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by teaearlgraycold 1594 days ago
> My team ended up moving to Paw but that has been a bit problematic since it only supports osx, so some team members are also using insomnia

One of the first things I learned working professionally is that of it’s possible you need to force all engineers to use the same OS. No one will ever agree on one Linux distro. No one wants to develop on Windows (unless you’re developing for Windows). So you should but everyone a MacBook. The time saved by reducing duplicated work in getting things working on your OS more than pays for the Apple tax. As for personal OS preference - get over it.
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sangnoir 1594 days ago
> One of the first things I learned working professionally is that of it’s possible you need to force all engineers to use the same OS.

Why stop there? You may also deny engineers admin access so they can't install unauthorized software alternatives to the one true path(tm). The policy is really solidified by not revising the list of blessed software for many years[1], assuring there are no support tickets, and your stack is truly 'stable'. Why let software engineers choose which software they'd like to install?

1. Eclipse is on the list, always has. Jetbrains requires skip-level approval as support is still experimental. What is VSCode? No one knows the process of adding it to the approved packages.

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htgb 1594 days ago
With your reasoning, wouldn't it be work as well to dictate a certain Linux distro?
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teaearlgraycold 1593 days ago
No one will ever agree on one Linux distro
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piaste 1594 days ago
I am legitimately unsure whether or not your comment is satire of a certain kind of pointy-haired middle managers. If it is, it's very well done.
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teaearlgraycold 1593 days ago
No I honestly believe it. Never worked anywhere that even has middle managers
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