Setting up M2 MacBook Air For Programming

[@AZisk]

that conda env setup was really well done :) and this vid is 🔥!

[@atharvparlikar8765]

Subbed since you had 3k subs, even back then the quality was soo good but now you've just took it to another level, keep growing ✨✌️

[@xxzmk]

Putting thermal pads and using the external casing for additional cooling will lead to spread the high heat to more fragile parts like the battery. I wouldn't recommend doing that it might lead to battery failure or at least to faster degradation in the battery department which you shouldn't want especially with an ARM chip that is being used and probably reduces the degradation in the first place.

[@cmdaltctr]

100% true, I had similar issue with mbp 13 2015 due to this.

[@riggmundgames]

@Warelr exactly

[@mikhailshevchenko5271]

After seeing this comment I closed the video. I recognised the comment before I started to watch*

[@nick4577]

the M2 mba won't get that toasty to the point where it'll substantially degrade the battery, you'll likely burn your hands or lap before you damage the battery. That SoC is already dissipating heat close to the battery as it is, this helps to cool it off quicker and spread that heat over a much larger area. It'll be fine, it won't cause the battery to fail lol

[@maratkarimov7088]

Any practical proof?

[@DaniZT]

As a sofware developer I would like to share some more tools for MacOS that I find useful. All of them are free: - Rectangle: Window Manager with customizable shortcuts - Raycast: App Launcher with more utilities like calculator, file search tool, clipboard history... - Notion: Productivity workspace - Bitwarden: Password Manager - Spark: Email client - Tomito: Pomodoro timer

[@hvanchoo]

@@gamgal8705 It’s a scam.

[@Mina_onnesan]

Hello i have a problem with my mac i wanna install a virtual machine with virtual box but there’s no version of virtual box that suits to my mac book air M2

[@69qwerty]

why would you use rectangle on a 13 inch screen

[@subhashgottumukkala]

@@Mina_onnesan use UTM or vmware

[@victor45436]

As I software developer I recommend this computer if you don't have much money for the pro version... I have exactly the same laptop with 512 GB SSD and 16 of ram and it's perfect, I work as a web developer but my passion is mobile apps it's perfecto for all developer environments, you can display multiple emulators (ios or android) at the same time and works perfectly!

[@HM-hi2jr]

hi there, im a student who is learning ios app development, can you recommend a macbook which would be good? im also on a budget however dont mind spending if it will be better overall but also dont want to waste money. thank you kindly

[@Aintx-28]

@@HM-hi2jrgo for m1 MacBook Pro if available

[@victor45436]

@@HM-hi2jr go for air m1 or pro m1 depends of your budget… but I said you should to get air m1 with 16 ram and it’s enough. Then you can get pro versions

[@maximportyannikov631]

@@victor45436 Tell me, is 8 GB of RAM not enough for server programming?

[@adid.5585]

Usually intros suck, but yours was brilliant! 💎 It reminds me of all the students going with their laptops into cafés and working on their project while smooth jazz music is playing in the background.

[@tywenkelly]

Great setup. It's similar to my setup. A few alternatives: nvm --> fnm (nvm slowed my shell startup to a crawl) Oh My Zsh --> Starship (again, this alternative is faster and lighter on the shell) Compass --> Studio 3T (required if you work with DDB, also has more robust aggregation features)

[@howdarethee]

thanks for sharing fnm - wasn't aware as I have always used nvm and my shell was really slow indeed to the point that VSCode is complaining at startup too at times!

[@nihalrahman7447]

i love your tech organisation. actually makes the 400pound husky organiser worth its value

[@Ray-xn9fo]

For devs with astigmatism, do not use dark mode. Dark mode will make you a bad dev due to eye strain. As a general rule for eye care, make sure to have sufficient lighting in your office. That's what our eyes have evolved to work with.

