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My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Re: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Post by uggedal »

My 11" Macbook Air setup is a bit unconventional:

* Debian Wheezy (I haven't been able to create a customized and focused OS X setup)

* Puppet (For managing the installation and configuration of all the following applications)

* ssh

* zsh (beats bash in my book)

* ufw (best alternative I've found on Linux to BSDs pf)

* tmux (obsoleted screen for me)

* vim

* ack (intelligent recursive file search)

* git

* rsync

* curl

* keychain (stores password decrypted ssh keys in memory)

* awesome (tiling window manager configured in Lua)

* urxvt (running in client-server mode to save resources)

* spotify

* mplayer (for playing videos and audio not streamed from spotify)

* unclutter (hides the mouse after X seconds of inactivity (I rarely use the mouse))

* firefox (with pentadactyl for vim-like browsing)

* chromium (for testing on webkit)

* mupdf (lightweight pdf viewer)

* sxiv (lightweight image viewer)

* rdesktop (if I need to connect to a Windows machine at work)

* rtorrent

Most puppet modules and application configurations can be found here: http://github.com/uggedal

Re: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Post by chalst »

I tried Omni Focus (I was in the beta programme, and I had been using than Schoonover's Kinkless GTD before, from which Omni Focus derived) and didn't like it. After some time I discovered Org mode and this works for me.

I think the Org mode journal style just fits the way most people plan much better than the GTD ramified list approach. You have a file per project or maintenance domain and you jot down your priorities, interleaving tasks where they are relevant tasks. Then Org mode's tools put together the lists you need when you are getting through your tasks. There's no need to internalise a complex external model, a step that clearly many people fail at when they try to apply GTD.

More generally, I find that when I started using OSX, I used a lot of the Apple-esque programs but over the years I've mostly migrated back to software that runs on Linux. OSX has increasingly become a wacky UNIX with a nice GUI to me. The superbly integrated Parallels is the only non-bundled software on OSX that I would really hate to live without.

Re: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Post by chalst »

uggedal wrote: post #102

My 11" Macbook Air setup is a bit unconventional: * Debian Wheezy (I haven't been able to create a customized and focused OS X setup) * Puppet (For managing the installation and configuration of all the following applications) * ssh * zsh (beats bash in my book) * ufw (best alternative I've found on Linux to BSDs pf) * tmux (obsoleted screen for me) * vim * ack (intelligent recursive file search) * git * rsync * curl…

What is this keychain? ssh-agent stores the decrypted keys in memory, too.

Re: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Post by arb99 »

davepeck wrote: post #40

Hey neat, my app https://GetCloak.com/ made it into the list. And we're still beta -- though v1.0 is coming quite soon. Fun!

looks good and like something i've been looking for (easy to set up vpn when using public wifi), but with only limited contact details on your site hard to build trustworthiness tbh.

Re: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Post by sirn »

maximilian wrote: post #18

> There is absolutely no reason for me to have 16GB of RAM other than to brag about the fact that I have such a ridiculous amount of memory. 16GB in a desktop really isn't that ridiculous especially as a developer that might run VMs. In a non-mac with 4 ram slots, its <$100, which is very attainable. He is running an iMac with only 2 slots, making the RAM more like $250, but for a developer, this still isn't that muc…

All iMacs since late-2009 has four slots[1].

[1]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1423#1

Re: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Post by xmr »

kennywinker wrote: post #32

I haven't used Appfigures, because I was turned off by my sales figures being stored online, but [AppViz 2]( http://www.ideaswarm.com/AppViz2.html ) is a really great app and I can't recommend it enough. Beautiful graphs, intuitive app, good customer support. etc. etc. AAA+++ would use for iTunes Connect stats again.

I completely agree, AppViz 2 is an excellent app for checking and storing sales reports, iAd revenue, customer reviews & app ranks.

Re: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Post by sirn »

smspence wrote: post #12
thurn wrote: post #2

I'm surprised to not see Quicksilver on a list like this. It's definitely the tool that keeps me coming back to OSX. Most of the "replacements" for it on other platforms (and on OSX) implement very few of its power-user features.

I don't really understand the appeal of Quicksilver. If I want to quickly launch some random program, I just press Command + Space (activates spotlight), type in the first two or three letters of the program name, and press enter. You can also do calculations and look up words in the dictionary. Isn't this what most people use Quicksilver and Alfred for?

Most that still use Quicksilver to today are likely not "most people". The "object-action-object" command of QS is not something Spotlight is capable of (e.g. drag files on desktop to trash, open these images in Photoshop, all without involving a mouse click).

I've quit QS for LaunchBar few years ago (when the author announced the development for QS has ceased) then Spotlight then Alfred. I think Alfred did better than Spotlight as a launcher because of slightly better results (e.g. typing "pho" in my machine list Photo Booth and iPhoto but not the one I want the most: Photoshop) and few little touches here and there where Spotlight didn't get it right (e.g. "press enter to copy" for calculations).

I use file actions a lot (move these files, trash this, etc.), so Spotlight is pretty much out of question.

Re: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Post by robotblake »

chalst wrote: post #104
uggedal wrote: post #102

My 11" Macbook Air setup is a bit unconventional: * Debian Wheezy (I haven't been able to create a customized and focused OS X setup) * Puppet (For managing the installation and configuration of all the following applications) * ssh * zsh (beats bash in my book) * ufw (best alternative I've found on Linux to BSDs pf) * tmux (obsoleted screen for me) * vim * ack (intelligent recursive file search) * git * rsync * curl…

What is this keychain? ssh-agent stores the decrypted keys in memory, too.

Keychain is a frontend (of sorts) for ssh-agent and ssh-add that helps you keep a single instance of ssh-agent running across login sessions.

Pretty rad: http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Keychain

Re: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition)

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Post by davidjairala »

uggedal wrote: post #102

My 11" Macbook Air setup is a bit unconventional: * Debian Wheezy (I haven't been able to create a customized and focused OS X setup) * Puppet (For managing the installation and configuration of all the following applications) * ssh * zsh (beats bash in my book) * ufw (best alternative I've found on Linux to BSDs pf) * tmux (obsoleted screen for me) * vim * ack (intelligent recursive file search) * git * rsync * curl…

What kind of battery time do you get? I've been thinking of installing Debian on my MBA 11" for a while, the only thing holding me back has been battery time.
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