Ask HN: What are you programming on? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are you programming on?

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Post by mbrumlow » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 6:14 PM UTC

stealthcat wrote: post #18

8draco8 wrote: post #13

Recently Thinkpad X230, i5, 8GB RAM, SSD. Honestly I don't need more for web dev, mostly backend. I have custom build PC in storage with AMD FX8520, 16RAM and some Nvidia GPU that I could use and objectively would be faster but my X230 is good enough. As for software until December I was using Ubuntu 17.10, since 1st of December I'm on Ubuntu Mate 17.10. I was Windows then Mac user in the past. I always had somekind…

How do you cope with small screen? I reduced my font scaling so I could fit more text and UI.

I have a x270 that I just don't use, about to put on ebay because I can't stand the screen size. I thought I could but I just cant :(.

Its a shame too because it was the top of the line one...

Re: Ask HN: What are you programming on?

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Post by freshcalendar » Mon, Dec 25, 2017, 2:23 AM UTC

grover_hartmann wrote: post #10

Desktop: Dual-Core E5500, 2GB RAM (upgrading to 8GB soon). Laptop: ThinkPad T450, i5 broadwell CPU, 8GB RAM, 256 SSD. I run Arch Linux with i3wm on both computers.

https://freshcalendars.com/

Re: Ask HN: What are you programming on?

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Post by 8draco8 » Thu, Jan 04, 2018, 2:36 PM UTC

stealthcat wrote: post #18

8draco8 wrote: post #13

Recently Thinkpad X230, i5, 8GB RAM, SSD. Honestly I don't need more for web dev, mostly backend. I have custom build PC in storage with AMD FX8520, 16RAM and some Nvidia GPU that I could use and objectively would be faster but my X230 is good enough. As for software until December I was using Ubuntu 17.10, since 1st of December I'm on Ubuntu Mate 17.10. I was Windows then Mac user in the past. I always had somekind…

How do you cope with small screen? I reduced my font scaling so I could fit more text and UI.

Short answer is: I don't. In my home office I have external monitor and laptop screen is used just as email/slack screen to keep an eye on notifications. In rare occasions when I am on the go this small screen in enough. It's not 27 inch 5k display but I can get the job done. Main thing that helps me with that is multiple desktops and fast switch between them assigned to one of my Logitech G600 side buttons.