Uses

Here is a list of the technology I use on a daily basis. To see other nifty things that people use, go check out /uses.

Hardware

Web Browsing

  • Arc

    for a Chromium browser with AI tooling

  • Zen

    for a beautiful and fast, Google-free browser

  • uBlock Origin

    for blocking ads and trackers

  • letsblock.it

    for generating uBlock Origin blocklists

  • Vimium

    for vim-like browser navigation

  • NoScript

    for blocking unwanted JavaScript execution

  • Stylus

    for injecting custom CSS

  • Tampermonkey

    for injecting custom JavaScript

  • SponsorBlock

    for skipping sponsorships on YouTube

Services

  • Proton

    for a privacy focused web application suite

  • NextDNS

    for blocking ads and trackers at DNS

  • SimpleLogin

    for generating anonymous email aliases

  • Bitwarden

    for secure password storage

  • Raindrop

    for cross-browser bookmarks

  • Inoreader

    for RSS feed aggregation

  • YNAB

    for basic monthly finance management

Tools

  • Visual Studio Code

    for writing software

  • Zed

    for a fast and modern text editor

  • JetBrains Mono

    for a beautiful monospaced font with ligatures

  • Fira Code

    for another amazing monospaced font with ligatures

  • Catppuccin

    for a beautiful pastel color theme

  • Alacritty

    for a cross-platform, highly-configurable, performant terminal

  • Obsidian

    for my notes and general life organization

  • Raycast

    for a modern macOS command palette

  • Linear

    for issue tracking and project management

Terminal

  • fish

    for a fast and friendly shell

  • starship

    for a super intuitive shell prompt

  • neovim

    for text editing

  • LazyVim

    for a modern and minimal vim configuration

  • tmux

    for multiplexing terminals

  • git

    for code version management

  • git-delta

    for beautiful code diffs in git

  • nnn

    for filesystem navigation

  • btop

    for monitoring resource usage (replaces top)

  • mise

    for managing runtime versions

  • fzf

    for fuzzy finding things

  • zoxide

    for quickly hopping between directories (replaces cd)

  • ripgrep

    for finding file contents (replaces grep)

  • bat

    for viewing files (replaces cat)

  • lsd

    for listing directories (replaces ls)

  • xh

    for interacting with HTTP requests (replaces curl)

  • jq

    for processing and querying JSON

  • just

    for executing project commands (replaces make)

  • atuin

    for magical shell history

Healthcare

  • Apple Health

    for organizing health information

  • Gentler Streak

    for tracking workout energy expenditure

  • Hevy

    for planning workouts and tracking improvements

  • Cronometer

    for tracking macro and micronutrients

  • Yuka

    for checking for harmful additives

  • AutoSleep

    for tracking sleep quality

  • Withings

    for health monitoring hardware

Photography

Audio

Everyday Carry