High-Performance Programming on Low-End Hardware: My Terminal Workflow
2025-04-13
The author shares their experience of efficient programming on underpowered hardware (e.g., Intel Celeron N4000 and Intel Atom x5-Z8350). The secret lies in a lightweight Linux distro (Arch Linux), a minimal window manager like i3wm, and a terminal text editor like Neovim with Alacritty terminal. This setup is resource-light and portable across various machines, providing a comfortable programming experience even on low-end or outdated hardware. Furthermore, the author advocates for lightweight programming ideals, minimizing dependencies to improve compile times and binary sizes.
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