Uses
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This page contains a list of the technology (both hardware and software) that I actively use. I’ve seen similar pages on a number of blogs, and my current implementation was heavily inspired by Kev Quirk (though his uses page is no longer visible).
Last updated: 2025-04-17
Hardware
- Computers
- 2023 14" MacBook Pro: My primary daily driver
- Specs: Apple M3 Pro, 12c CPU, 18c GPU, 36GB RAM, 2TB SSD
- OS: macOS Sequoia
- Asus Zenbook 14: Secondary laptop
- Specs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Vega 7 Graphics, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
- OS + DE: Arch Linux + KDE Plasma
- Primary Workstation: Custom-built desktop
- Specs: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, AMD Radeon 570, 32GB RAM, 512GB + 1TB SSDs
- OS + DE: Arch Linux + Xfce
- 2023 14" MacBook Pro: My primary daily driver
- Dock & Peripherals
- Dock: CalDigit TS3+
- MacOS Peripherals
- Display: 27in LG UltraFine 5K
- Keyboard: Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
- Mouse: Apple Magic Trackpad
- Standard Peripherals
- Keyboard: Das Keyboard 4 Professional
- Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1+
Software stack
Cross-platform
- 1Password (password manager)
- darktable (raw photo development)
- Element (messaging)
- Firefox, with the following extensions:
- Gramps (genealogy)
- Obsidian (notes/second brain)
- Plexamp (music)
- Slack (work messaging)
- Sublime Text (text editor)
- Sublime Merge (Git GUI)
- Todoist (task management)
iOS/iPadOS
- Fanstastical (calendar)
- Fiery Feeds (RSS reader)
- Mercury Weather (weather)
- Overcast (podcasts)
- Prologue (audiobooks)
- RadarScope (weather)
- Strongbox (TOTP)
macOS
- Alfred 5 (Spotlight replacement)
- AltTab (window management)
- CleanShot X (screenshot tool)
- Clocker (world clock)
- DEVONthink (document management)
- Dropzone 4 (drag & drop utility)
- Fanstastical (calendar)
- Front and Center (window management)
- Hand Mirror (webcam control)
- Ice (menu bar enhancement)
- Loopback (virtual audio routing)
- Mac Mouse Fix (improved non-Apple mouse scroll control)
- Mercury Weather (weather)
- RadarScope (weather)
- Rectangle (window resizing)
- Rocket (emoji enhancement)
- SoundSource (sound control)
Websites and services
This is a list of websites and web services that I use on a regular basis:
- AWS (cloud hosting)
- Backblaze (offsite backup)
- Cloudflare (domain registrar)
- DigitalOcean (cloud hosting)
- FastMail (personal email)
- Feedbin (RSS aggregator)
- GoatCounter (simple web analytics)
- Hugo (website framework)
- Kagi (search)
- Libib (library management)
- Mastodon (Fosstodon) (federated social media)
- Porkbun (domain registrar)
- Tailscale (VPN)
- Tutanota (secure email)
- WHOOP (fitness and health tracking)
- Zoho Mail (personal email)
Self-hosted
- Gramps Web (self-hosted web app for collaborative genealogy)
- Immich (self-hosted photo/video management)
- Matrix (self-hosted, secure, decentralized communication)
- Nextcloud (self-hosted data syncing)
- Paperless-ngx (self-hosted document management)
- Plex (self-hosted local media storage/playback)