15th January 2020

My Web Development Setup

The following is a my work setup as of April 2021.

WSL2 is my default shell at long last. I'm rocking oh-my-zsh with a bunch of plugins.
Windows Terminal has me covered for WSL, git-bash, CMD and PowerShell in one place. Love it.
NPM packages I install globally.

Chrome is my main browser. The dev tools are best in show and React Developer Tools is pretty essential.
Notion for daily note taking, to-do lists and planning small projects.
Slack or Teams depending on the client.
Postman to test and debug APIs.
Figma for UI design.
DataGrip. "Many databases, one tool"
Affinity Photo is my Photoshop/Lightroom.
Docker Desktop for Docker obviously.
HitFilm Express for video editing. I don't do enough of this these days to justify Adobe Premiere.
Spotify for music. Windows built-in video player.

G Suite give me the best of GMail, Drive and co for my business.
Since GitHub began offering free private repos I've found myself slowly migrating across my projects from BitBucket.
Netlify hosts most of my static sites including this one.
SVGOMG - UI for optimising SVGs. Installed as a PWA.

Surface Pro 6 which I connect to the dock when I'm at my desk.
Logitech MX Master mouse.
Keychron K2. I went mechanical and ditched the numpad in the process. Less twisting at the elbow for the mouse == more comfort. Believe the hype.
A 34-inch LG UltraWide monitor. I use PowerToys FancyZones to manage application windows.
Bose QuietComfort 35 II noise-cancelling headphones. The open-plan offices I've worked in recently have made these puppies worth every penny.
My Google Pixel 2 XL is nearly 3.5 years old. The battery is pretty poor these days but it'll do until Pixel 6.
There's a couple of Raspberry Pis gathering dust somewhere.

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