I don't get people that limit themselves to 1 laptop, be that a mac or win or linux.
Are there actual devs out there only using a Chromebook? Do they jump from one 6 figure job to the next and just delete their google account with each one?
I think Eli the computer guy is the best Youtube public example for how your setup should be.
Also have a good personal policy on the kind of shit you install on your machine. No "toolbars" kind of software like Lastpass or anything.
Bottom line: you might as well just unplug your internet connection on your main dev machine at this point.

I used a x270 for about 1,6 years, before that i usually had 200-300 euros laptop

Noobz need more resource because they can't work efficiently. If you need a shitass IDE written by a bunch of anally-repressed suit-wearing corporate idiots who beat their wife to code, you're not a real coder.

@antigermanist so what are you using now?
I agree with the IDE thing in a big part, but sometimes I feel like I need it.

you use your own hardware at jobs?

I would be sused out about that. in my experience they should provide the laptop. they'll want control software or company related VPNs or some other nonsense and a lot of that stuff is badly built. may as well be a virus

I would expect them to give me a company laptop and that I never use my hardware for anything. especially if they try to go down the software monitoring route

it would also be a red flag... a laptop is like what 2k for a decent one? a dev salary is like 5k a month? if they don't provide the hardware I would be suspicious if they would even pay your salary on time

and it's not like they'll give you the laptop. they can keep it after you leave and just give it to someone else. it's extremely cheap investment on their part. and their admin/infra department can set it up whichever which way for all the non-tech people at the company also and save people's time

@gitstashio still x270 but i have a desktop now that I'm settled. I picked an old think center though. Nothing fancy

arch + i3 + vim + lsp and you're good to go

@jestdotty no, I use my own hardware for whatever projects I do in my spare time.

Regarding company hardware, a guy told me his boss gifted him the laptop upon finishing the job. But the laptop had full admin rights (no config from company) and the dev worked there for 8 years.

@antigermanist desktop for dev ftw

@jestdotty I agree its an extremely cheap investment on their part, but they always make it seem like a big deal.
Had to fight hard to get a proper dev laptop.
Initally they wanted to give me the cheapest machine they had in stock.

@gitstashio yeah at least im forced to sit at my desk

But now i feel i'm spending all the time at my desk. I should really take care of that laptop so i can go to the cafe or something

@antigermanist I live in a part of the world where working at coffee shops was attempted more than 10-15 years ago, but it never materialized. I think its better this way because it leaves more room for young people to pay "thousands of dollars" per coffee cup just to be away from the boomers.

@gitstashio eh they can give me the cheapest. I'll clean it so it runs faster. if I can't then I guess my work will be slower and it's their loss. I'll tell them the issue but who am I to judge

it's actually immensely surprising how much bloat improvement and performance you can squeeze out of things though when you get really into it. I might innately enjoy such weird things though

@gitstashio here it's not that common but I'm freelancer so i can

@jestdotty > 'you use your own hardware at jobs?'

Had a job for a month or so, then got fired.

One of the reasons was - they _were supposed to_ send me a work PC. They never had, but they bitched about my own HW && its setup.

There were some other things, but I don't care to reminisce those.

At the time getting fired sucked, as I was in a bad financial place, but long term - it was for the better.