Uses

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