Productivity
- Alfred — better Spotlight
- Fantastical — calendar
- Hey — email client
- Clockify — time tracking
- Gmail — work email client
- Bitwarden — password management
- Basecamp — task management for my side projects
- Airtable — project management for work
- Drafts — short term notes
- Obsidian — long term notes
- Safari
- PDF Expert
- Adobe Fill & Sign
- iCloud Drive
- Reminders
- iTerm2
- fish — shell — settings
- ChatGPT
Research / thinking about things
- Kindle — to ctrl-f in books
- Noteshelf — searchable handwritten notes
- Rstudio — computational notebook
- Dictionary — to find names for things
Software development
- VScode — code editor — settings
- Querious — mysql client
- Pages — to write design docs
- Bitbucket — git repository & continuous integration
- Github — git repository & continuous integration
- Confluence — documentation
- Google Chrome — devtools
- Cyberduck — sftp client
- homebrew — package installer — presets
- mailhog — local email server
- Paw — API client
- pre-commit
- Podman — containers that support systemd
- Monodraw — Make ASCII diagrams in your code comments
- Fathom — analytics affiliate link
System administration
- lnav — log exploration
- Debian — base OS
- Ansible — deployment
- monit — service monitoring and auto-restart, alerts
Notable VScode extensions
- Night Owl
- GitLens
- Github Copilot
Media
- imgOptim — better image compression
- CleanShot X — Screen recording and screenshots
- FloatingHead — webcam on screen
- OBS — when CleanShot X isn’t enough
- Spotify — music
- Overcast — podcasts
- Audible — audiobooks
- HandBrake — video encoding
- DaVinci Resolve — video editing
- Gifski — convert videos to gifs for easy embedding in PR descriptions
- Photoshop CC
- Lightroom CC
- AudioHijack, Loopback — virtual devices, mic noise filter and overall audio management
- Adapter — bulk format conversion
Communication
- Messages
- Signal
- Zoom
- Discord
- Teams — when I have no other choice
Other
- Rectangle Pro — window management
- Amphetamine — mac doesn’t go to sleep
- Deliveries — track amazon packages
- Rocket 🚀 — emoji
- Authy — 2FA
- GrandPerspective — disk usage analysis
- Karabiner — keyboard remapping
- Backblaze — backup
- PurePaste — clear formatting from clipboard
Fonts
- Merriweather — for writing
- Open Sans — for titles
- Fira Code — for code
- EB Garamond — for fantasy
Hardware
- 2023 14’ Macbook Pro M3 — .macos
- Magic mouse
- Razer Naga X
- Roccat Taito xl mouse pad
- Asus ROG PG279Q — external display
- SATECHI USB-C adapters
- 10’ iPad pro + pencil
- Kindle paperwhite
- Cooler Master MK730 — cherry red switches
- HyperX wrist rest
- Nikon D7500 + elgato cam link — overkill webcam
- NiSi polarising filter — helps with glare on my glasses
- Sennheiser HD650 — headphones
- Shure SM7B — microphone
- Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen — audio Interface
- Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1 — pre-amp
- RØDE PSA1 — studio boom arm
- Amazonbasics monitor arm - B00MIBN16O
- Quntis monitor light
- Kensington SoleMate foot rest
- Incase INMB100335 flight nylon laptop sleeve
- Eaton Ellipse ECO 500 FR Off-Line UPS — Offline UPS
- APC Power-Saving Back-UPS PRO BR900G-FR 900VA — Line-interactive UPS
- WD_BLACK P40 — NVMe external drive
- UGREEN Nexode 140W 25000mAh — Power Bank
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