Setup Instructions

Open Terminal from Applications/Utilities and run xcode-select. It will prompt you to install command line tools, which you should do. Then, cd into this folder and run

./setup

This will:

• Update your git settings
• Install oh-my-zsh
• Install node.js and NVM (node version manager)
• Install yarn, the better way to install node packages
• Install homebrew
• Install ruby and ruby version manager
• Install zplug, a zsh plugin manager
• Install tiny-care-terminal, which you can run using tiny-care-terminal (see config instructions at link)
• Install a bunch of useful plugins for oh-my-zsh.

Next, you'll want to download Visual Studio Code and then run ./vscode-setup. The setup file will install a bunch of useful plugins to help kickstart your coding experience.

Recommended Applications

Code/web-related/image editing

• Iterm 2
• Sip
• Sketch
• Skitch
• Themer
• Pixelmator

Productivity

• Trello
• Alfred

Writing

• Hemingway - quick editing help
• Inky - interactive story tool
• Twine - another interactive story tool
• Deckset - write fancy presentations in markdown
• Workflowy - outliner
• Marked 2 - markdown previewer

Music

• Bowtie - displays current music, syncs to last.fm

Communication

• Slack
• Discord
• Signal

File Sharing

• Google Drive
• Dropbox
• SpiderOak One - if you're paranoid about big tech

Gaming Stuff

• Twitch
• Itch.io
• Steam
• OBS - for twitch streaming

Utilities

• DaisyDisk
• Renamer
• Bartender
• Haptic Touch Bar - if you have the touchbar