Of course there are no must-haves. There are successful programmers on all platforms. It is obviously a matter of taste.
My taste wants MacOS. I wouldn't consider working without unix. Nor would I consider working without the bazillion automations and niceties that are only available on MacOS. Alfred, bbedit, Omni Outliner are just the beginning. AppleScript comes in handy sometimes (allows Nodejs integration with everything). Spaces. Launch Control.
And the list only ends there if you use a separate machine for developing than you do for living. Continuity. Keychain. iMessages so I can send text from my computer.
No. You would not be just fine with a cheap Linux box any more than you would be just fine living in a refrigerator carton. Sure, the carton would keep you out of the rain but, barely living is, well, it's not for me.
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Of course there are no must-haves. There are successful programmers on all platforms. It is obviously a matter of taste.
My taste wants MacOS. I wouldn't consider working without unix. Nor would I consider working without the bazillion automations and niceties that are only available on MacOS. Alfred, bbedit, Omni Outliner are just the beginning. AppleScript comes in handy sometimes (allows Nodejs integration with everything). Spaces. Launch Control.
And the list only ends there if you use a separate machine for developing than you do for living. Continuity. Keychain. iMessages so I can send text from my computer.
No. You would not be just fine with a cheap Linux box any more than you would be just fine living in a refrigerator carton. Sure, the carton would keep you out of the rain but, barely living is, well, it's not for me.