[@91lovemusic]

I agree with this

[@w.umbology]

Horrible advice. Our eyes did not evolve to stare at huge blue light emissions for hours everyday. Dark mode is healthier for your eyes. But it’s preference. Light mode causes me eye strain but I’m not going to say something as stupid as “light mode will make you a bad dev”

[@Ray-xn9fo]

@@w.umbology Please read the context and do some research before you post. First, I never said anything about staring at huge blue light emissions. Maybe you are an Na'vi from Avatar idk. And quite the opposite, blue light only takes up a very tiny part of our human's visible spectrum energy wise. So, our eyes evolved to work with bright light, not blue light. Nevertheless, blue or not has nothing to do with my argument about brightness. Light mode doesn't equal "blue" or maybe you only use light mode with blue accent, but that's your Na'vi thing and none of my business. Again, I'm comparing light mode (higher brightness) vs dark mode (lower brightness) with the same white point setting. There are countless themes both light and dark for people that are blue-sensitive like solarized. There is also "night shift" mode on most platforms for this specific purpose. Furthermore, most monitors we use today don't emit harmful amounts of blue light anyway. Second, I specifically said dark mode is bad for people with "astigmatism". Let me help you understand what astigmatism is if you didn't bother to do the research. Astigmatism is imperfection on the cornea that causes different parts of eyeball to focus differently resulting in blurry vision. Such blurry vision and related discomfort can be mitigated by reducing the size of our aperture, which reduces the area of imperfect cornea that takes part in the imaging process. In extreme cases, like under sunlight, the aperture would be so small that our eye is more like a pinhole camera that has the minimal effect of astigmatism. This is also why people with imperfect eye sight tend to "squeeze" their eyes when looking at distant objects. This is also true for most optical systems, the smaller the aperture, the sharper the image. This is a scientific fact, not personal preference. Since we can't actively control our aperture, the only way to make it smaller is to let more light in, hence working in a sufficiently lit environment.

[@waltermonecke4185]

@@Ray-xn9fo This is wrong

[@oraffault]

I have astigmatism and I switched back to light mode too some years ago. It indeed reduced eye strain a little bit and I feel more focused when reading black letters on white background so it's not fake.

[@debojyotichakraborty3194]

Love the video....very informative and crisp as always. Thank you for including the flutter development environment setup experience.

[@ezioahmet4192]

This is really useful, I'm going to be switching to Mac at the end of the year! Love the videos!

[@aymaanahamed710]

I have no words to thanks for coding dojo because of they are sponsoring for these type of videos, I love these type of videos ❤️

[@paulnkosi8557]

I'm speechless don't have the words but what I can is that loved it man n thanks for sharing on what's needed for programming... U the best. 🙏

[@gamgal8705]

How did you receive your gift

[@ChrisWix]

Currently in my last two months at coding dojo!! coming out with two full stacks (python, flask, mysql) and MERN! Love that they sponsored this.

[@EmilyOen]

What would you recommend between MacBook Air 13,6" 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD or MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16" 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD 10 CPU and 16 GPU for most web dev with VS Code and some Xcode for iOS dev programing when I'm traveling ? The M2 (2022) 14" and 16" is too expensive for my use

[@_._777.]

@@EmilyOen macbook air m1(13.3) will be good seeing your requirements Like as you mentioned you travel often . If compatibility is not an issue go for pro version

[@dhruvrawatt9]

​@@EmilyOenI can't afford 16gb variant as I'm getting 8gb at much cheaper price will it be enough more iOS dev and cloud ?

[@emmanuelkolawole1773]

Who else isn't a Software Developer but still loves to watch Andres's videos

[@ladiesperfume]

Excellent video bro! Easily the video I didn't know I needed. Thanks!

[@gamal2224]

I spent a month searching on KZbin for the same of ​​this video, but I couldn't find it. Thank you. I've been waiting for this video for a long time

[@gamal2224]

you’re serious❤️

[@Wigor2]

nice explanation, i'm from brazil and i don't speak english very well, but your video encouraged me to buy a macbook air to continue my development studies

[@KAPAMOH]

Wow! The picture is simply amazing!

[@xan3xx443]

Just bought one. Really REALLY USEFUL content migrating from windows to mac.

[@anbufox9889]

Immediately when I saw the Porsche taycan cross turismo model, I hit the like! Amazing video!

[@ajfromca]

Great video. Some may question why you spent so much time on basics like setting up macOS for a video targeting programming which is more advanced. However, I work with a lot of offshore developers who tend to know the code reasonably enough but have never used macOS before.

[@DR1DL3Y]

Very in-depth review. I love it

[@Aaron-uw2cu]

brooo the video quality is so good !!!!!

[@santiagorappy71]

Damn I loved this video, hopefully buying M2 MacBook Air real soon 🚀!

[@TechGlamazon]

how do you manage to work as a programmer on a 8GB ram ? i know its not everything but i know that you need at least a 16. or because its mac its like a 16GB in windows?

[@oxsourabh]

Mac has better optimization compared to later , So 8 gigs is pretty much enough for productivity

[@MrDato99]

@@oxsourabhproductivity ≠ programming… and no. 8GB are not sufficient

[@GrumpyCoder]

Iterm2 is a game changer I freakin love it!

[@teodycue]

Subscribed! Excited to see the thermal paste mod results in a month.

[@magicjonny6225]

Crazy Video Quality! Good Job

[@loboplateadostacker]

Awesome channel, subscribed! I came across this video, as I turned in my beefed up macbook from work and got an M2 Air for myself.

[@jsengfoo3756]

Mannnnnnn, that cinematic intro... The music, the color grading, the pace 😩😩😩

[@orlandoblagrove]

So good hope to reach these levels you got to start somewhere

[@clackety_]

Love your vides Andres

[@sakshamdixit7124]

The in depth info was just *wow*...

[@biologyenableswhatculturep1497]

Amazing brother, oh my zsh is such a grt pick.

[@harishsave]

What is your SSD capacity and after installing all these tools how much free space is available?

[@mrstraiber]

I love your Content 🥺❤️

[@swaragar]

Waited for this video 🔥 wanted to find a rewiew for programming and computer science engineering

[@axon256]

You could remove the apps from the dock by dragging them out of the dock & hold them for some short amount of time & leave them

[@langnostic5157]

Python dev here. I use pyenv for local system versions of python. Poetry for repo level package management, dependencies. And tox if I need to test my code against multiple python versions. And I like flake8, flake8-bugbear, black and pytest, for linting, formatting, and testing. I've been using this setup for a year or 2 now, only problem I've had is a couple weird hiccups with pyenv and poetry not working together, but that was solved with some shell configs.

[@mucahitkral8951]

Do you recommend M2/16/256 Macbook Air? For software engineering 1th student?

[@epicujjwal]

legends say he is still installing software in that 256 gb drive

[@rasikshrestha4347]

wow such a nice video. loved it

[@Rovan-zi4nz]

You're my role model ❤

[@danteviperbrandolini]

Another Extremely Amazing Video! Bravo to you Sir.....🙃👻👽👽

[@franciscocv1995]

this did help in getting more extensions that are needed for vscode while i am on windows. do hope to get a macbook later for coding. just copy and paste from videos would help. great video over all. still have to set up docker. postman didnt go through for me. over all great video. Note ; i did get a packet from coding dojo gonna try that out, great tips over all.

[@aruchi_san]

1:23 никогда так не наносите чистящее средство на мак. Даже сама Apple об этом пишет в инструкции по уходу за техникой. Иначе ваше антибликовое покрытие очень быстро слезет.

[@Asherstitusworld]

Super Video Bro Intro Super Cool

[@davidbillberg2203]

Interesting video, thanks. One point though, at 2:50, I have never seen anyone removed apps from the dock, using right click then choose "Remove from dock." Just drag it out from the dock. Cheers

[@JJ-wv5pi]

Wow gosh, what a great video 📸!!!

