Max HowellInterview
Developer (Homebrew)
Adapted from Max Howell's interview on Uses This, published 25 June 2019. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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I have a 2018 13" MacBook Pro, i7 16GB.
I don't want the bulk of a 15" but have an LG 5K to plug in when I need real estate.
I upgrade quite often, as I compile a good deal of Swift and the faster the CPU, the better.
I prefer couch gaming, so it has a 40' HDMI cable, and I use a Steam Controller, which honestly is a really great choice for PC gaming that didn't catch on and now Valve seem to have given up on it.
Communication
Slack, because you have to, but I will never stop being irritated that it is not native.
Browser
Coding & Development
Ten years ago I created Homebrew, the package manager for Mac (and since then, Linux too).
I have a custom version of GitX that is full of bugs, but familiar bugs that I can't be arsed to fix.
I use TablePlus for database work.
Media
I have my own music, I got fed up with Spotify for two reasons: 1.
Storage
I guess I like many of the little things like iCloud sync for my history/bookmarks to my phone, the favorites tab and that it feels like a Mac app.
Other
PC gaming on the couch is full of hardship, though worth it for the Steam sales and the many indie games that only come to PC.