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/uses ๐ป
I regularly get messages asking about which tools I use to work.
Nobody has asked me what I use. Ever. But here's a list of my daily drivers and necessities anyways, mostly
revolving around my Apple sheepy-ness. Inspired by many, many others. โค๏ธ
๐ Hardware
MacBook Air (2020)
Apple M1 (8โcore CPU, 8โcore GPU) ๐๏ธ๐จ
16 GB RAM
1 TB SSD
MacBook Pro 15" (Mid-2018)
Core i9 @ 2.9 GHZ, theoretically ๐ฅ๐งฏ๐
32 GB RAM
1 TB SSD
Radeon Pro 560X โ 4 GB
Most importantly, I haven't touched it since M1 stole my heart (for a third of the price). ๐
iPhone 13 Pro
512 GB in Graphite ๐
Abyss Blue Silicone Case
Saddle Brown Leather "Wallet"
Belkin's MagSafe{" "}
Car Vent Mount Pro
{" "}
is awesome too, btw.
iPad Pro 10.5"
256 GB in Space Gray
Smart Keyboard & Apple Pencil
Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS)
Aluminum โ Space Gray
40mm (I have incredibly small wrists.)
Usually with the{" "}
Midnight Blue sport band
, ๐ณ๏ธโ๐{" "}
Pride Edition woven nylon band
, or employee ๐๏ธ{" "}
Close Your Rings Challenge woven nylon band
.
Google Pixel 4a
For some recreational Android development and experimentation.
Activated on Google Fi during rare trips.
Really just putting this here in a futile effort to prove I'm not a complete Apple sheep. ๐
๐พ Development
iTerm 2
My various{" "}
ZSH aliases and{" "}
functions are in{" "}
my .dotfiles repository.
Oh My ZSH
zsh-autosuggestions
zsh-syntax-highlighting
Visual Studio Code
All of my settings.
Themes:
GitHub Dark theme
Material Icon theme
Source Code Pro font
Extensions:
Better TOML
Docker
Duplicate action
EditorConfig
GitHub Copilot
GitHub Pull Requests
GitHub Repositories
Live Share
markdownlint
npm
Prettier
Remote Development Pack
Stylelint
Word Count
Homebrew
View my messy Brewfile dump
{" "}
with all of my installed packages.
Xcode
Docker Desktop
Parallels Desktop Pro
Switched from VMware Fusion when Parallels beat them to the punch with{" "}
M1 support.
Tailscale
For connecting to remote servers and my "homelab" without exposing ports to the
world. Highly recommended!
Sketch
Adobe Creative Cloud
Still on the $20/month{" "}
Student Plan, somehow. ๐คซ Will
need to re-evaulate once I'm kicked off; it's hard to justify spending almost 3x that...
Transmit
Postman
BrowserStack
{" "}
&{" "}
Percy
Sequel Pro
{" "}
โ{" "}
TablePlus
Robo 3T
{" "}
โ{" "}
TablePlus
ImageOptim
Sip
Local
{" "}
for WordPress development.
๐ Browsing
Firefox
{" "}
๐ฆ
My default user.js settings.
Add-ons:
1Password Classic
BetterTTV
Cookie Editor
Decentraleyes
Facebook Container
Firefox Multi-Account Containers
HTTPS Everywhere
Mailvelope
React Developer Tools
OctoLinker
Privacy Badger
uBlock Origin
Google Chrome
{" "}
๐
For testing only! See more of my de-Googling efforts below.
Add-ons:
AMP Validator
Lighthouse
React Developer Tools
๐ป macOS
1Password
Little Snitch
iStat Menus
Backblaze
{" "}
(referral link)
Silicon Info
MacUpdater
Unshaky
{" "}
โจ๏ธ (on my 2018 MBP)
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DaisyDisk
AppCleaner
GPG Suite
VLC โ{" "}
IINA
Transmission
Paragon NTFS
Amphetamine
coconutBattery
The Unarchiver
WiFi Explorer
Parsec
๐ฑ iOS
I have far too many apps to count, but here the essentials that have earned a spot on my home screen:
1Password (beta)
Waze (beta)
Google Maps
Dark Sky
Xfinity Stream
SiriusXM
Audible
Pocket Casts
Sonos
Plex (beta)
Microsoft To-Do
{" "}
(RIP Wunderlist ๐)
Discord
โ๏ธ Cloud
I've been making recent efforts to de-Google my life,
with mixed results...