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Re:Ask HN: If you could build an OS for software dev, what w... by baash05 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:44PM (#28385871)
Yeah. And what does "programmer mean". Python, c++, java, css? Am I coding for windows? Then I'd need a windows box. Iphone? -> Mac, ....

Also what about preferences. I work on a team with 20 devs.. some of us use Vim to edit files. Other use VS code or Atom. Still others use emacs.

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Re:Ask HN: If you could build an OS for software dev, what w... by astro-codes on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:49PM (#28385933)
This was the point of the question :) To see what questions we need to ask if we're designing a software development environment in 2021. It may well be true that the current paradigm is sufficient: I was just curious what else came up.
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