/uses

My hardware and most loved software

Hardware.
  • Apple MacBook Pro 2023 (M2), 14inch
  • Apple iPhone 15
  • Apple iPad Mini (6th gen)
  • Apple Magic Trackpad 2
  • Apple Earpods Pro 2
  • Nuphy Air75
  • The Roost Stand
Productivity.
  • Things: the core task manager that runs my life.
  • Bear: all my knowledge, meeting notes, project overviews, etc. are stored here.
  • Tot: my scratchpad to quickly make small notes that sync. From here stuff goes to Things, Bear, or in a void.
  • Apple Calendar: more than suffices for my need of a calendar.
  • Apple Mail: more than suffices for my need of a mail client.
Code & design.
  • Zed: it is a nice fast editor, but I am not really tied to any particular editor.
  • Ghostty: a nice looking terminal.
  • Vivaldi: every web developer needs a browser. This is mine.
  • Figma: I am no designer. But what I do, I do in Figma (because its free, not gonna lie).
MacOS supercharge.
  • Supercharge: I literally have an app installed called supercharge. It has a lot if nifty little enhancements (like a color picker!). And know only about 30% of them.
  • rcmd: a different way to quickly switch between apps using the right CMD key.
  • Paste: a clipboard manager that makes it a lot easier to do a lot of copy+paste.
  • Pika: use this as a color picker (to clipboard) and contrast checker.
  • Retangle: a window manager that is quicker, snapper and offers some more options (e.g. restore to previous size) for managing windows than Apple gives us for free.
  • Hyperkey: a way to make the caps lock key useful.
  • Monocle: a nice little app that adds more focus to one app. Basically ensures I do not get distracted by the Reddit page I see behind MS Teams during meetings...
  • Balance lock: MacOS for some reason changes the balance of sound between left and right. This happens like once a month, but is annoying as hell, as it happens in the background. Balance lock fixes that.
Games & media.
  • Castro Podcasts: for listening to my podcasts. The recent ownership transfer revitalized this app.
  • Reeder: for the little bit of RSS I use.
  • GoodLinks: whenever I encounter a nice article on Mastodon, Reddit or Bluesky, I put them here to read later (or in most cases, never read...).
  • Mercury Weather: beautiful weather app on all platforms.
  • Pokemon: I basically play every Pokemon game I can.
  • Netflix & Disney+: must-haves for the kids.
  • Apple Music & TV: same as the above, but then for me!