Ask HN: How do you effectively manage multiple developer environments?

[kumaraman]

As someone who works with a number of different clients at a time, I'm often trying to find a more efficient way to manage multiple developer environments which I can switch between easily.

Here's what I'm currently doing:

  - Multiple browser profiles per project
  - Bash script to run if it exists on directory change
  - VS Code workspaces
  - Various Alfred Workflows

Things I don't have answers for:

  - Running multiple applications on Mac (MS Teams doesn't allow more than one organisation to be signed in at once, so I have to use a tab in the browser)
  - Easily switching between Desktop/Laptop environment
  - Sharing multiple calendars so clients can easily book time

I'd love to hear all your suggestions or tricks that make you work more efficiently!

[dadior]

I use docker to deal with different env, and I created several image, with convenient tools, commands, env-variables on it, so I can quickly start a new project. With vs code, there is a plugin called: remote explore, using this tool, you can easily work on different docker container. even remotely.

[sandruso]

I am currently using docker + vscode devcontainers. I’ve ditched every other tool and keep my system clean.

I also wrote terminal util for saving/opening all tabs from safari to/from textfile. Good for context switches.

If I want to use global node program I run it in generic nodejs devcontainer…