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Setting up my new Machine

Starship (Shell Prompt) Slack Magnet Window Manager iTerm2 Visual Studio Code Homebrew
  1. Starship is the minimal, blazing fast, and extremely customizable prompt for any shell! Shows the information you need, while staying sleek and minimal. Quick installation available for Bash, Fish, ZSH, Ion, and Powershell.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Starship: This is a newer tool for me but I love the information-rich command prompts and the overall look.

    #Developer Tools #Programming #Terminal 188 social mentions

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    A messaging app for teams who see through the Earth!
    Now it was time to get my most-used applications. My machine came preloaded with Slack, so I didn't need to worry about that. But there were a handful of other things I wanted right away.

    #Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Chat 208 social mentions

  3. Magnet Developers
    Magnet: I actually didn't download this until day three and was wondering why my monitor was bugging me so much. Windows managers are so key!

    #Window Manager #OSX Tools #OSX Window Manager 68 social mentions

  4. 4
    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Iterm2: I find this a nicer option than the built-in apple terminal.

    #Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 100 social mentions

  5. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    VS Code: My IDE of choice. I'll dive into this more in a moment.

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1017 social mentions

  6. The missing package manager for macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 879 social mentions

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