Uses

The following is a list of the tools that I use on a daily basis. I got the idea from here in case you’d like to see more lists 😃 like this one here.

OS + Hardware

• I am using a 💻 MacBook Pro, 14-inch, 13-inch, M1, 2020
• I use a ⌨️ Royal Kludge RK68 with XDA Ice Mint Keycaps
• My 🖱️ mouse is a Logitech MX Master 3S for Mac
• I have an 📱 iPhone 14 Pro with an Apple Silicon Case.
• I use both the 🎧 AirPod Pro and a 🎧 Sony WH-1000XM3
• I use an 🎵 Ikea SYMFONISK for music at my desk
• I have a ⏰ Time Timer standing on my desk (since I try to use the Pomodoro Technique when working)
• I read on a 📖 Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition
• I have 💻 iPad Air

Browser

• Chrome, my main browser for development
• Orion, my browser when navigating the web

Browser Extensions

• Dark Reader adds a ⬛️ dark mode to every website
• uBlock Origin to 🚫 block ads and trackers
• Bypass Paywalls is a web browser extension to help 💰 bypass paywalls for selected sites

Editor

• Visual Studio Code is my current ✍🏻 editor. I swapped over a long time ago from Sublime Text
• My Color Theme is set to 🎨 Monokai Pro (Filter Ocagon)
• I use the font 🖌️ Cartograph CF

Extensions

• 🥷🏻 Console Ninja
• 🧑🏻‍✈️ GitHub Copilot
• 🔁 GitLens
• 🎨 Tailwind CSS IntelliSense
• ⚡️ TODO Highlight v2
• 📊 NPM-Scripts

Development

• 💻 iTerm2 is my terminal with 🎨 Bluloco Dark Theme as color scheme
• 🔧 Fig is a tool I recently discovered and improved my terminal experience

Productivity

• 📉 stats shows a system monitor in your menu bar
• 📆 Itsycal shows my calendar inside the menu bar
• 🍻 Bartender to improve the menu bar, which looks something like this (when collapsed):

• 🌫️ Blurred when I need to focus on a certain task
• 🔎 Raycast has replaced (and improved) the default Apple Spotlight search
• 📚 calibre to manage the eBooks on my Kindle
• 📝 Notion to manage and take notes
• 🍫 uBar to replace the default dock on my MacBook
• 📋 Clipy to manage my clipboard history
• ✌️ duet when using my iPad as a second screen
• ⌨️ KeyCastr enables me to share my keystrokes when creating screencasts, presenting, or collaborating with others
• ⬜️ Rectangle to move and resize windows using keyboard shortcuts

Privacy and security

• 🔐 1Password is my password manager
• I use 🕵🏻‍♀️ NordVPN when I need to change my location and the 🕵🏻 Google One VPN when I’m just browsing the web
• 🔑 LuLu as a small firewall
• ✊🏻 KnockKnock uncovers persistently installed software in order to generically reveal such malware.
• 🔑 ReiKey can scan, detect, and monitor malware and other applications that may install persistent keyboard “event taps” to intercept your keystrokes.

Photography

• I take photos with my 📷 Fujifilm X-T30
• I use 💡 Adobe Lightroom to edit my photos
• I use a 🎤 Rode VideoMic GO II for recording sound
• I use 💡 a Ulanzi VL49 video light
• I have an 📹 Ulanzi U-Rig Pro for when I record videos with my iPhone
• I have the 🛣️ Rollei Compact Traveler Star S2 as tripod

Backup

• 📷 Photos are automatically saved at
  • 💾 Apple iCloud 2TB
  • 💿 Google One 2TB
  • 💾 Sandisk Extreme Portable SDD 1TB
• 📸 Videos are saved at
  • 💾 Sandisk Extreme Portable SDD 2TB
• I backup my 💻 computer, 📸 photos and 📹 videos once a week to a WD Elements Portable 4 TB
• When 🚀 traveling I backup to a SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Go, 128GB