The latest articles on Forem by raluca_107 (@raluca_107_c88475f8). https://forem.com/raluca_107_c88475f8 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3876891%2Fdd26ab0c-ef3e-4181-b378-53a056a8ce40.jpg https://forem.com/raluca_107_c88475f8 en raluca_107 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:06:30 +0000 https://forem.com/raluca_107_c88475f8/i-once-flew-to-another-country-just-to-set-up-a-development-environment-1hj8 https://forem.com/raluca_107_c88475f8/i-once-flew-to-another-country-just-to-set-up-a-development-environment-1hj8 <p>5 developers. A new project integration. A flight to meet the team in person.<br> We spent three working days just getting our local environments running. Different OS versions, missing dependencies, and setup steps that only one person on the team knew by heart.</p> <p>At the time, it felt normal. That’s how software development works, right?</p> <p>I've been thinking about that trip a lot lately. 3 days. 5 developers, all blocked, doing zero actual work. 15 person-days burned before a single line of code was written.</p> <p>How many days have you personally lost to #environment #setup this year?</p> devops productivity tooling developerlife