Reddit reviews Timbuk2 Spire Backpack
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Waterproof rolltop plus incognito back zip accessLarge main compartment for books, jacket, and other carry-on essentialsLaptop compartment fits up to 15" MacBook Pro as well as an iPad in a separate pocketVentilated back panel to give your back breathing room32 liter volume
Choose 1 IDE for coding. Personally I use VSCode.
I even use it for note taking since it can predict whatever it is I type frequently.
Thunderbird to handle all my email accounts. School and personal.
Firefox Quantum and Chromium for browsers, I find I often benefit from both environments for web dev.
I host my own cloud service off a raspberry pi 3, using Nextcloud + DietPi. If it's too much for you to handle right now (I promise it won't be by the time you graduate) just choose any of the ones offered to college students with bonus amounts of storage. Backing up your stuff is a must.
Get a GitHub account, learn how to use it ASAP. You can get a student account for 10 free private repositories here. Back up your CODE! If you mess up badly during a project, you can revert to previous versions so long as you understand how git works. Just watch tutorials off youtube, preferably from Indians. This has saved me HUGE in school.
This is all I've used in my 3 years of community college comp. programming classes. Personally I stick to open source software as best I can. Once you get a grasp of coding, start contributing to open source projects on GitHub and pad your resume with them.
I also use a kobo for reading materials. Download everything I could possibly need on it.
It's not digital minimalism, but... Get a QUALITY laptop bag that will last you throughout your entire time. I recommend Timbuk2. Currently on sale for an unbeatable price. I paid over $100 for mine.
I took my Timbuk2 Spire backpack to the last 2 Origins and found it really useful for a number of reasons.
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