Setting up MacBook Air M1 for programming?

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    iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

    iTerm2 is excellent. Along with it, you should get Zsh and OhMyZsh.

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    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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    The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.

    If you need to do any API work, get Insomnia.

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    Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git.

    If you're new to Git, the official Github app will make your life easier.

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    Visual Studio Code

    VSCode is indispensable.

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    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

    Get Brew. It will make your life about a thousand times easier when hard system dependencies come up.

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