I love these highly opinionated must-do lists. I do some of them. I bumble on without most of them. Factory defaults works more-or-less has been a fact of life since CP/M.
I was held to be reductionist sticking to nvi rather than vim. I ultimately gave up, but I'm still not sure the colour syntax hints help more than they hinder.
The problem with "install this 3rd party app" is that across 20+ years the specific 3rd party app-du-jour has changed, and will continue to change.
This curated survival list has a use-by date, like the others. But truly, I value them and I read them, and I at least think about deciding to try some.
e.g. yes you can install "karabiner" to fix some terminal keyboard behaviours. Or, you can simply remap capslock to ESC and leave the other ones alone. Which is portable and does not demand installation.
This list doesn't say macports or brew. But, it has consequence for your future state. they are sometimes bleeding edge and sometimes trailling.
This list doesn't say what to do if you work on a company mac and don't have install privileges.
al_borland · 11h ago
The menubar at the end looks unhinged. I’m surprised they didn’t add a manager for that as well, to hide a bunch of it.
While I didn’t find anything earth shattering in here, it almost lost me immediately when the first “essential” thing was effectively a calendar widget. Apple’s Calendar and place a widget on the desktop or in the Notification Center without the need for extra software or cluttering the menubar. I don’t use this on my desktop, but I do have it on my iPhone’s Home Screen.
I was held to be reductionist sticking to nvi rather than vim. I ultimately gave up, but I'm still not sure the colour syntax hints help more than they hinder.
The problem with "install this 3rd party app" is that across 20+ years the specific 3rd party app-du-jour has changed, and will continue to change.
This curated survival list has a use-by date, like the others. But truly, I value them and I read them, and I at least think about deciding to try some.
e.g. yes you can install "karabiner" to fix some terminal keyboard behaviours. Or, you can simply remap capslock to ESC and leave the other ones alone. Which is portable and does not demand installation.
This list doesn't say macports or brew. But, it has consequence for your future state. they are sometimes bleeding edge and sometimes trailling.
This list doesn't say what to do if you work on a company mac and don't have install privileges.
While I didn’t find anything earth shattering in here, it almost lost me immediately when the first “essential” thing was effectively a calendar widget. Apple’s Calendar and place a widget on the desktop or in the Notification Center without the need for extra software or cluttering the menubar. I don’t use this on my desktop, but I do have it on my iPhone’s Home Screen.