NIFTY.md

macOS Node.js Hacker Setup

Foreward

It was seven years ago that I decided to document my Linux Mint Node.js Hacker Setup.

After one of my closest friends got a new-and-shiny 16" Macbook Pro; and yearned for what my environment was truly like – I decided it was time to publish this.

Also, it has become quite a recurring question – "how do you ship so much?" - that I decided it was probably best to suggest it was my tools that lead to productivity (besides the caffeine, hair-pulling, and sheer lack of sleep).

Hardware

• Macbook Pro Retina 13" 2015

  • NexCase Heavy Duty Case
  • Plemo Water Resistant Sleeve
  • Tempered Glass 9H Screen Protector
  • TUDIA Snap On Charging Cable Protector
  • Power Extension Cord
  • UPC Battery Backup
  • Apple Magic Keyboard

• HyperX Cloud II Headset

• BenQ 27" 4K IPS

• Swanwick Computer Glasses

• Timbuk2 Blink Pack

• Scratchpads

• Alloy Pens

• Phive LED Desk Lamp

• Google Nexus 5X + Google Free Android Setup

• Herman Miller Aeron Chair - you can find cheaper refurbished models off eBay

Software

Stack

• Lad (web, API, and job scheduler framework built with Node.js)
• vim config - see all the zsh* prefixed packages in the Packages section below, and see the .vimrc file in this repository as it shows I use the lambda theme and oh-my-zsh
• Dropbox - ln -s to common things like .gitconfig, .ssh, .vim, .vimrc, .npmrc, .zshrc
• Etcher (Flash OS images)
• LuLu (Firewall)
• MagicKeys - enable hardware media keys to be routed to 3rd party apps (e.g. Spotify/Chromium)
• Cabin - application logging
• Lass - package boilerpalte
• Lipo - image manipulation
• SpoofMAC - automatically spoof your MAC address on boot
• email-templates - email templating and automatic styling
• SpamScanner - spam scanning tool and utility
• ForwardEmail - free email forwarding for custom domains
• Amazon Route 53 - DNS management of domain names (I tried Cloudflare but I wasn't happy with their dashboard, pricing, nor service offering)
• npm packages - random tools and packages I've made

npm

npm info <package>

• anywhere
• autocannon
• castnow
• fixpack
• jsonlint
• lad
• lass
• livedown
• ndb
• nodemon
• np
• npm
• npm-check-updates
• pm2
• pug-lint
• qrcode
• react-native-cli
• release
• spoof
• svg2pdf
• svgo
• web-ext
• xo
• yarn

Brew

Packages

brew info <formula>

• asciinema
• bfg
• browserpass
• curl
• diff-so-fancy
• dnscrypt-proxy - Cloudflare DNS + https://gist.github.com/ahmozkya/8456503)
• dnsmasq
• docker
• docker-compose
• ffmpeg
• git
• git-extras
• gpg-agent
• htop
• nmap
• p7zip
• parallel
• pass
• pdftohtml
• pinentry-mac
• ripgrep
• scrcpy
• shtool
• sshuttle - blocked at a coffee shop for using a VPN? sshuttle --dns -r user@host 0/0
• unbound
• unrar
• wget
• youtube-dl
• zsh
• zsh-autosuggestions
• zsh-completions
• zsh-syntax-highlighting

Casks

brew cask info <formula>

• alfred
• cyberduck - this is what I used to download entire IETF mail archive over FTP
• eloston-chromium - and don't forget to install these awesome extensions
  • git clone https://github.com/zenorocha/codecopy
  • git clone https://github.com/philc/vimium.git
  • git clone https://github.com/OctoLinker/OctoLinker.git
  • git clone https://github.com/ilGur1132/Smart-HTTPS.git
  • git clone https://github.com/ovity/octotree.git
  • git clone https://github.com/mrcoles/full-page-screen-capture-chrome-extension.git
  • https://github.com/jswanner/DontFuckWithPaste
  • uBlock Origin
• flux
• iterm2-beta - with the inconsolata font as default
• kap
• keepingyouawake
• libreoffice
• ngrok
• obs
• riot
• signal
• sketch-beta
• slack
• smcfancontrol
• tabula
• telegram
• the-unarchiver
• thunderbird
• torbrowser
• mullvadvpn - Mullvad and WireGuard
• unetbootin
• virtualbox
• virtualbox-extension-pack
• vlc
• vnc-viewer
• whatsapp
• wkhtmltopdf
• xquartz