Hi team,

would love to hear some of your opinions and experiences.

I am a backend dev and work with java/spring/golang and work with intellij/goland. I also uses stacks like kubernetes and dockers. I don’t run database locally.

For work we are given a macbook pro 15inch M1 16GB ram. It sometimes can get a bit slow.

Now I want a personal computer for coding, and have the flexibility to bring it out when I go travel. I doubt the workload and stress on the computer will be anywhere close to my work laptop, but I still want it to be able to run simple services on a few ports.

I am looking at 13 inch for portability, and preferably macbook air because it is lighter.

What would be a great ram count / chip / storage for this laptop? is macbook air going to be a bad choice as I heard it throttles with simple apps? is m2 chip worth it? Also, if macbook air works, since there is no macbook air m3 yet, should I wait for it to release? (I can wait a bit)

  • jimmyspinsggez@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    depending on the size of the project, but java applications running in docker containers eat tons of memory, so 16gb ram is sometimes insufficient when we have multiple things running in background and still try to code / open browsers etc.

    I would recommend getting a 32GB ram for java/spring backend dev especially in cooperate situation, but normally they give you the work laptop.