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, 2023, M2 Pro
• As keyboard I mostly use a ⌨️ Nuphy Air75, but I have several mechanical keyboards
• My 🖱️ mouse is a Logitech MX Master 3S for Mac, but occasionally also an Apple Magic Mouse
• I have an 📱 iPhone 14 Pro and use it mostly without a case 😶‍🌫️
• As headphone I use a 🎧 TMA-2 Move XE Wireless, but with their E04, Over ear cushions
• My desk is a standing desk from Fully
• 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)
• Reading happens on my 📖 Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition
• I have 💻 iPad Air and Apple Pencil

Browser

• Arc, my main browser for browsing the web
• Chrome, my main browser for development

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
• 1password for managing my passwords.
• SponsorBlock to skip the in-video sponsor segments.

Editor

• Visual Studio Code is my current ✍🏻 editor. I swapped over a long time ago from Sublime Text

Note: while I would love to switch to Zed, I just feel like it’s not “ready” enough for me.

• My Color Theme is set to 🎨 Beared Oceanic Reversed
• I use the font 🖌️ Cartograph CF

Favorite VS Code 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 to improve my terminal experience

Productivity

• 📉 stats shows a system monitor in your 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
• 📋 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 🕵🏻 Google One VPN when I’m just browsing the web

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