SimpleVM VS intellimacs

The battery life on the MacBook M1 is pretty amazing but not having Virtualbox has been a pain and we are exploring options for our new team. I have mostly worked for companies with actual teams dedicated to providing build tools.

Past attempts to Dockerize all the infrastructure dependencies (e.g. we run our own database and DNS servers) and tying all of that with the build scripts was deemed more effort than its worth so that never quite got going. Maybe its different scratch?

I have tried a bunch of these projects so while interesting I'm not sure about building workflows around them:

https://mac.getutm.app/

https://github.com/KhaosT/SimpleVM

https://github.com/danielrfry/toyvm

https://github.com/evansm7/vftool

https://multipass.run/install

https://github.com/features/codespaces

https://medium.com/@paulrobu/how-to-run-ubuntu-22-04-vms-on-apple-m1-arm-based-systems-for-free-c8283fb38309

I know architecture differences will cause pain, hell here we are already. I think everyone will benefit from crowd sourcing experiences and hopefully we can save each other chunks of life thrown away.

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    What tool do you use to {edit code, build artifacts, run unit tests, deploy artifacts, run e2e tests}

https://github.com/KhaosT/SimpleVM

What has helped me with the consolidation is the ubiquity of my preferred key bindings. I use vim keys with spacemacs like bindings.

On emacs, doom-emacs[1] gives me the bindings. On VSCode, VSpaceCode[2], on Jetbrains Rider, Intellimacs[3]. While there are minor differences between the implementations, I have very limited friction when switching between IDEs.

I have paid for the Jetbrains ultimate subscription as I also use DataGrip. I think I’ll be satisfied with the current version of their IDEs for the next 2 years even if I decide to cancel the sub.

[1]: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs

[2]: https://vspacecode.github.io/

[3]: https://github.com/MarcoIeni/intellimacs

To be more precise, I was using ideavim with intellimacs in order to get a spacemacs like env: https://github.com/MarcoIeni/intellimacs The configuration is depicted on the repo.

I was trying out: https://github.com/MarcoIeni/intellimacs. It seems like it only supports vim or hybrid keybindings and not emacs keybindings.

I love spacemacs, and I bring its key bindings into every editor I use. In 2019 I already created spaceclipse and intellimacs (which counts 249 ⭐ on GitHub at the moment), but what me, Steven and all the contributors are doing with VSpaceCode is amazing! We have 726 ⭐ and 3963 installs! It really feels like it's the best of both worlds (full blown ready to use IDE vs spacemacs workflow).