Everything I install and set up on a new MacBook as a web developer

1

Rectangle

I was a Spectacle user for years, but I recently switched to using Rectangle for window management. Rectangle has a few more options than Spectacle; I’m still getting used to it but I have no strong feelings either way.

#Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 446 social mentions

2

Vanilla

If I’m recording a full screen capture for videos, I like to hide the app icons at the top of the screen. I use Vanilla for this.

#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 13 social mentions

3

iTerm2

I’ve tried other new and fancy terminals, but iTerm2 does the job. I use the Fira Code font (with ligatures enabled), and the Dracula colour palette.

#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions

4

Visual Studio Code

I use VS Code. It’s free and built on open source. I use the Settings Sync feature which means that all my themes and plugins are managed in the cloud, so I don’t need to maintain an up-to-date list.

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1008 social mentions

5

GitHub CLI

Two CLI tools I install right away are the GitHub CLI (via brew) and the Netlify CLI (via npm).

#Productivity #Git #Code Collaboration 104 social mentions

6

Homebrew

I try to install as much as possible using Homebrew. The first packages I install when setting up a new machine are node and nvm. I also brew install lolcat, which lets me do this:.

#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 877 social mentions

7

Arc

In 2023 I’ve been using Arc browser. It’s built on Chromium so it can use all the Chrome store extensions. Essential browser extensions for me are:.

#Web Browsers #Customisable Web Browser #Web Development Tools 59 social mentions