[@chamidusathsara-o7x]

good content 😌 for developers

[@rhpmpp]

please do a 2 part! I enjoyed it

[@Cruzylife]

This video is beyond useful

[@anigaramaduabuchukwu8325]

Is 8gb ram suitable to software development? My university recommends 16gb ram for cs MSc student.

[@lemmusm]

Great video, thanks, a question about your glasses, what model is? I liked them a lot 😅

[@rogeriomq]

Nice video. I'm use ASDF for python and nodejs installs. Very very easy switch between versions!!!

[@randall3786]

Remember when you had just graduated int college keep it up

[@The.Jaynish]

Hey bro, I have a little confusion regarding buying M2 Air OR Pro. Can you please tell me which is a better choise?

[@lowkeygaming4716]

I'm currently using windows + WSL2 for my work and saving some money to buy a macbook, I'm still torn between macbook pro 14 or m2 air with 16GB. I also mainly code in python and node (currently using tensorflow for a project) and docker.

[@lowkeygaming4716]

I read that tensorflow is not yet natively supported in m1 so that makes me confused more

[@kerpetenali1312]

@@lowkeygaming4716 what did you buy?

[@lowkeygaming4716]

@@kerpetenali1312 I finally decided to get an m1 air with 16GB/512GB config. I realized that the M2, performance wise won't really give me much of a difference so I made a practical decision.

[@ogidiblessing8822]

Thanks i am going to try this instructions.

[@superwavess]

Aw man, now I gotta buy another wallpaper pack! Stop making everything look so good

[@retrorewind6042]

Personally i have my dock set to the left of my screen to save verticle space. Great video!!

[@talalhani2039]

Love the video really nice and super important information for MacOS software engineers especially for beginners !!, The thing is I'm also a beginner but i use a Windows 11 laptop, Can you please make a video on how to setup a widows 11 laptop for programming ?

[@kalinyorgov4068]

Great video, covers everything and more!

[@aayammainali446]

Amazing video quality

[@SHIVAMTIWARI-zt2dl]

BRAVE IS JUST AMAZING !!!! NO PROMO !!!!

[@sanjaypalanisamy4977]

Andres, Pls make a comparison between 14” and m2 MacBook Air

[@Jean_E]

As a beginner developer, I made a mistake by watching this video. You rapped through this set up so fast, I was lost. It was a little intimidating...probably should quit while I'm ahead....or in this case, behind 😂

[@PalmRenders]

This was the best cinematic intro! 🤣

[@Huemeyraa]

It is too fast for a person who can not programm :((

[@faisalyt6197]

Then learn to program

[@Priyank_01]

@faisalyt6197every disease in the world is cured now And duffer it is to set up for code only

[@alvaroaraujo7945]

Great video! Lost me at “install chrome” though

[@nikeedev]

Him: "And use Apple ID..." Later: logged on using gmail address

[@seiji-kun9488]

Apple ID can be any email

[@sociallensmanhq]

Great job ❤️🔥

[@mtcomscxstart]

I understand that you wanted to achieve a cinematic look, but colors in the screenshots and screen recordings could be kept unchaged. Take Chrome logo for example, the green part of it is simply missing in some screenshots, it just looks gray. Please, take this into account next time :(

[@hainguyenIT]

Every time I have a new computer, it takes a long time to reinstall.

[@RodrigoGarciactg]

Great video man! I graduated from coding dojo about a month and half ago!

[@hatam7701]

is coding dojo free bro or not

[@hatam7701]

i think i accidentlly went for fee one what can I do

[@jamesj5469]

I wish I would have seen your Mac studio vs Mac book video. Cause I got a Mac book air because it a pain in the ass using Mac and Windows lol

[@denhamk]

What did you use to clean your screen? 🙏🏽

[@lerooxx]

Nice video! Thanks for it ;-)

[@rohanbhangui]

where did the green go on the chrome logo 3:01

[@ryanw2ooo]

Great video for compsci! If I may, I will say the colour correction comes off a little harsh when you're showing the actual computer display, although I really do love the warm aesthetic.

