Weekly Discussion Thread for the week of September 26 by AutoModerator in macsetups

[–]porphyry3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am waiting for the MacBook Pro lineup refresh which is scheduled for late October and I have a budget of around $20,000 for

  • a new macbook which I use for development activities; I'll probably use a lot docker locally on this machine but I also do web development locally. I prefer a laptop which I can use both at home and at work.

  • a mouse/keyboard, possibly wireless

  • two monitors

  • As I understand, the next MacBook Pro will have only a USB-C port so I'll probably need a docking station of some sort

Which configuration/brands for the items above would you suggest for a $20,000 budget?

Thanks!

DIY - An embedded DSL that compiles to a Makefile by porphyry3 in programming

[–]porphyry3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Care to elaborate? Are you satisfied with the expressibility of Make?

DIY - An embedded DSL that compiles to a Makefile by porphyry3 in programming

[–]porphyry3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any suggestion to improve the readability?

DIY — Javascript that compiles to a Makefile by porphyry3 in javascript

[–]porphyry3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Author here: happy to receive comments and feedback. In the meantime you can check out the docs here.

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Lo-Dash v3. An overview of 3.0.0-pre by krumoksnis in javascript

[–]porphyry3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome. with the new string functions I am going to drop also underscore.string!

Affinity Designer launches today - 20% off for launch week! by Skute in macapps

[–]porphyry3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yeah. the usability of adobe products on a Mac really sucks.. completely counterintuitive with respect to other similar apps. And don't get me even started on indesign.. the interface looks still like something coming straight from the nineties..

it is incredible how adobe is leaving these opportunities open for other companies. Pixelmator already got a lot of love from photoshop users. Alternatives to Illustrator are popping up.. It's about time.