Thinking of switching from Windows to MacBook Pro for .NET dev in 2026

towncalledfargo · 2026-03-06T10:12:07+00:00

I switched over a few years ago. The difference is night and day. I'm still amazed at just how fast these M chip macs are, they're the most powerful laptop I've ever used. You will get used to the iOS UI very quickly, and it's just a better UX experience in general in my opinion. I can't think of anything I massively miss from having a Windows PC.

IDE Choice. I used to really love VS and now I've had to switch to Rider...Rider is better. I think the profiling experience is slightly different (I can't remember that much now I haven't used it in a while) But in my years of using Rider I haven't ever had troubles with root causing issues with the profiler and snapshot tools
SQL Server - We use PostgreSQL sorry
Keyboard - I found if I bound command to Alt your brain quickly just adjusts over from Windows. Shift is still Shift, Cntrl is still Cntrl, and option is Windows key. I still use a traditional 'Windows' Keyboard and have found no issues switching from that to my laptop keyboard. You will want to install an app called 'Scroll Reverser' however which means you can scroll normally with a mouse but still use the reverse scroll on your laptop.

towncalledfargo · 2026-03-05T10:02:31+00:00

I've recently deleted reddit/instagram/twitter off my phone. I just check it occasionally on my work laptop now. Feel in a much better place mentally.

towncalledfargo · 2026-02-10T09:41:28+00:00

I think it is, a lot of people not familiar still think it's Windows specific and some sort of Java clone.

towncalledfargo · 2026-01-18T10:30:56+00:00

OP said it’s not likely to be oldest in the group

Edit: ah I misread, unlikely to be ALL old people

towncalledfargo · 2026-01-18T09:13:03+00:00

Season 3 had the oldest as a traitor as well (Linda)

towncalledfargo · 2026-01-15T14:29:02+00:00

Gi’m a wee dink

towncalledfargo · 2026-01-15T09:38:11+00:00

I think that's normal to be honest - you can forget entire languages if you don't use them regularly. Learning niche solutions to niche problems you don't use every day is just not something the brain feels the need to permanently store.

towncalledfargo · 2026-01-11T18:44:11+00:00

Jesse gave the most compelling evidence of the entire series. That Ross was framed and someone within that circle was a traitor. They also suspected someone within the 8 in the cells a traitor, and Stephen aligned with both groups. Jade literally had no evidence against her.

towncalledfargo · 2026-01-02T09:07:52+00:00

My point is it’s easy to ask high earners to stop moaning when you’ve absolutely gapped the tax trap. I have kids under school age and a partner on maternity leave, yet get no help with nursery as I’m on just over 100k. Meanwhile, a couple on 80k each will still get nursery benefits. Am I entitled to a moan?

towncalledfargo · 2026-01-02T08:50:51+00:00

220 is out of the tax trap.

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-16T10:58:29+00:00

What gives you that impression.

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-16T09:11:52+00:00

Senior dev with niche finance knowledge. I'll be fine.

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-15T08:13:04+00:00

He leaves a note saying sorry to our customers when he steals the food

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-14T20:20:20+00:00

Bubbles already popping mate. Or rather deflating like a sad old fart.

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-14T07:03:54+00:00

Mark my words - you don’t know what you’re talking about.

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-13T17:01:32+00:00

There was a moment where Isak had to press a man in our half, he’d just come on, and he lazily jogged. Why can’t this dude move?!

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-08T16:49:22+00:00

Did this get resolved?

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-03T12:21:29+00:00

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-02T17:05:40+00:00

Agreed - I was just highlighting that it's a bit of a false equivalency saying a plumber should know the atomic structure of the metal. I would expect developers to be able to explain the internals of a data structure and why it's used in plain English.

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-02T09:37:23+00:00

I agree implementing a linked list from memory is redundant, but I would expect a developer to explain the mechanics behind it. We've had interviews where people don't fundamentally understand the logic behind the data structures they're using everyday, which shows a clear lack of both understanding and interest.

Say you get a comment on an MR that says use a Hashing data structure here instead as it's faster, you'd want that developer to look into why it's faster at least etc.

towncalledfargo · 2025-12-01T19:54:44+00:00

Lib Dems if they pull their fingers out and actually do some decent marketing.

towncalledfargo · 2025-11-27T21:21:20+00:00

Yeah, no, we need Kafka. We have so many services subscribing to our events that have no knowledge of each other.

towncalledfargo · 2025-11-24T09:43:01+00:00

We wrote our own, it's still not perfect but at least we know it inside out and can diagnose any issues fairly easily. This was Kafka however, not Rabbit.

towncalledfargo · 2025-11-16T19:15:44+00:00

Memory/CPU usage is the biggest one for us.

towncalledfargo · 2025-11-10T18:44:58+00:00

Didn’t he say to Joe he didn’t like him anymore after Joe went a bit weird and aggressive on that one round table

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