The question is, though, what do you hack with? Which languages do you like to use, which tools and so on. I was thinking about this since by day I’m usually a web programmer, dealing with stuff like PHP, Perl and even VB or C# on occasion. However, when I’m working on stuff for myself, I tend to use Python. If I’m feeling adventurous I may dabble in a bit of C or C++!

Tools are a different matter, though. Usually a text editor is enough when you’re quickly hacking together some code – the extra weight of a fully-fledged IDE can get in the way and make things a bit harder. How about you?

Lastly, which systems do you use? I have a pretty powerful desktop PC at home, but I also have a netbook. Usually it is the netbook which I will do my hacking on, while watching a DVD or listening to some music. I don’t know about you, but after sitting in an big office chair all day in front of monitors and a desktop whirring away beneath my desk, I kind of appreciate the freedom and ease of use of a small laptop!

Now I’ll throw the question out to all of you – what do you use?