About this episode

Join Alex and Jamie as they discuss mastering the macos development environment in in this episode of Nerd Level Tech AI Cast.

What You’ll Learn

1. How to configure a professional-grade macOS development environment from scratch.
2. The differences between macOS-native and cross-platform toolchains.
3. How to manage dependencies with Homebrew, Python’s uv or Poetry, and Node’s nvm.
4. Security, performance, and scalability considerations for local development.
5. How to automate, test, and monitor your macOS dev setup for long-term maintainability.