Is "development environment as code" a thing?

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  1. initializr

    A quickstart generator for Spring projects

    Spring Boot? https://start.spring.io/

  2. CodeRabbit

    CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

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  3. Packer

    Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.

    Packer. https://github.com/hashicorp/packer

  4. runner-images

    GitHub Actions runner images

    It's what GitHub use to build their VMs for GitHub Actions.

  5. GNU Emacs

    Mirror of GNU Emacs

    Check out https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ I think it absolutely is dev environment as code, well lisp if you’re into that sort of thing🙂

  6. ansible-collection-mac

    Collection of macOS automation tools for Ansible.

    Jeff Gerrling does a load of great work on Ansible, including a Mac automation repo, here. You can use it on local or remote machines. It's really cool.

  7. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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