Uses

I try to be minimalist and keep it simple with the tools I use.

Gear

• Laptop: Apple Macbook Pro 16" M1 Pro (2021)
• External monitor: Apple iPad 8
• Mouse: Apple Magic Mouse 2 (with lightning port) (2015)
• Phone: Apple iPhone 13 (2021)
• Earphones: Apple Airpods Pro: active noise reduction is a must on planes and loudly places where I want to work (2019)
• Hard drive for backups
• Mouse pad/laptop support: Ringke Folding Stand 2
• Laptop support: Rootstand knockoff
• External keyboard: Satechi Slim X1 keyboard

Here what I have inside my tech pouch AER Slim Pouch XPac:

• Chargers:
  • Anker Nano Pro to fast-charge my iPhone
  • UGREEN Nexode X to charge my Macbook Pro 16"
• Powerbank: Anker 621 Power Bank
• Earphones:
  • Apple Earpods as backup earphones
  • Airpods cleaner kit to clean my Airpods Pro
• Cables:
  • 100W 2m USB-C retractable cable to charge my iPhone, iPad, AirPods Pro...
  • 240W 1m USB-C retractable cable to charge my Macbook Pro 16"
• Adapters:
  • USB-C female to Apple lightning male
  • Apple lightning female to USB-C male
  • USB-C female to Micro-USB male
  • USB-C female to USB-C female
  • USB-C female to USB-C male with power display (watts)
  • Apple lightning male to jack/USB-C female
  • Micro-SD to Apple lightning
  • SD to micro-SD
• Polishing cloth: a big polishing cloth to protect the screen of my Macbook Pro from the keyboard
• A paper clip in case I would need to remove the SIM of my iPhone

Apps

I use a lot of apps:

Browsers

• Brave
• Ungoogled Chromium with Chromium Web Store to be able to use Chrome extensions

Password

• Passwords: Bitwarden
• Two-factor authentication: 2FAS Auth
• For clients accounts: KeepassX

Management

• Notes:
  • Apple Notes
  • iA Writer for writings in plain text files synchronized in cloud services (iCloud, Google Drive) [Paid app]
  • LanguageTool for grammar checking
  • Obsidian for plain-text note files
• Reminders: Apple reminders for things to do with a fixed deadline (date)
• Calendar:
  • Google Calendar
  • MeetingBar
• Sheets: Google Sheets
• Drawings:
  • Apple Freeform
  • Excalidraw for wireframes
• CSV editor: Table Tool to quickly edit CSV files

Read

• NetNewsWire for RSS blogs and Youtube channel RSS
• Apple Books

Mac tools

• Virtual monitor for screen sharing: DeskPad
• Full-text search in files: EasyFind
• Text expander: Espanso
• Virtual workspace manager: FlashSpace
• Clipboard manager: Flycut
• Check my face before a video meeting: Hand Mirror
• Menu bar manager: Ice
• File manager: Marta
• PDF: PDF Gear
• Quicklook:
  • qlmarkdown
  • quicklook-csv
• Window manager: Rectangle

Dev

• Code:
  • Visual Studio Code with extensions
  • Sublime Text
• Terminal:
  • Ghostty
  • OpenInTerminal to open the current directory in Terminal from Finder
• Databases:
  • DB Browser for SQLite
  • DBNgin to manage local databases
  • MongoDB Compass
  • Postico 2 for PostgreSQL
  • Sequel Ace to manage MySQL/MariaDB databases
• FTP:
  • Cyberduck
  • Transmit [Paid app]
• Tools:
  • DevHub for useful tools
  • Docker
  • RapidAPI for HTTP requests

Design

• Vector files: Inkscape

Communication

• Discord: for communities
• Mail: Gmail
• Chat: Telegram for groups and bots

Misc

• AI: Chat GPT
• VPN:
  • ProtonVPN
  • TunnelBear
• Medias: VLC

CLI

I use a lot of CLI tools.

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