[@YouProductions1000]

How does this compare to the 14” for development in your experience?

[@Cruzylife]

MacBook Pro 14” beats this model

[@theloniousMac]

Get the high end. 24GB RAM, at least 1 terabyte.

[@hetvaishnani]

@@Cruzylife m2 for life

[@retrorewind6042]

Unless you have an external monitor, get a 16 inch. Anything less in my opinion is not enough

[@ko-Daegu]

@@hetvaishnani M1 pro is literally faster in every benchmark the M2 pro will beat it next year probably

[@greynade]

When you see oily keys, you know the laptop/pc has been used at full potential xD

[@raheelazam6385]

Fantastic awesome work I like it thanks for sharing ❤💜💖❤💜❤💜💖💜👍👍👍👍

[@Enzoerb]

Brave is great!! You also have to try Orion!!

[@sufyaansaeed7158]

Hey Andres, been going through a lot of your videos lately. Absolutely love them! I wanted to ask what storage you would suggest for MacBook air M2 for the same purpose, of programming and software development. I have only ever worked with windows and can't understand for sure how much storage is enough for a Mac environment. Currently I have a 256GB SSD and 2 TB HDD on my windows, which is always full. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

[@alanisimmanuelvalbuena1059]

word of the day "clutch"

[@91lovemusic]

MacBook doesn’t have excel right? Sir thank you so much for this video. I totally clueless how to start in programming field. Im not sure if i can do this but i want to try

[@adamramadhan1370]

I Love this video Thank you so much!

[@AjitSharma-km6ev]

Hey what do you use to clean your macbook and avoid damaging it as well.

[@AmariJoestar]

opera for the win baby!

[@KarimBenabd]

Macbook Air is only entry level and is meant for education mainly, thus the low price. Macbook pro M1 pro is the power you need for programming...

[@davidsaint8866]

All this on a 8GB Macbook Air? I'm curios to know how the performance is when running docker and xcode at the same time. I wan to get a MacBook Air, but I'm scared it would be slow running docker on it. My 2017 16GB Macbook Pro is already slow running docker & xcode at the same time.

[@Er_DineshChauhan]

there is 5 yrs. diff b/w them. processor has changed and evaluated

[@skattterdude]

Hi there, thanks for the excellent guide! I am just curious as I'm following along and reading the powerlevel10k install docs, there is a homebrew install command. How come we aren't using that to install the theme? Thanks again!

[@anarcho96]

Great video 👍

[@tsvetomirkovachev4180]

Useful video. Thanks.

[@LUKEHANZY]

The real reason devs get macs is so they aren’t distracted by games 😂

[@VictorLozachmeurvl]

you should try Wrap as a terminal it is wayyyyyy cooler

[@internetlurker]

Great video! Do you think to run R for a few hours with multiple excel and word files open at the same time, an 8cpu/8gpu/16RAM will be fine instead of the entry Pro without getting fried or too hot?

[@CoversTavo]

Its made for that and more

[@NTGuides]

Andres, thank you for accepting and using viewer feedback in videos. I'm always on instagram adding my opinion to what you should do for video ideas and, although mine isn't always picked, i love these videos. Edit: Should i really download brave for my PC? i am currently a chrome user and do use an adblocker.

[@prodbyp4]

eh, i use microsoft edge - post updates, nowadays it really is preference and its hard to go wrong for the most part

[@Cobalt_027]

Brave is built off chromium, has high quality built in protections/blockers and updated frequently. If you really wanted security you would use Firefox + Custom Plugin/Setup.

[@freddyr0]

Yo, care to share which product you spray on the screen? Thanks