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Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)

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458 points turrini | 1 comments | 06 Dec 25 21:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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vzaliva ◴[06 Dec 25 23:33 UTC] No.46177620[source]▶
common theme: tiled layout, terminals, minimum fancy decorations.
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ajross ◴[07 Dec 25 00:06 UTC] No.46177886[source]▶
I think I see only one truly tiled layout. But yes, "terminals and editors" as the core developer workflow is extremely conserved over time. It dates from the mid 80's on Sun 2's and really hasn't changed much in four decades.

It's probably not worth arguing whether this is the "best" when compared with vscode+LSP+Claude or whatever happens to be en vogue in the moment.

But terminals and editors is sticky in a way that tells me it's probably close to optimal. Those of us in the cult aren't observed to leave the compound except in extremely rare circumstances. I'll be doing the same stuff on my death bed, likely.

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1. bluecalm ◴[07 Dec 25 19:57 UTC] No.46184587[source]▶
I've came across Mitchell Hashimoto (founder and main programmer behind Hashi Corp and now Ghostty) saying that he uses bare VIM and it took him long time to even use auto formatter with it. He also said that the way for him to explore APIs is to read the docs first :)