Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by philipkiely 2731 days ago
I'm a student and hobbyist developer (multiple current solo and team projects)

Coding/Projects:

* GitHub Pages for static content (Highly Recommend)

* AWS Lambda, AWS Elastic Beanstalk for dynamic Content

* Other AWS Services like SNS, Pinpoint

* Hover for domain names and associated things (Highly Recommend)

* Django, Python, Vanilla JS, Bootstrap, Vanilla CSS, HTML for web apps

* Native apps in Swift (Xcode) , Java (Android Studio)

* Atom for editing, terminal, git via GitHub and VSTS (now Azure Devops)

* Quantopian for trading algorithms

General:

* Quiver for notes

* Keyboard Maestro for automation

* OmniFocus for task management (Highly Recommend)

* Good old Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) for their intended purpose

Hardware:

* 2015 Macbook Pro (dual core i5 / 16G DDR3 RAM / 512G aftermarket SSD) (OSX pretty obvious from software list)

* 28" fairly low resolution BenQ monitor

* WASD Keyboard w/ Cherry MX Clear (Highly Recommend)

* Logitech MX Master 2S (Highly Recommend)

* Standing Desk: A table with monitor, computer, peripherals on cardboard boxes of various sizes (Highly Recommend)