Setting up a Mac for Development

1

Rectangle

I use rectangle to move and resize windows using keyboard shortcuts. I used to use spectacle, but rectangle is more regularly maintained and allows me to use all of the same keyboard shortcuts as spectacle.

#Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 447 social mentions

2

Privacy Badger

Tracker Blocker - Privacy Badger Firefox now includes tracker blocking, but I leave Privacy Badger enabled.

#Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Privacy 84 social mentions

3

iTerm2

#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 100 social mentions

4

Inkscape

#Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Art Tools 483 social mentions

5

stretchly

There is also a cross platform break timer call Stretchly. I have not used it but a lot of people have recommended it.

#Health And Fitness #iPhone #Time Tracking 21 social mentions

6

Stats

I used to use iStat Menus, but a few people in my twitch chat pointed me to stats, a FOSS menu bar stats app. I tried it out, and I like it so far.

#Monitoring Tools #Mac Tools #Device Management 94 social mentions

7

AppCleaner

App-cleaner - When removing an app, will search your file system for related files / settings that should be removed as well.

#Monitoring Tools #CRM #Utilities 303 social mentions

8

Decentraleyes

Decentraleyes Caches CDN links locally and intercepts requests to serve from the cache. Prevents CDNs from tracking you across websites.

#Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #OS & Utilities 23 social mentions

9

Visual Studio Code

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1017 social mentions

10

Homebrew

Homebrew allows us to install tools and apps from the command line.

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

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iStat Menus

I used to use iStat Menus, but a few people in my twitch chat pointed me to stats, a FOSS menu bar stats app. I tried it out, and I like it so far.

#Monitoring Tools #Device Management #Log Management 53 social mentions