Uses
All sorts of things that I use on my computer (and occasionally phone), services I use for my daily life and web development, etc.
Feel free to make any recommendations to me through social media!
Apps #
General #
- Brave Browser for everyday tasks
- Librewolf for browsing and web development
- 1Password for password management
- Things for lists and todos
- Notion for personal documents and databases
- Spotify for music
- Microsoft Office for documents, presentations, etc.
Social #
Development #
- iTerm2 for terminal
- VS Code for general development
- IntelliJ IDEA for Java development
- Figma for designs, mockups, and logos
- Docker for containers
- MongoDB Compass for MongoDB databases
Utilities #
- Raycast for a powerful, developer-oriented Spotlight alternative
- OverSight for microphone and camera permission controls
- KnockKnock for macOS system scans
- IINA for video & audio player
- CleanShot X for screenshotting
- Stats for menubar stats
- Amphetamine for preventing system sleep
- Velja for multi-browser link opening
- Pure Paste for clipboard sanitization
- Upscayl for occasionally upscaling images
- GPG Suite for macOS-integrated GPG tooling
- Battery Buddy for a cute battery indicator •ᴗ•
Browser Extensions #
- uBlock Origin for ad and tracker blocking
- 1Password browser extension
- Stylus for custom CSS styling & theming
- Refined GitHub for better GitHub UX
- 1Blocker for (iOS) Safari ad & tracker blocking
Developer tooling #
Package management #
- Homebrew for system package management
- fnm and corepack for Node.js version management
- pyenv and pipx for Python environment management & application installation
Terminal #
- antidote for managing zsh plugins
- Starship for shell prompt
- tealdeer for command line tl;drs
- zoxide for smart directory jumping
- Helix for a modal text editor (replacing vim)
- fzf for fuzzy finding
- hyperfine for occasional benchmarking
- exa for an ls replacement
- bat for a cat replacement
- dog for a command line DNS client
- fd for a find replacement
- xh for a user-friendly HTTP client
Web Development #
- Next.js and React for larger production-grade sites and apps
- Nuxt and Vue for smaller multi-page apps
- Vue and Vite for small SPAs
- Eleventy for content-oriented static sites
- Tailwind CSS for utility-based CSS styling
Services #
General #
- 1Password for password management
- Tutanota for privacy-friendly custom domain email
- Notion for personal documents and databases
- Spotify for music
Web Development #
- GitHub for project source code hosting
- Vercel for web app & static site hosting
- Cloudflare for DNS, static sites, serverless functions, etc.
- Netlify for some static site hosting
- Plausible for privacy-respecting analytics
- Fly for occasional server hosting
- Railway for occasional server hosting
- Deno Deploy for some serverless functions built with Deno
- Amazon Web Services for a wide variety of cloud services
- Porkbun for domain purchases and management
- MongoDB Atlas for NoSQL MongoDB databases
- Upstash for Redis databases and queues
Self hosted #
- Miniflux for an RSS reader
- Linkding for bookmark management
- SearXNG for private search
- Umami for analytics
- Grafana, Victoria Metrics, cAdvisor, and Node Exporter for monitoring
- Watchtower for base image updates
Last updated on 2023-02-02