple VFM chair for professionals. I went to IKEA, I tried it, I bought it and I am happy with it.
Development
For the most of the coding projects I am working on, I am using VS Code with Vim bindings. It has a huge community and is as simple and as complex as I need.
For configuration files and simple coding projects, I am using Vim. Although I am using VS Code with the Vim bindings, I do not feel ready to switch all my repositories to Vim yet. If you are interested in my dotfiles, you can find them here.
I have tried Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari but I ended up using Brave. I needed something just like Chrome but more private.
When I tried WSL2, I was using Windows Terminal. When I tried Linux, I was using Alacritty. Now, I am using iTerm2. I read that the MacOS community prefers it so I gave it a shot and I liked it.
All of my repositories are hosted on GitHub. The reason I chose it is that it has the biggest community compared with the other platforms.
I do not design a lot but when I do, I use Figma. It is free, simple and online.