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Software and services that I use for work and my own enjoyment.
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Computer setup
- Midnight MacBook Air (2022 - M2)
- 27" Dell Monitor
- Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID + number pad
- Apple Magic Trackpad
- Homepod Mini for audio
- Raspberry Pi for Homebridge
Desk and chair
- My desk is a custom made corner desk I bought on Etsy years ago. It's sturdy, has tons of storage and finally arrived with a chip on the surface to add some character after the first one got lost by the freight company on the journey from Michigan to Los Angeles. I probably wouldn't repeat the experience, but I do love the desk.
- Herman Miller Aeron chair: it's pretty comfortable and makes swiveling around my corner desk easy.
macOS + iOS
- Bear: native, fast and flexible — it's a breeze to use across Apple's ecosystem.
- Doppler: a beautiful, simple native music player that supports scrobbling to Last.fm.
- Ivory: a beautifully designed and extremely well built Mastodon app — I use it as my go-to client across all of my devices.
- Parcel: the most flexible and reliable package tracker for Apple's ecosystem.
- Flighty: I don't travel a ton but Flighty makes doing so a fair bit less stressful.
iOS
- status.log: a fantastic client for status.lol that provides an outstanding native experience for the service.
- Working Copy: an incredible, fully-featured git client.
- Secure Shellfish: the best ssh client for iOS, complete with Codeapaces support and Files.app integration.
- Runestone: a superb, lightweight text editor for iOS that works beautifully with Working Copy and Secure Shellfish via Files.app.
- FontCase: for managing/installing fonts.
macOS
- Rectangle: to quickly move around/organize/snap application windows. Using a Mac without it now feels like it's broken.
- Alfred: a flexible, extensible and reliable Spotlight replacement.
- Keyboard Maestro: an endlessly flexible app that I underutilize for quick macros and keyboard shortcuts in a number of different apps.
- AirBuddy: finer-grained control over AirPods and other wireless devices.
- Meta: the best utility for tagging and organizing music files on macOS.
- Permute: a useful utility for quickly converting files to different formats.
- SoundSource: a handy utility for better, more granular control on macOS.
- Sleeve: a lightweight music controller (that also supports scrobbling).
Dev tools
- Sublime Text: super snappy and as reliable as ever for text editing and web development.
- iTerm2: a more configurable terminal than the one macOS ships with. I've used it for a long time now and it's still my go-to.
- Catppuccin: nearly as ubiquitous as Dracula but lighter and more playful, I've started using this theme wherever I'm looking at/reading/writing code.
- Mono Lisa: a relatively new find, I've been enjoying how pleasant and readable this font is (and have even gone so far as to install it on iOS via FontCase).
Services
- Proton: the premier, secure email provider. It supports custom domains and just about everything else I need out of an email service.
- NextDNS: a privacy-focused, set it and forget it DNS service. I use their security features on my home network and a profile with strict ad-blocking rules on all of my devices.
- DNSimple: a robust, user-friendly DNS provider and registrar. I moved my domains here after my old provider was acquired.
- Bunny.net: a powerful and affordable CDN. I use it to serve assets on my personal site (most notable my now page — raw assets are fetched by Eleventy and then optimized to webp).
- Plausible: powerful, well-designed and privacy-respecting analytics.
- Feedpress: they've been around for a while now and don't change much (nor do they need to), but look no further for reliable, helpful feed analytics.
- Readwise Reader: an impressive RSS reader that handles all the functionality you'd expect from a read it later app beautifully. It's as powerful as it is flexible.
- Todoist: the task manager I always return to for it's flexibility and endless integrations.
- forwardemail.net: a simple and reliable service for forwarding and routing emails from a few of the domains I own.
- Last.fm: as it turns out, the best music recommendations still come from dedicated fans.
- Trakt: my preferred TV and movie tracking service — it has a strong community (and isn't owned by a private equity firm).
- The Storygraph: an excellent, focused and community driven book tracking app. All it needs is RSS/Atom feeds and/or an API.
- Slack: I have a family Slack set up to avoid group text messages and am in a few other community Slacks.
- Discord: I don't like Discord but, for better or worse, it's where some communities I frequent are.
- Backblaze: It backs up my MacBook Air and attached storage drive and I don't have to think about it.
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