My Development Setup in 2025

Every developer has their own workflow. Here's mine as of 2025.

Hardware

MacBook Pro M3 Pro — the battery life alone makes it worth it.

Editor

VS Code is still my daily driver. Extensions I rely on:

  • Prettier (auto-format on save)
  • ESLint (catch errors early)
  • Prisma (schema highlighting)
  • GitLens (git blame inline)

Terminal

Windows Terminal with a custom prompt using Starship.

Key Tools

  • pnpm — faster, disk-efficient package manager
  • Docker Desktop — for local PostgreSQL, Redis
  • TablePlus — GUI for database management
  • Postman — API testing
  • Figma — when I need to design something

Dotfiles

All my config lives in a private dotfiles repo. The most important bits:

  • Custom VS Code settings.json
  • Bash aliases for common git commands
  • Prettier and ESLint shared configs

One Thing I'd Change

I wish I had switched to pnpm sooner. The speed difference over npm is noticeable.