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Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by pivo » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 1:56 PM UTC

unwantedLetters wrote: post #11

augustl wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another Windows sighting! http://jakob.nielsen.usesthis.com/

http://jason.rohrer.usesthis.com/ Another windows sighting. And the most fascinating of the interviews I've read.

> On the other partition, I installed Ubuntu 7.04 (aka Feisty Fawn), which is my main development OS, and what I boot into almost every day.

So he uses Windows and Mac OS for platform-specific builds, but Linux day-to-day.

Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by maxklein » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 1:57 PM UTC

Pretty standard setup he uses. The most informative usesthis I've seen is with Marco Arment: http://marco.arment.usesthis.com/

Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by mapleoin » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 1:57 PM UTC

Which site is he managing with Yahoo Store?

Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by tomhoward » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 2:00 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #23

Which site is he managing with Yahoo Store?

http://paulgraham.com/

Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by vgurgov » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 2:04 PM UTC

I also enjoyed this interview with _why http://why.usesthis.com/

Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by vgurgov » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 2:04 PM UTC

skbohra123 wrote: post #9

One common thing in all usesthis.com interviews is, no one uses Windows OS as their main operating system and Mac is used most. Only person I found using Windows is Mitch Altman so far.

check out _why http://why.usesthis.com/

Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by joe_bleau » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 2:10 PM UTC

skbohra123 wrote: post #9

One common thing in all usesthis.com interviews is, no one uses Windows OS as their main operating system and Mac is used most. Only person I found using Windows is Mitch Altman so far.

One of my favorite hardware hackers does: http://andrew.huang.usesthis.com/

Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by mapleoin » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 2:11 PM UTC

tomhoward wrote: post #24

mapleoin wrote: post #23

Which site is he managing with Yahoo Store?

http://paulgraham.com/

Oh, I thought he was talking about an actual store. I suppose this explains the believe it or not part.

Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by unwantedLetters » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 2:18 PM UTC

pivo wrote: post #21

unwantedLetters wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://jason.rohrer.usesthis.com/ Another windows sighting. And the most fascinating of the interviews I've read.

> On the other partition, I installed Ubuntu 7.04 (aka Feisty Fawn), which is my main development OS, and what I boot into almost every day. So he uses Windows and Mac OS for platform-specific builds, but Linux day-to-day.

Ah, true. I was posting it more as just a simple sighting of Windows, and because Jason's setup is pretty incredible.

Re: Paul Graham : uses this.

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Post by elblanco » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 2:28 PM UTC

unwantedLetters wrote: post #11

augustl wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another Windows sighting! http://jakob.nielsen.usesthis.com/

http://jason.rohrer.usesthis.com/ Another windows sighting. And the most fascinating of the interviews I've read.

I know this isn't a popular POV, but I've always thought that developers should work on last gen hardware. Getting good performance out of last gen hardware ensures great performance for the typical user.

(okay, let's be reasonable, the build machine should be stupid fast so nobody is sitting around for half a day while the repository builds).