setup-new-computer-script

"Removing an ideal opportunity to learn" A script like this is also a reference, a known state, which is valuable, even necessary, all by itself regardless if you agree with what…

``` defaults write com.apple.finder ShowPathbar -bool true ``` This is handy. I could never figure out how to reliably use a Finder window to navigate to a specific directory so…

I'm probably in the minority here but I would never run this if given the option. Most of the stuff in here has nothing to do with development as is just personal preference.…

I am 100% with you. I did some consulting work for a startup that had this kind of thing. “Oh you are having trouble with our dev environment? We have a small script that will…

As a long time brew and Mac user who keeps his Linux/Mac environments in relative sync, I find these scripts fascinating, but would ultimately never, ever run anything like this,…

We have many devs who are fresh out of university or used to windows, so not all are experts with the Linux/Mac command-line. This is helpful for them... Removing an ideal…

Something I've not seen done, but to me seems like it would be much more useful than a shell script (or maybe would have, in these tools' heyday), would have been to use a tool…

Sorry, but configuration management supersedes setup scripts. This isn't interesting.

I've found that using ansible works pretty well for setting up dev machines.

Here's some feedback if it's helpful for the author. As mentioned in the comments, the script is supposed to cover fresh grads and Windows users with no prior Linux/macOS…

Author here: This script helps new developers at my workplace setup their MacBook laptops quick, letting them hit the ground running. Before this script, it could take 2-5 days…

Author here: While developing it, I have run it a great number of times on my own computer (in addition to testing on clean MacOS install VMs) and it will only install what is…

The bits about Python caught my eye. What is the current state of the art with python on Mac? Python 2->3, brew vs core install and pyenv changes all seem to combine to make it a…

https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook a well loved and maintained ansible playbook for macs. Just FYI

Nice - i learned few tricks from there. for the mac setup, I have been using this for years and works well for me. https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook

Nice work! I’ve used a similar script for Ruby dev (actually I use it as a reference rather than just running it, but still useful): https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop The…

This script is a great pitch why Nix is the future. Using these scripts as a way to give "reproducible" build environments is just doomed.

> I use Nix where possible and tend to avoid homebrew. Half of these things I have in my dotfiles or nix configs already, as do most of my peers. I think this makes "is this…