A collection of “things”, software and systems I use on a frequent or daily basis.
I enjoy using open source, self-hosted, and independent software where possible. I like the reliability and quality of Apple hardware, and often the combination of the two works best for me.
Hardware
- iPhone 15 Pro Max - everything
- MacBook Air 2022: M2, 24GB memory - dev work, portable work
- iPad Pro - non dev work
- Apple Watch Ultra 2 - health & fitness tracking
Development
- Vim - text editor
- tmux - terminal multiplexing (where not provided by the terminal)
- Gitea - for git syncing
General
- Firefox - browser
- Container tabs (I couldn’t live without this anymore)
- uBlock Origin - ads
- Privacy Badger - content blocking
- Decentraleyes - content blocking
- Apple Calendar - on Mac and iOS
- aerc - email client. Combined with:
- Khard - for contacts
- Vdirsyncer - for syncing contacts
- notmuch - for email indexing
- mbsync - for email syncing
Hosting
- Raspberry Pi - for home-based and personal services.
- Linode - all my self-hosting needs. Get $100 for free with Linode using this link
- Fastmail - email. Get 10% off using this link
- Bunny - CDN and web storage for some websites/apps. You can use this referral link to sign-up.
- Termius - for SSH access to other hosts
Info/tainment
- Overcast - podcasts on iOS
- NetNewsWire - RSS feed reader, syncs with my self-hosted FreshRSS instance
- Carrot Weather - for weather on iOS
- Ivory - for Mastodon on iOS
Productivity
- Nextcloud - Data storage
- nb - Notes and todos and knowledge management
- Taskwarrior - Main task management
Messaging
- Telegram
Security
- Bitwarden - password management. Self-hosted using Vaultwarden
- Tailscale - for securely connecting all my devices and servers