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1. Build a pipeline with macOS in mind (because "All engineers I know have Macs") 2. Complain when the macOS-oriented process doesn't work for everyone.

• ezfe 3y ago
  I work on a split team, Windows and macOS. We do straightforward Java work and most of the problems that we have are related to installing command-line software on Windows. Installing Postgres, Redis, etc. on Windows is wildly complicated compared to on macOS or Linux.
  • jimmaswell 3y ago
    Tried WSL?
    • edgyquant 3y ago
      Yes it’s a constant source of problems. Trying to live share and get any actual work done leads to constant crashes, simply git cloning and trying to docker-compose and yarn install is a convoluted mess etc. windows is just not friendly to the kind of development common these days.
• WeylandYutani 3y ago
  Apple is doing what people hated Microsoft for. It's amazing that a closed ecosystem is so welcomed by Apple fans. But I suppose man has always been tribal.
  • Dylan16807 3y ago
    Any closed ecosystem is annoying but I'm not going to complain very hard while their desktop market share is below 20-25%.
    • WeylandYutani 3y ago
      Desktop is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Most people don't even own one anymore. Apple is as close to WeChat as you can get in Western countries.
• edgyquant 3y ago
  It was actually built out with Linux in mind since that’s what everyone deploys to. Mac just happens to work flawlessly with Linux and windows doesn’t