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Ask HN: Tools/Workflows for programming with little screen estate

1 pointsby iamlucaswolfover 5 years ago
Hi,<p>this might be somewhat of an odd question, but anyway:<p>I might soon move into a small studio apartment with just enough space for either a desk or a small dining table. Personally, I&#x27;m leaning towards the latter (I&#x27;d like to be able to invite friends over every now and then, and also enjoy the idea of having a space to come home to that doesn&#x27;t look like another improvised office). The implication would be to downsize from my current setup (27 inch monitor, keyboard, mouse) to essentially a 13 inch rMBP.<p>This made me wonder: How would you go about being effective with such a setup? Can you recommend any tools&#x2F;workflows&#x2F;vim plugins for coding on a 13 inch screen only?<p>Thanks!

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Nextgridover 5 years ago
I&#x27;m using a 12-inch MacBook as my workstation for over a year. Doing backend development in Python. I don&#x27;t feel I need any special tools, just configure your editor&#x2F;IDE to hide any unnecessary items (toolbars, etc) to gain as much screen space as possible.
jacquesmover 5 years ago
Vi and your favorite compiler will work just fine on a small text screen. That&#x27;s been my work environment for many years and even today unless I work on some Python notebook that&#x27;s how I&#x27;ll code.