Uses
I try to be minimalist and keep it simple with the tools I use.
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Gear
| Laptop | Apple Macbook Pro 16" M1 Pro (2021) |
| Phone | Apple iPhone 13 (2021) |
| Mouse | Apple Magic Mouse 2 (2015) |
| Keyboard | Satechi Slim X1 keyboard (2024) |
| Mouse pad | Ringke Folding Stand 2 (2023) |
| Earphones | Picun F8 Pro (2026) |
| Laptop support | Rootstand knockoff (2020) |
| Standing desk | Moft 2D Support (2021) |
Tech pouch
| Pouch | Bellroy Desk Caddie (2025) (knockoff from AliExpress) |
| Charger | Baseus 20W Gan (2025) to charge my iPhone 13 |
| Charger | UGREEN Nexode X (2024) to charge my Macbook Pro 16" |
| Powerbank | Ultra-thin powerbank (2025) |
| Cable | Baseus 100W USB-C 2m cable (2025) |
| Cable | Baseus Apple Lightning 2m cable (2025) |
| Earphones | Apple Earpods (2024) (backup earphones) with Airpods cleaner kit |
| Adapters | Apple lightning female to USB-C male Apple lightning male to jack/USB-C female USB-C female to Apple lightning male USB-C female to Micro-USB male USB-C female to USB-C female USB-C female to USB-C male Micro-SD to Apple lightning SD to micro-SD (2024) |
| Misc | A big polishing cloth (2024) to protect the screen of my Macbook Pro from the keyboard |
Apps
| Password | Bitwarden |
| 2 Factor Auth | 2FAS Auth |
| Password | KeepassX |
| Drive | iCloud |
| Drive | Google Drive |
| Voice memos | Aiko AI-powered audio transcription |
| Quick notes | Apple Notes |
| Notes | Obsidian for plain-text note files |
| Grammar checker | LanguageTool |
| Reminders | Remind Me Faster |
| Documents | LibreOffice |
| Calendar | Google Calendar |
| Emails | Gmail |
| Communities | Discord for communities |
| Groups | Telegram for groups, bots and notifications |
| Drawings | Excalidraw for wireframes |
| CSV editor | SmoothCSV |
| RSS | NetNewsWire |
| Books | Apple Books |
| Network | Tailscale |
| PDF Gear | |
| Music | Shazam |
| Media player | VLC |
| Images viewer | Phoenix Slides |
| Window manager | Rectangle |
| Window manager | WhichSpace |
| Search | EasyFind for full-text search |
| Clipboard manager | Flycut |
| Text expander | Espanso |
| Misc | Hand Mirror to check my face before a video meeting |
| Menu bar manager | Vanilla |
| Quicklook | QLColorCode |
| Quicklook | qlmarkdown |
| Quicklook | QLStephen |
| Quicklook | QLVideo |
| Quicklook | quicklook-csv |
| Quicklook | Quick look JSON |
Dev
| Code | Visual Studio Code with extensions |
| Code | Antigravity |
| Terminal | iTerm2 |
| Terminal | OpenInTerminal to open the current directory in Terminal from Finder |
| Databases | DBNgin to manage local databases |
| MongoDB | MongoDB Compass |
| MySQL/MariaDB | Sequel Ace |
| PostgreSQL | VS Code PostgreSQL extension |
| SQLite | DB Browser for SQLite |
| API | RapidAPI |
| API | Yaak |
| Container | Docker |
| FTP | Cyberduck |
| FTP | Transmit (paid app) |
| Useful tools | DevHub |
| Image optimization | ImageOptim |
| Color picker | System Color Picker |
| Port management | PortKiller |
Optionals
Sometimes, I have to use these apps. I don't use them regulary, but that's good apps. Check my Github list of apps I like.
| Wifi | Airpass to overcome time constrained WiFi networks |
| Monitor | DeskPad : virtual monitor for screen sharing |
| Architecture | Sweet Home 3D |
| Browser | Tor Browser |
| Vector files | Inkscape |
| VPN | PlanetVPN |
| VPN | ProtonVPN |
| VPN | TunnelBear |
| VPN | Mullvad |
CLI
Check my Github list of CLI I like
| aria2 | Download with resuming and segmented downloading |
| auto-changelog | Command line tool for generating a changelog from git tags and commit history |
| cloudflared | Cloudflare Tunnel client |
| git-grab | Clone a git repository into a standard location organised by domain and path |
| gh | GitHub command-line tool |
| exiftool | Perl lib for reading and writing EXIF metadata |
| eza | Modern, maintained replacement for ls |
| fd | Simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find |
| fzf | Command-line fuzzy finder written in Go |
| fswatch | Monitor a directory for changes and run a shell command |
| httpie | User-friendly cURL replacement (command-line HTTP client) |
| hurl | Run and Test HTTP Requests with plain text and curl |
| languagetool | Style and grammar checker |
| lychee | Fast, async, resource-friendly link checker |
| marp-cli | Easily convert Marp Markdown files into static HTML/CSS, PDF, PPT and images |
| mas | Mac App Store command-line interface |
| mcfly | Fly through your shell history |
| miller | Like sed, awk, cut, join & sort for name-indexed data such as CSV |
| mkcert | Simple tool to make locally trusted development certificates |
| mole | Deep clean and optimize your Mac |
| monolith | CLI tool for saving complete web pages as a single HTML file |
| nginx | HTTP(S) server and reverse proxy, and IMAP/POP3 proxy server |
| oha | HTTP load generator, inspired by rakyll/hey with tui animation |
| opencode | The AI coding agent built for the terminal. |
| pkgx | Standalone binary that can run anything |
| rclone | Rsync for cloud storage |
| rsync | Utility that provides fast incremental file transfer |
| streamlink | CLI for extracting streams from various websites to a video player |
| subfinder | Subdomain discovery tool |
| tokei | Program that allows you to count code, quickly |
| topgrade | Upgrade all the things |
| trash | CLI tool that moves files or folder to the trash |
| tree | Display directories as trees (with optional color/HTML output) |
| uncss | Remove unused styles from CSS |
| webarchiver | Allows you to create Safari .webarchive files |
| wget | Internet file retriever |
| wpscan | Black box WordPress vulnerability scanner |
| youtube-dl | Download YouTube videos from the command-line |
| yq | Process YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and properties documents from the CLI |
| yt-dlp | Feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader |