New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Developer PC setup automations for company owned devices
Ask HN: Developer PC setup automations for company owned devices
2 by foxylion | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, we are currently discussing within our company if the current state of developer PC setup is okay ore should be improved. Current state: - Laptop with either Linux, Windows or MacOS pre-installed and integrated in Microsoft AD is provided. - The developer needs to install software, CLI tools, Git configuration and so on by following guides in our documentation. - Docs are frequently updated to reflect latest changes within the tooling (new version of software, different commands, ...). - Setup time is roughly a day for less experienced developers. Now some people ask for an automation to get a "pre-installed" laptop that only needs some sign-in credentials to get started. I'm sceptical that this does work without huge efforts, developers preferences might interfer a lot with the auomations. Especially for the upgrade case when updates happen. Is there any other company/your employer doing such a thing and how well does that work?
2 by foxylion | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, we are currently discussing within our company if the current state of developer PC setup is okay ore should be improved. Current state: - Laptop with either Linux, Windows or MacOS pre-installed and integrated in Microsoft AD is provided. - The developer needs to install software, CLI tools, Git configuration and so on by following guides in our documentation. - Docs are frequently updated to reflect latest changes within the tooling (new version of software, different commands, ...). - Setup time is roughly a day for less experienced developers. Now some people ask for an automation to get a "pre-installed" laptop that only needs some sign-in credentials to get started. I'm sceptical that this does work without huge efforts, developers preferences might interfer a lot with the auomations. Especially for the upgrade case when updates happen. Is there any other company/your employer doing such a thing and how well does that work?
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