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Tracy Chou

Software engineer, founder of Block Party, and co-founder of Project Include; previously an engineer at Pinterest and Quora.

11 things

MacBook AirHardware Apple

loved

I'd replace my MacBook Pro with a MacBook Air. Long live the MacBook Air!

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

MediumService

loved

I sometimes even use Medium's editor to compose even if I don't intend to publish on Medium, because it's so beautiful.

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

ExpoSoftware

liked

Depending on what I'm building, I like Chrome for web development and debugging, and the Expo toolchain for hacking on React Native.

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

iTerm2Software George Nachman

uses

My typical coding setup is emacs in iTerm2, with Z Shell for the shell.

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

emacsSoftware

uses

My typical coding setup is emacs in iTerm2, with Z Shell for the shell.

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

IA WriterSoftware

uses

For longer-form writing, I switch somewhat randomly between iA Writer, Byword, and Medium (in the browser).

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

nvALTSoftware

uses

For random notes or snippets, I use nvALT on my computer synced to Simplenote on my phone via Dropbox.

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

TodoistSoftware Doist

uses

I track personal todo's in Todoist.

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

1PasswordSoftware AgileBits

uses

Other applications I use frequently: 1Password, Slack, PureVPN, Photoshop, LICEcap (for creating screencaps to be shared with teammates or added to GitHub PRs, particularly for UI changes).

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

LICEcapSoftware

uses

Other applications I use frequently: 1Password, Slack, PureVPN, Photoshop, LICEcap (for creating screencaps to be shared with teammates or added to GitHub PRs, particularly for UI changes).

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

MacBook ProHardware Apple

disliked

I'm currently on a late 2016 MacBook Pro, 13", with a Touch Bar. I deeply regret the MBP - 1: dongle life, 2: the lack of a physical escape key makes coding in emacs very difficult, 3: the keys on the butterfly keyboard are constantly too loose or totally stuck, 4: so much beach ball.

Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.

2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗

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The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

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