Everything I Use
Every piece of technology I use, in one convenient spot.
I'm going to share everything I use on a daily basis to work, be productive, and relax.
The Hardware
- Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 3700x, GTX 1080, 32Gb RAM, 512 GB NVMe SSD, 2x 2Tb HDDs
- Laptop: 16" M1 Pro MacBook Pro (Base Model)
- Tablet: iPad 6th Generation w/ 1st Generation Apple Pencil
- Phone: iPhone 14 Pro (Base Model)
- Watch: Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS) 45mm Case
- Headphones: Airpods Gen1
- Monitor: AOC CQ27G2 27"
- Microphone/Webcam: Samson Satellite / Logitech C922
- Kindle Paperwhite for reading
For my desk setup I also use the following accessories:
- An Anker USB-C Hub w/ an Apple USB-C Charging Cable for the true "one cable" desk setup.
- USB KVM Switch to switch USB Devices between my MacBook and my Gaming PC.
- I use a Logitech G915 TKL Keyboard, a Razer Basilisk X HyperSpeed Mouse, HyperX Cloud Flight Headphones, and a SteelSeries Mousepad.
- I also keep another USB-C Hub in my bag for portable use.
The Software
A lot of my apps are cross-platform so you will see repeats. Apps will be organized by how they are laid out on my devices.
macOS
List is laid out by my Dock order, then by alphabetical.
- Brave - Browser of choice
Extensions in Brave
- Bitwarden - Password Manager (Self-Hosted from my Home Server, see my other blog post for more info)
- Dark Reader - Dark mode for every website.
- Enhancer for YouTube™ - Various YouTube Tweaks
- GoFullPage - Full Page Screen Capture
- Reddit Enhancement Suite - A suite of modules that enhance your Reddit browsing experience
- Refined GitHub - Simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features
- Return YouTube Dislike - Returns ability to see dislikes
- SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships
- uBlock Origin - AdBlocker
- Video Speed Controller - Speed up, slow down, advance and rewind HTML5 audio/video with shortcuts
- Web Scrobbler - Scrobbles on last.fm for things played in the browser (i.e. Soundcloud)
- Spotify/Plexamp - Music Player
- Messages
- Things - To Do List
- Fantastical - Calendar
- Notes
- Reminders
- Notability - Note Taking (Writing; Syncs from iPad)
- VS Code - Code Editor
Extensions in VS Code
- Signal - My main messenger of choice
- Settings
- Terminal - zsh w/ Oh My Zsh (My dotfiles here)
- Final Cut Pro - Video Editor
- Polypane - Web Browser for Web Development
- Insomnia - Powerful CRUD API Development Tool
- Microsoft Remote Desktop - RDP Client for Windows Servers
- Redacted - Screenshot Redactor
- Alfred - Spotlight but on crack
- AltTab - Better Alt-Tab
- DB Browser for SQLite
- Docker
- FileZilla - FTP Client
- GitHub Desktop
- IINA - Media Player
- Insomnia - Test APIs
- MonitorControl - Controls your external display brightness and volume and shows native OSD.
- Nextcloud - File Syncing from my Home Server (think Google Drive)
- OBS - Screen Recording
- Plex - TV/Movie Streaming from my Home Server
- Rectangle - Windows-like Window Management
- Scroll Reverser - Lets you have separate scroll behavior for mouses and trackpads
- The Unarchiver
- TinkerTool - Deeper macOS customization
- UTM - Virtual Machines
- Vanilla - Clean Menu Bar
Windows
- Brave - Browser of choice (See Extensions above)
- Spotify/Plexamp - Music Player
- TeamSpeak 3 - VOIP
- Signal - Messages
- Steam - Games
- Vegas Pro - Video Editor
- OBS - Screen Recording
iPad
- Things - To Do List
- Fantastical - Calendar
- Notes
- Notability - Note Taking
- Safari
- Plex - TV/Movie Streaming from my Home Server
iPhone
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I do a couple of weird things on my Phone. Mainly I keep it in Grayscale (unless using Camera/Photos), Do Not Disturb, and Low Power Mode 24/7. For more information, check out my blog post.
The Boring Phone
How I keep my phone boring to stop wasting time.
Chase
Phone Apps
Dock:
- Things - To Do List
- Fantastical - Calendar
- Notes
- Plexamp - Music Player
Productivity Folder:
- Bitwarden - Password Manager (Self-Hosted from my Home Server, see my other blog post for more info)
- Safari
- Firefox Focus - Single Tab, Erases History when Closing App
- Nextcloud - File Syncing from my Home Server (think Google Drive)
- CARROT - Weather
- GitHub
- Car App
- Reminders
- Bank App
- Bank App 2
- Photos
- Cash App (Cheeky Plug)
- Venmo (Cheeky Plug)
- PayPal (Cheeky Plug)
- Scanner Pro - Take photos and make them into clean PDFs
- Maps
- Notability - Note Taking
- Suunto - Syncs with my Scuba Diving Watch for statistics, as well as being my dive log
- SSI - Open Water Certification
- PADI - Nx Certification
- Yubico Authenticator
- ntfy - Notifications from my Home Server
Social Folder:
- Snapchat
- Messages
- Signal
- Pocket Casts - Podcast Client of choice
- YouTube
- Last.fm - Music Statistics (My Profile)
- Plex - TV/Movie Streaming from my Home Server
The Services
While most of my services are self hosted (aka: I run them on my own server at home)
The Ever-Expanding Home Server
Everything I self-host, in one convenient spot.
Chase
I do still use some online services.
Mainly:
- YouTube for entertainment
- Reddit, Hacker News for reading/news/entertainment
- Cloudflare/Namecheap for website management
- Last.fm - Music Statistics (My Profile)
And that's about it. That's most if not everything I use on a daily basis (at least that's technology related!)