windows-playbook VS HomeBrew

My other playbooks: - MacOS Playbook - Windows Playbook

It also can be used together with my Ansible playbook for Windows: https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/windows-playbook

However for what you're trying to do that's the wrong approach. You want to use an ansible playbook if you want to reproducibly set up your workstation, such as this one: https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/windows-playbook

I'm using Ansible to set-up my machines. Here is the one that I use for Windows https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/windows-playbook You can find my other repos for MacOs and Linux/WSL2.

If you are interested and want to use something similar on your home machine, you can check out my repo here: https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/windows-playbook

Hi, Ansible community! This weekend I was migrating one of my home machines to the new Windows 11. In the process of reinstalling, I decided it was time to automate the configuration and created an ansible playbook that does most of the work of preparing the system. It installs software that I need, configure wsl2, taskbar, explorer, cleans up the desktop from icons, etc. There is still a lot of stuff that I want to add, such as startup menu and taskbar icons automatic pin/unpin, but at this point, it already does a pretty good job. If you are interested and want to use something similar on your home machine, you can check out my repo here: https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/windows-playbook Tips and criticism are welcome. Thanks!

Homebrew is a highly popular package manager on macOS and Linux systems, enabling users to easily install, update, and uninstall command-line tools and applications. Its design philosophy focuses on simplifying the software installation process on macOS, eliminating the need for manual downloads and compilations of software packages.

Homebrew - package manager for linux-based OSs.

Package Manager: Homebrew

Hopping from one distro to another with a different package manager might require some time to adapt. Using a package manager that can be installed on most distro is one way to help you get to work faster. Flatpak is one of them; other alternative are Snap, Nix or Homebrew. Flatpak is a good starter, and if you have a bunch of free time, I suggest trying Nix.

Are you using SQLite that ships with macOS, or SQLite installed from homebrew?

I had a different problem in the past with the SQLite that ships with macOS, and have been using SQLite from homebrew since.

So if it’s the one that comes with macOS that gives you this problem that you are having, try using SQLite from homebrew instead.

https://brew.sh/

Before we begin, make sure you have Homebrew installed on your Mac. Homebrew is a package manager that makes it easy to install software and dependencies. You can install Homebrew by following the instructions on their website: https://brew.sh/

I’m on MacOS and erlang.org, elixir-lang.org, and postgresql.org all suggest installation via Homebrew, which is a very popular package manager for MacOS.

I have always either installed Node from the installer provided by the Nodejs website or, via Brew in macOS. I have also used nvm in the past but did not know that there was a best practice to guide us.

A running Rails application needs a database to connect to. You may already have your database of choice installed, but if not, I recommend PostgreSQL, or Postgres for short. On a Mac, probably the easiest way to install it is with Posrgres.app. Another option, the one I prefer, is to use Homebrew. With Homebrew installed, this command will install PostgreSQL version 16 along with libpq:

On a macOS machine, you can use homebrew by running the command.