My Dev Setup 2025

So, I recently got a new laptop and revamped my development setup. I thought it would be a good idea to share my setup and the tools I use on a daily basis.

The desk/cabinet is a bit old and you can see some wear and tear but it gets the job done till I upgrade. I have a pretty minimal setup with just the essentials. I like to keep my workspace clean and clutter-free.

Here’s a quick overview of my setup:

• Hardware:
  • Laptop: MacBook Pro M4 Pro 16-inch 
  • Monitor: HP E233 23-inch (got this from my office, not the best but works fine for now)
  • Keyboard: Royal Kludge RK68 
  • Mouse: Logitech G402 
  • Headphones: Sony WH-1000XM4 
  • Microphone: Fifine AM8T 
  • Docking Station: Honeywell USB-C Docking Station (got this from my office as well)
  • Laptop Stand: Zebronics Laptop Stand  (not the best but does the job)
• Software:
  • OS: macOS Sequoi (15.6.1)
  • Code Editor: Visual Studio Code 
  • AI Copilot: Ollama , Continue 
  • Terminal: Warp 
  • Shell: Zsh with Oh My Zsh 
  • Package Manager: Homebrew 
  • Browser: Zen , Chrome , Brave 
  • Note-taking and Management: This wiki , Notion  (but I really wanna try Obsidian )
  • Version Control: Git 
  • Spotlight Search: Raycast 
  • Design: Figma 
  • Music: Spotify 
  • Task Management: Todoist 

I have also recently gotten into homelabbing. It is pretty fun and I am learning a lot. I had a small server running at home on my Raspberry Pi 4 but the SD card got corrupted so I had to take it down ( 😔 ). I am planning to get it back up again and build a new server as well with an old laptop if I happen to get one. I will be documenting the whole process in a separate blog post.

I had the following running on my pi:

• Docker Compose : Container Orchestration
• Jellyfin : Media Server
• Pi-hole : Network-wide Ad Blocker
• Portainer : Docker Container Management
• Uptime Kuma : Self-hosted Monitoring Tool
• CasaOS : Home Server Management
• The ARRs:
  • Radarr : Movies
  • Sonarr : TV Shows
  • Prowlarr : Indexers
• FlareSolverr : Bypass Cloudflare
• ByteStash : Snippet Manager
• Tailscale : VPN

Going forward, I will be storing all my dotfiles in a Github repo so that I can easily set up my environment on any new machine.