Software I use, gadgets I love, and other things I recommend.

I get asked a lot about the things I use to build software, stay productive, or buy to fool myself into thinking I’m being productive when I’m really just procrastinating. Here’s a big list of all of my favorite stuff.

Workstation

  • Mac Studio, M1 Max, 64GB RAM (2021)

    Powerful desktop computer for all of my needs.

  • 16” MacBook Pro, M1 Pro, 16GB RAM (2021)

    Previously I had an Intel Mac and wanted to make sure I was future proof. Decided to get close to the base model M1 Pro as if I was going to work at my desk I would prefer a more powerful machine, so there was no need to max out the laptop.

  • 2x LG 32UD60-B 4K Monitor 32

    Not the best monitors for color correction but generally as a primary web engineer that interfaces with designers who spec out all of the colors for me, color correctness was less of a worry.

  • Kinesis FreeStyle Edge

    I have never had pain in my hands from typing all day, however I wanted to make sure that I was prepared just in case, so I slowly trained myself to use a split ergo keyboard to make things easier on me in the future.

  • Apple Magic Trackpad

    Something about all the gestures makes me feel like a wizard with special powers. I really like feeling like a wizard with special powers.

Development tools

  • Visual Studio Code

    Pretty much the go to IDE these days.

  • Warp

    Warp is quickly becoming my favorite terminal

  • Postico

    Nothing really beats Postico for accessing postgresql databases locally or remotely.

Design

  • Figma

    Used primarily as a interface with designers, however there are occasions where I find myself using it for personal projects.

Productivity

  • Raycast

    Before I would have said Alfred but Raycast has slowly been taking over most of my tooling.

  • Rectangle

    Can't really beat the flexibility of proper window management.