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
- Apple MacBook Pro M3
for my daily workhorse
- Mode Designs Envoy
for a pleasant typing experience
- Apple Magic Trackpad
for moving the cursor on Apple computers
- Logitech BRIO
for remote meetings
- Jarvis Bamboo Standing Desk
for a pleasant space to work
- duckyPad Pro
for fancy physical hotkeys
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
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
- Sony A7III Camera
for taking photos
- Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DGDN A Lens
for high-quality exposure
- Sigma 50mm F2 DGDN C Lens
for quick snapshots
- Peak Design Travel Tripod
for stable shots
- Peak Design Cuff
for securing my camera my wrist
- Peak Design Capture
for securing my camera to a pack
Audio
- Spotify
for streaming music and podcasts
- DROP+THX AAA 789 Amplifier
for amplifying audio
- DROP+Grace SDAC
for converting digital audio to analogue
- Focusrite Scarlet Solo 4th Generation
for analogue microphone input
- Beyer Dynamic DT 990 Pro Headphones
for casual listening
- Sennheiser HD 600 Headphones
for critical listening
- Audio Technica AT2020 Microphone
for capturing my voice
Everyday Carry
- Peak Design Everyday Backpack 20L
for carrying my things
- Ridge Wallet
for carrying my cards and cash
- Spyderco Sage 5
for cutting things
- Traveler's Company Notebook
for taking handwritten notes
- Uni Jestream Edge 0.38mm Ballpoint Pen
for writing things
- Kobo Sage
for reading books