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Setting Up A Laptop That Isn't Mine

A developer explains how they configured a borrowed work MacBook after starting a new role. They cover restoring their dotfiles, keeping work notes in a separate Obsidian vault, and using mise to pick between Homebrew's PHP builds.

juststeveking.com05 Nov 2026 · 1 min read · summary

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A new role came with a MacBook that belongs to someone else, so I started my dotfiles again, gave the work its own Obsidian vault, and let mise choose between Homebrew's PHP builds.

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