"Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it."
- Anthony J. D'Angelo
You wanted to know what I use, so here you are.
- 💻 Machine: 13" M2 MacBook Air in Starlight as my daily driver. Run mostly in Clamshell mode.
- 🗒️ Tablet: iPad Air.
- 📱 Smartphone: iPhone 14 Pro Max in Starlight. My favorite form factor is the 13 mini, but the ProMotion display on this is too good to pass up.
- ⌚️ Watch: Aluminum Apple Watch Series 7 45mm in Midnight.
- 🖥️ Displays: 27" 4K UHD UltraFine™ IPS Monitor with HDR10. I only use one monitor.
- 🖱️ Mouse: MX Master 3S For Mac.
- ⌨️ Keyboard: MX Mechanical Mini for Mac.
- 🎧 Audio: AirPods Max in Space Gray and AirPods Pro. The headphones are fantastic for plane rides.
- ✏️ Stylus: Apple Pencil 2nd generation.
- 🪑 Chair.
- Desk: Adjustable Standing Desk – Black Frame from a shop out of Boise. I found them on Etsy.
- 🎒 Backpack. I also rock a variety of fanny packs to carry my phone, AirPods, wallet, keys, and ointments.
- Wrist support: Deltahub Carpio 2.0.
- Desk mat: Deltahub Minimalistic Desk Mat - Light Grey - Small. I use Teflon-coated wrist supports and felt desk mats are great for them. The supports don't glide as easily on leather or faux-leather mats.
- Laptop stand: I use this to store my work machine, personal machine, and iPad.
- Phone case: iPhone 14 Pro Max Leather Case with MagSafe - Umber.
- MX Travel Case.
- Keyboard travel case.
- Charger: belkin BoostCharge Pro.
- my zsh config
- patrik-csak/auto-terminal-profile to switch Terminal profiles automatically with system appearance.
- mczachurski/wallpapper to make dynamic wallpapers for MacOS.
- Safari for browsing. WebKit supremacy!
- iCloud Contacts for rolodex. I use hidden photos to assign pictures for all my contacts.
- iCloud Mail.
- iCloud Calendar because I can manage events for all my accounts in a single view.
- ClickUp for project management.
- Postman for API testing.
- Docker for containerization.
- Grammarly Premium.
- Chrome for web client development, because if it doesn't work in Chrome, then your users think it doesn't work.
- FiraCode font for coding with font ligatures.
- LinkedIn Premium for job hunting.
- Visual Studio Code for writing code.
- macOS Terminal for shell work.
- Noir for Safari dark mode. I also use it to solarize light mode.
- Solarized for theming where possible.
- Obsidian for notes.
- Slack for professional messaging.
- Google Drive for cloud storage.
- Google Sheets.
- Google Slides.
- macglab to quickly index open GitLab Merge Requests I care to review.
- TablePlus to interact with databases with a GUI.
- KeyCastr to visualize keystrokes in screen recordings.
- Vimari to navigate Safari using only the keyboard.
- Apple Books for reading.
- Apple Music.
- Apple News+ for top news.
- TLDR Web Dev for professional news.
- Reddit for wasting time by reading.
- Threads for wasting time by writing.
- Photos by Apple.
- Apple Podcasts.
- Rectangle Pro for multitasking. I don't use Stage Manager and rarely use multiple desktops and fullscreen apps.
- Steam for gaming.
- Apple Maps for navigating the United States, Australia, Europe, and Japan.
- Google Maps for navigating anywhere else.
- Apple Messages for texting.
- StackOverflow for peer reference.
- ChatGPT for prompting.
- Google for search.
- Wikipedia.
- iOS Stocks for monitoring stocks.
- WeBull for analyzing stocks and markets.
- Fidelity Active Trader Pro for trading securities.