Software I use, gadgets I love, and other things I recommend.

I get asked a lot about the things I use to build software, stay productive, or buy to fool myself into thinking I’m being productive when I’m really just procrastinating. Here’s a big list of all of my favorite stuff.

Workstation

  • 16” MacBook Pro (2019)

    I have been using an Intel-based MacBook since they released in early 2006. They are handsdown the best machines for development and security work

  • Dell p2419hc

    I have been using 2 of these 24 inch screens at home and in my office for a few years now. The amount of connectivity (USB-A and USB-C) very usefull.

  • Ergodox Ez

    I swapped to the Ergodox Ez a few years ago and my wrist pain nearly dissapeared. I'm using Gateron Yellow switches and custom "Vile Bloom" keycaps

  • Ergodox Voyager

    The Ez's little brother, compact so it's my go to travel keyboard but nice enough to work on daily as well.

  • Logitech MX Ergo

    I switched to using the MX Ergo a few years ago and the amount of discomfort after a long day nearly dissapeared, having multiple channels including a receiver and bluetooth make this my go-to.

Development tools

  • NeoVim

    I swapped to using NeoVim a few years back because I wanted to have all my IDE's in one place. NeoVim offers just that.

  • WezTerm

    Works together with my own dotfiles that setup ZSH and Tmux just to way I like it.

Design

  • Affinity

    Searching to replace Adobo I landed with Affinity Photo and Designer and have not looked since. They support all the plugins for Adobe software as well.

Productivity

  • Hammerspoon

    Hammerspoon is a fork of Mjolnir by Steven Degutis. This is a tool for powerful automation of OS X. At its core, Hammerspoon is just a bridge between the operating system and a Lua scripting engine to control many aspects of your OS X environment.