Step Up your tooling
summary
A practical lineup of ten concrete replacements: use Discord instead of Slack for free unlimited history plus voice and group video channels; prefer IntelliJ or VS Code over Android Studio (IntelliJ builds are ~6 months ahead, 192 vs 183); self-host GitLab and run GitLab CI with local runners (use a MacBook as a macOS runner; GitLab gives ~1,000 free CI minutes); swap SourceTree for Fork, Sketch for Figma, Sip for the open source Pixel Picker, and centralize notes and assets in Notion.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction to better tooling
- 1:12Replacing Slack with Discord
- 4:01Android Studio alternatives
- 5:47GitHub vs GitLab for projects
- 8:37Design and diagramming tools
- 10:02Jira alternatives like YouTrack
- 11:48File sharing with DropShare
- 12:09Mac tooling improvements
- 14:18Git clients like Fork and Tig
- 15:48Notion as a personal database
- 17:59Setting up tools with Brew Cask
- 18:19Closing and resources
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