uses

This page is inspired by uses.tech which is a directory (made by @wesbos) of tech people sharing specifics about the hardware/software they use.

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Desk Setup / Hardware

• I'm sitting on a Herman Miller Aero chair
• Desk is a Jean Prouve compas direction
• Monitor is a Dell U3821DW which is mounted with a [FILL IN]
• Apple Magic Keyboard
• Mouse is a Logitech MX Master 2
• Webcam is a Logitech C920
• For sounds I am using a Sony MX4 Headset or an Apple Airpods (3rd Generation)
• I try not to use a phone, but I own an iPhone 13 mini
• I currently use a 2021 14" Macbook Pro M1 Max with 32 GB ram, 500GB drive

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Editor/Terminal

• PHPStorm (by Jetbrains) is my editor of choice. It's a full IDE with GIT/Database integrations so I don't have to switch apps.
• I use Material Theme UI plugin set with Darcula dark theme
• For coding font (both in terminal and PHPStorm) I prefer Inconsolata for Powerline set on 18px and a 1.2 line height.
• I use iTerm2 with the Snazzy color scheme

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Software

• I'm a big Alfred fan but exploring the switch to Raycast
• BetterTouchTool for a lot of small automations: (hyper key, window management, shortcuts, hotkeys for app)
• Brave Browser set with DuckDuckGo as default search
• Recently switched to UpNote for note taking over Bear
• TweetDeck as I'm trying to use Twitter with lists only. Twitter home is depressing
• Mimestream for email.

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Company apps

• We use Linear for Project Management and could not be happier. Super fast, easy interface and offline access
• Discourse for long conversations
• Slack/Zoom
• 1password to store and share company secrets/passwords
• Prezly to blog, update help section or changelog. Wrote about it here

We're using a ton of different tools to run our business. I year ago I wrote a post on reddit outlining the total cost (22k/month) broken down by category.