Amirul Naim Mohd Solong

My current setup

My personal preference of software and hardware that I use to build software.

Workstation

I'm currently using laptop that my company provide and this time, I got my chances to have Macbook M3 Pro! (in which expensive for me 💸💸💸)

  • Apple M3 chip
  • 16GB memory
  • 500GB SSD
  • Sonoma macOS

I've been a Windows user in my entire life and with this, it will be a great opportunity to compare both Windows and Mac in term of developer experience.

Code Editor

I use Visual Studio Code as my main IDE for web development. It's free, open-source, and cross-platform, working on Windows, Linux, and macOS, and it has an in-built debugger. Plus, it has extension marketplace where it support hundreds of programming language and provide a robust tools. A simple extension named Auto Close Tag help automatically add close tag and it increase my productivity

Currently, I'm test out on promising code editor, Zed, a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. It's also open source.

Terminal

Just migrated to iTerm from Tabby as my ultimate toolbox for remote computing and I used it in my daily task. Eventhough it might not the same with the one that I used before (MobaXterm), as this is my first time using Macbook and I want to get familiarize with current setup first.

Development

For now, I'm gonna use Laravel Herd as it has similarity with Laragon (for Windows only), the all-in-one development that provides everything that I need to get started with Laravel development including PHP, nginx and Node. Unfortunately, database service like MySQL only available in Herd Pro. So for this case, I'm gonna use DBngin.

In addition, I have love-hate relationship with Docker. It does allow for easy deployment and development across multiple platforms, but it consume a lot of resources of the laptop. So I'm might switching to Podman, a fast and lighweight tools to manage containers, pods, and images.

As for git GUI, I'm much preferred using Fork, it has been my favourite simple and modern tools since the first day using git. It is also free to use.

API client

Still trying to figure out on how bruno works, I like the way we can collaborate API collections through git plus it's offline-only tools.

Debugging tools

The best value tools I ever bought are Tinkerwell and Ray by Spatie, it does pricey 💸 if you convert to MYR. Tinkerwell allow you to run prototype functions and controller methods without leaving the editor while it integrated with Laravel Herd very well. Meanwhile, Ray is a desktop application that serves as the dedicated home for debugging output.

Note Taking

I use Notion as my note taking. It support rich media with various file types, it offers syncing cross-platform devices and the best part is it provide customizable templates.