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bityard 4 hours ago

I do the same as you, but I know of plenty of people (even some developers) whose computing workflow looks like this: Boot computer, log in, start web browser, make it full screen. And that is where they work/play for the whole day.

That describes ChromeOS users of course, but there are Apple and Windows (and presumably Linux) users who have the same workflow.

Liquix 4 hours ago | parent [-]

it's hard to believe a developer working in a fullscreen browser all day could be anywhere near as productive as an equally-skilled dev using a terminal/keyboard-based workflow. how does one install packages, ssh into boxes, extract data from files, etc? or maybe they only work with cloud services and use webapp IDEs/terminals? seems like a bizarre choice (for devs specifically)

connicpu 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't literally spend all day in a browser, but I technically use one most of the day since vscode is based on Electron. My second monitor flips between Firefox and my terminal tmux session, about a 50/50 time split. I'm sure there's plenty of other developers like me, using the terminal for a good number of system tasks but just can't kick the mouse habit completely in their editor.

reddotchaser 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe cloud IDEs are mandated by orgs in some cases! I’d leave on day 1

georg-stone 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Lots of orgs use Replit, which is just a cloud IDE anyways