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My Minimal Web Development Setup

Saurabh Sharma on August 08, 2022

This is the setup I use daily to get things done as a full-stack web developer. I love knowing about tools other people are using and here I'm shar...

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Chad Adams • Aug 9 '22 • Edited

Similar to mine though I use...

Joplin instead of Obsidian for dev notes
Beekeeper Studio instead of Postbird for Database GUI
Hoppscotch instead of Insomnia REST API
Penpot instead of Figma (I still use Figma but been playing around with PenPot because it's an open source Figma alternative)
Warp for the terminal (Because it has good intellisense and as a web developer I like stuff to look good. The default terminal is ugly)

Saurabh Sharma • Aug 10 '22

Nice setup

Alex Radetsky • Aug 11 '22

I use iterm2 instead of default terminal because of few things - nice full screen shortcut and copy to the clipboard while selecting the text without additional command.

Fish as default shell.

DBeaver for RDBMS.

Do not forget about docker, Firefox for Developers, etc.

Saurabh Sharma • Aug 13 '22

I tried iterm but the features provided by default terminal were enough for me.

zanothis • Aug 10 '22

For windows, PowerToys Run looks comparable to Spotlight.

Locky Keaney • Aug 8 '22

I've got an M1 Macbook Air for personal use, but it's much better than my 16" Macbook Pro (2019) so I've found myself using it more lately. I can happily recommend.

Saurabh Sharma • Aug 10 '22

Yeah M1 macbook are very capable machines

Wilmela • Aug 9 '22

Great!, I think I will borrow one or two things here.

Saurabh Sharma • Aug 10 '22

Thank Wilmela, Glad you found it helpful

Andrew Baisden • Aug 8 '22

Great setup I can see that we use similar tools.

Saurabh Sharma • Aug 13 '22

Thanks Andrew

Wj • Aug 8 '22

nice!

Saurabh Sharma • Aug 10 '22

Thanks WJ

Cristian Estarlich • Aug 8 '22

Nice setup! I'm a bit curious about obsidian, for me notion works like a charm but I'm seeing a lot of devs working with this app, will take a look for sure!