You've just started a new job and get your new shiny laptop to work on. What're the first things you install to make your life easier while developing?

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    Lovely console emulator package for Windows

    • On Windows you can't go wrong with cmder!

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  • configuration

    Configuration - Setup Scripts, dotfiles, and more (by nathanielhall)

    • I have all my dotfiles/configuration in a github repo. When I get a new machine, I run shell script that downloads most things and uses Stow to setup dotfiles. It's not perfect, but gets me most of the way there. If interested: https://github.com/nathanielhall/configuration

  • httpie

    🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more. (by httpie)

    • I like insomnia, but have you tried Httpie? https://httpie.io/

  • Postwoman

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    • Hoppscotch aka Postwoman is much better in every regard, and free as in freedom and beer.

  • autocomplete

    IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell

    • If on MacOS, I'll always download Fig: https://fig.io/

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