Uses

All sorts of things that I use; on my computer, on my phone, services, etc. Partly for my own reference, partly for anyone who's curious. To see other /uses pages, check out uses.tech.

Software #

General #

• Arc for web browsing
  • Polypane for testing responsive websites
• 1Password for password management
• Notion for personal writing and databases
• Spotify for music
• iina for video
• MacDown for Markdown editing
• NetNewsWire for RSS feeds

Social #

• Discord for messaging

Development #

• Hyper for terminal
• VS Code for all programming
• PyCharm for Python
• Sublime Text for quick text editing
• Fig for CLI autocomplete
• oh-my-zsh for shell management
• Homebrew for system package management

Utilities #

• Raycast to replace the default MacOS spotlight search
  • Coffee to prevent sleep
• eul for system monitoring
• flameshot for taking screenshots
• AltTab for quick window switching
• PurePaste for clipboard management
• dat-weather-doe for weather
• Rectangle for window management
• Shareful for copying, sharing, and saving files

Browser Extensions #

General #

• uBlock Origin for ad and tracker blocking
• 1Password
• Notion web clipper for saving web pages to Notion
• Bypass Paywalls Clean for bypassing paywalls on articles

Development #

• Web Developer for basic web development tools
• Refined GitHub for better GitHub
• SVG Gobbler for grabbing SVGs from websites
• Fontanello for finding fonts on websites
• Github Repo Size for seeing repo sizes on GitHub
• Visbug for taking a look at styling on websites

Developer services #

• GitHub for project source code hosting
• Vercel for some web app hosting
• Cloudflare for DNS
• Netlify for some static site hosting
• Umami for the best simple, easy, privacy-respecting analytics
• Railway for hosting and managing databases

Hardware #

Day-to-day #

• MacBook Pro 13" (2020 M1) for general use

PC #

• Ryzen 5 3600 for CPU
• Asus Prime B350 Plus for motherboard
• Asus GTX 1660 Super
• Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB for RAM

Peripherals #

• Glorious Model O for mouse
• Glorious GMMK for keyboard
• DT 770 Pro for headphones (250 ohm)