Uses

Office

I use an Autonomous SmartDesk Pro with a Herman Miller Aeron Chair, size B.

Hardware

I currently use a 2020 13″ MacBook Pro M1 with 16 GB memory and 1 TB SSD.

Editors

PhpStorm

I use PhpStorm as my main editor to develop with WordPress. My configuration:

  • Disable all bars:
    • View -> Appearance.
  • Theme:
  • Font. Preferences -> Editor -> Font.
    • Fira Code.
    • Size: 16.0.
    • Line height: 1.2.
    • Without ligatures.
  • 4096 MB (Maximum Heap Size).

Plugins

I use these plugins:

  • .​env files support. .env files support for PhpStorm.
  • AsciiDoc. Helps to edit AsciiDoc documents.
  • CodeGlance Pro. Displays a zoomed out overview or minimap.
  • GitHub Copilot. Provides autocomplete-style suggestions from an AI pair programmer. 
  • Nord. The theme I use.
  • PHP Annotations. Extends PhpStorm to support annotations in DocBlocks and provide additional Attributes features.

Shortcuts

These are the main shortcuts I use (under construction):

  • ⌘ + 1. Show/hide project window.
  • ⌘ + 7. Show/hide structure window.
  • ⌘ + 9. Show/hide version control window.
  • ⌥ + F12. Show/hide terminal window.
  • ^ + ⌘ + F. Enter/exit full screen mode.
  • ⌘ + D. Duplicate current line.
  • ⌘ + ⌫. Delete current line.
  • ⌘ + L. Go to a line.
  • ⌥ + ⌘ + L. Reformat the code.

Visual Studio Code

I use Visual Studio Code to translate .po files and to write Markdown and AsciiDoc. I use:

Terminal

Use iTerm2 with Zsh, Oh My Zsh, the Powerlevel10k theme and the MesloMGS NF font.

Some improvements:

DELETE: https://www.programmerclick.com/article/51531230374/

Desktop Apps

  • AltTab. Windows alt-tab on macOS.
  • Dash gives your Mac instant offline access to 200+ API documentation sets.
  • Maccy. Clipboard manager.
  • Rectangle. Move and resize windows on macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas.
  • Stats. System monitor in your menu bar.

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