The Setup - Aaron Boodman (Greasemonkey, Chrome)

http://aaron.boodman.usesthis.com/

by Adrock • 16 years ago

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w1ntermute5• 16 years ago

Finally someone with a setup similar to mine (though I use Vim instead of Emacs, WeeChat instead of irssi, and am planning to move from Screen to tmux).

Using a terminal multiplexer like Screen or tmux as your "IDE" is one of the most amazing things I've discovered. It's completely changed how I work - I can start/stop working at any time from any machine that has an SSH client. Apparently with tmux, it'll even preserve your tiling layout.

uggedal• 16 years ago

My main development "box" is a 512MB Linode running tmux, weechat, vim, and some zsh consoles. Efficient, consistent and reachable from all kind of machines and places.

w1ntermute5• 16 years ago

How much does that cost you? I was thinking of doing something similar, except through Amazon EC2. It could be quite a bit cheaper than having a home server, and definitely wouldn't be so loud.

liuliu• 16 years ago

Shame on me, I didn't know what KVM cable is until this post. Now I know how to switch between my PC and Mac seamlessly. Thanks!

chime• 16 years ago

If you have separate monitors for your PC/Mac, check out: http://synergy-foss.org/ - it's a software keyboard/mouse switcher. I have my PC and Mac Mini hooked up such that I can just copy something on my PC, move my mouse over to OSX and paste it. It's really awesome though the software took a LOT of configuring (on the OSX-side) to get everything right.

yurifury• 16 years ago

An alternative to irssi + screen is ZNC: http://en.znc.in/wiki/ZNC

After installing ZNC on a server, you can use a native IRC client and keep the connectivity usefulness of screen.

MatthewRayfield• 16 years ago

"Linux: HP Z600 running Lucid Lynx. 2x Quad-core Xeon @ 2.27 GHz, 12 Gb RAM.

Windows: HP Z600 running Vista. 2x Quad-core Xeon @ 2.27 GHz, 12 Gb RAM.

OS X: Mac Pro running Snow Leopard. 2x Quad-core Xeon @2.26 GHz, 12 Gb RAM."

Anybody know what Google standard issue? It's hard to imagine that they equip all there people THIS well. Then again, they are Google.

yuvadam• 16 years ago

AFAIK, each developer is allowed to specify their setup the way they see fit - up to some $$$ limit.

w1ntermute5• 16 years ago

It may not be the same limit for each developer. For example, this guy has a valid reason to have physical access to a Linux, Windows, and OS X machine.

wyclif• 16 years ago

This is my fave The Setup so far. Finally, someone who doesn't report the typical (and boring) Mac Pro/MacBook Pro hardware combo.

The Setup - Aaron Boodman (Greasemonkey, Chrome)

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