(Updated) Get your new Mac ready for code! — More than a year ago, I wrote up a story on how one goes about setting up an M1 Mac for some programming and development. Not only is it super outdated at this point, but boy was my writing BAD. This guide is an updated remaster of that atrocity, though…

Here we go again… — I’m back with another list! The title says it all (or if you want more context, read this article first and come back here!). 6 Free macOS Utilities That Should Actually Become Features From niche life-savers to everyday essentialsmedium.com Let’s get started, shall we? 1) AppCleaner The cool way to uninstall any macOS app.

From niche life-savers to everyday essentials — I just hit my one-year anniversary with macOS on my beloved 2020 MacBook Pro a while ago. So far, my macOS install has successfully survived through two Java courses’ worth of code, some illustrative work on Affinity Designer, a dozen unfinished web apps/projects, and a crap ton of Google Chroming…

Say Hello to Webview and Tauri — Electron (for Those Living Under a Rock) Electron has become one of the most popular cross-platform frameworks over the past few years. It’s about to hit over 100k stars on GitHub, just for reference. The idea behind it is pretty cool to this day: developers create a project in a single codebase that’ll work in any desktop…

Programming, Algorithms, Machine Learning, and more! — Nowadays, there are a whole lot of resources to get you started in the huge field of Computer Science. There’s so much stuff out there that many people—including me—face choice overload (yep, that’s a thing) when trying to learn something new. This is a huge turn-off for beginners getting into…

When programmers get quirky… — 1) Anime-Girls-Holding-Programming-Books Yep, the title says it all. Yep, it's the title image of my article. Yep, it has 7.3k stars on GitHub and counting. What more would you want than your favorite anime waifu holding one of over 100 different programming textbooks? If you want to fire up photoshop and contribute…

Your Touch Bar Becomes Useful, Finally! — What’s With the Touch Bar? Over the years, Apple’s MacBook Pro Touch Bar has gained the notoriety of being “an unneeded feature turning unwanted” (along with the dreaded butterfly keys). And without surprise, I felt the exact same I got a MacBook Pro as my main machine. Despite promising to be a supplement to your…

Here’s emmetapp, the next window manager for macOS — I’ve been enjoying my new M1 MacBook Pro a lot recently (pssst if you’re a developer and need help setting yours up, head over to this article I previously wrote!), but there’s still a thing that bugs me to this day… Window management in stock macOS is a nightmare. The Problem I’m…

(OLD) Homebrew, Node.js, and all the goodies! — NOTE — Please Read! This story was published over a year ago. Since then, the M1 (or Apple Silicon) scene has matured so much to the point that I felt it necessary to rewrite my entire guide. Please refer to my new guide here: My Ultimate Apple Silicon Developer Setup (Updated) Get your new Mac ready for code!medium.com Save yourself from reading my horrible writing from last year…